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.
So Karen and Jeanne invited their line dance friends and Karen's family
to come to the show and about 30 people showed up. 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 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 DRUNK, and talked through the entire performance. Somebody
took a few photos, and Lee Duquette filmed the performance. |
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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 talking loudly.
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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. |
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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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