Karen
Duquette entered a Gong Show
with her friend Jeanne Trembly
in downtown Fort Lauderdale,
Florida
March 20, 2009
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Jeanne Trembly
asked Karen Duquette to perform with her at a Gong Show at a nightclub
in downtown Fort Lauderdale, and Karen agreed. Jeanne choreographed
the performance so that their actions portrayed the words in the song.
Then Karen and Jeanne invited their line dance friends and Karen's family
to come to the show. About 30 people showed up to watch them perform.
They had the most number of people in the audience in the nightclub,
so the judges decided that Karen and Jeanne should perform last, so
there would be guaranteed audience there during all of the other performances.
All during the performance, the judges, who sat on the side of the
stage, drank liquor. So by the time Karen and Jeanne performed,
the judges were VERY VERY DRUNK, and talked loudly through the entire
performance. Karen's friend took a few photos, and Lee Duquette filmed
the performance. |
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Below: At this
point, the judges Gonged Karen and Jeanne and yelled for them
to "get off the stage." The audience was not happy
and yelled at the judges. Karen kept dancing for a few seconds, but
Jeanne stopped immediately so Karen had to stop too. Then the MC came
up on stage (see the photo below) and told the judges to calm down,
and "let them continue". They put the music back
on, but Karen and Jeanne were no longer sure where to start performing
because the steps were choreographed to the words of the song. But they
did continue to perform, and of course the drunk judges were still rude
and talked loudly to each other.
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And so they
began again..... |
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Afterwards, people who did
not know Karen or Jeanne told them that they should not have been gonged.
Karen was not that upset, but Jeanne was devastated because this was
her idea and it meant a lot to her. Several people told Karen that they
would NEVER return here again. |
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Karen Duquette's friend Ooopsy
The Clown was there too. Karen made a nice DVD for Jeanne since Lee
had filmed the entire performance. |
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