The Second Annual Platinum Salsa Forums Awards 2008

[peachexploration]

http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/party/party-smiley-020.gif:bouncy: ANNUAL PLATINUM SALSA FORUMS AWARDS 2008:bouncy: http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/party/party-smiley-020.gif

SALSA FORUMS COMIC RELIEF AWARD– Member with the best comic relief.
Winners: Jambo, Sweavo & TheBearCanDanceToo

THE BEST “ADVERTISEMENT FOR A PEDICURE” AWARD
Winner: Esa…Negrita (AGAIN!)

THE BEST “ADVERTISEMENT FOR A TOOTHPASTE COMMERCIAL” AWARD
Winners: For the best photo smiles: Spencer, Emoyeno, Brownskin818, SDSalsaguy

MOST :twisted: PHOTO IN THE FORUM ALBUM
Winner: Jambo

BEST DRAMATIC PHOTO IN THE FORUM ALBUM
Winner: David and Shelly

BEST :raisebrow: PHOTOS IN THE FORUM ALBUM
Winner: BorikenSalsero

BEST :banana: PHOTOS IN THE FORUM ALBUM
Winner: MacMoto (Salsasology)

BEST HIP ACTION PHOTOS IN THE FORUM ALBUM
Winner: DeeplyDippy (DeeplyDippy works it!)

THE BEST BUMPED UP THREAD AND AUTHOR AWARD
Winner: The Hands, BorikenSalsero

BEST THREAD KILLER BUT WE LOVE THEM ANYWAY AWARD
Winner: RonObvious

PUBLIC RELATIONS AWARD – Member with the best marketing strategy at Salsa Forums.
El Caobo, for the best SF Shout Outs! during Wednesday night’s show!

WEPA! AWARD – Member most likely to invoke :D :) :P :oops: :!: :idea: :banana: :argue: :notworthy: :peace: :raisebrow: :kisskiss: :rocker: :kissme: :P :cheers: responses each time another member reads their posts.
Winners: BorikenSalsero, AGAIN!

THE :bouncy: :cheers: :banana: AWARD – Most infectiously enthusiastic member.
Winner: Smiling28!

THE BUDDING SALSERO AWARD–Member most likely to graduate with HONOR's from Beginner's Hell in 2008
Winner: Gemini1357

KING OF THE AVATAR AWARD
Winner: DeeplyDeepy

HIS MAJESTY’S ROYAL COURT OF THE AVATAR AWARD
Winners:
BorikenSalsero (Chancellor of Artistry)
TheBearCanDanceToo (Lord of Cuddliness)
Sweavo (Lord Chamberlin of Jedi)
Jambo (Constable of Sesame Street)
Mambo Italiano (Knight of Cool)

THE CONGRESSIONAL AWARD – Member most likely attend a Salsa congress even if it’s held on Mars or in the general vicinity of the sun and post a review.
Winner: MacMoto! AGAIN!

BEST SALSA FORUM INTERVIEW AWARD
Winner: Dr. Johnathan Saul Marion aka SDSalsaguy, Interview with El Caobo March 28th

THE FORUM TWO THUMBS UP AWARD-Most informative member reviews.
Winner: El Caobo

BEST DRIVE-BY POSTER AWARD – Member that occasionally drops by to 'shoot' out some good humor and advice while they're here.
Winner: Pacion

BEST SF METEOROLOGIST AWARD – Member with the best daily capture of the weather report in their neck of the woods.
Winner: TJ

BEST ITTOISM (or is it OTTOISM) AWARD – From the Fortune 500 Club
Winners:
Sagitta: Congrats mambo italiano! :)
SDsalsaguy : Ditto! :D
PR: Dippo! :D (ditto is obsolete... ;) )
Sagitta: Tritto?
PR: I think you missed something there... ;)
PropriedadDeClubDenbow: Hippo:D
SDsalsaguy: :doh:
Lolita: Trikitto:D
Sagitta: Lolitta should have said litto, no? ;)
PropriedadDeClubDenbow: Or rather Lolitto! :D :D :D
Terremoto: I ditto the Lolitto suggestion!
PR: PRitto! ;)
Macmoto: MacMotto! :roll: :lol:
Terremoto: Terremoto?
PropriedadDeClubDenbow: TerremoTTo! :D

FOLLOWER THAT IS MOST LIKELY TO EDUCATE THE LEADER AWARD
Winner: MacMoto, Noobster

THE SEXY SALSERA AWARD
Winner:Lolita

THE SEXY SALSERO AWARD
Winner: Terremoto

THE SF OXYMORON (SORT OF) AWARD Member who’s posts contradict their screenname.
Winner: UnlikelySalsero

FORUM MEMBERS MOST LIKELY TO AGREE ON ANY GIVEN TOPIC AWARD
Winner: Flex & TheBearCanDanceToo

THE SF SUNSHINE AWARD -For the most enthusiastic, bubbly, happy rays of sunshine in the forum.
Winner: Smiling28

SALSA SCHOOL MOM OF THE YEAR AWARD
Winner: Jones, Nikka

MOST CONVINCINGON2 EXPONENT
Winner: RJoe92057

THE BEST SF FAMILY VIDEO CLIPS AWARD
Winners: Smiling28, Flujo, GTDaniel, Azzey, Mircop, Scooper, Rumbanana

BEST VIDEO CLIP THREAD LIKELY TO HAVE MORE LEADER RESPONSES THAN FOLLOWER RESPONSES! :raisebrow:
Winner: The T-Stance Collection (http://www.salsaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=5825)

BEST SALSER@ CLIP OF THE WEEK THREAD
Winner: Beto for Salser@ Clip of the Week! - November 7th (http://www.salsaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=6367)

BEST THREAD STARTED BY AN INTERNATIONAL SALSA INSTRUCTOR AWARD – For the “Do you think all moves is an essential part of Salsa” thread.
Winner: SuperMario

THE CHATTER POSTS AWARD For the members who love to post.
Winners: Peachexploration, Jambo, PR, Terremoto, SDSalsaguy, MacMoto, DeeplyDippy, El Caobo, Sweavo, Lolita

KNIGHTS OF SALSA ROUND TABLE AWARD-For their extensive dedication to the knowledge of Salsa Music.
Winners: BorikenSalsero, El Caobo, JaneMas, Mambo Italiano, Viejoteca Chango

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE FORUMS AWARD
Winner:El Caobo

BEST DYNAMIC DUO AWARD-Screen name you're mostly like to question if it’s the same member.
Winners: Terence and Terence2

BEST SF “MIA” ADMINISTRATOR AWARD- Site Administrator most likely NOT to be at Salsa Forums and off dancing somewhere.
Winners: David

SITE ADMINISTRATOR WITH THE BEST CLOAKING DEVICE- Site Administrator who can de-cloak, post and cloak again at the speed of sound.
Winners: SDSalsaguy

BEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT PARTY TEAM AWARD
Winner: El Caobo, Jambo, Chrisk, PR, Urania, Javi, SalSabor!, El Minotauro

BEST SF “MIA” MODERATOR AWARD- “Moderator” most likely NOT to be at Salsa Forums and off dancing somewhere.
Winner: BorikenSalsero

THE BEST FORUM BOSS AWARD- Site Administrator most likely to annoy members with SF Guidelines.
Winner: Peachexploration

THE BEST “DOCTOR IN THE SF HOUSE”AWARD
Winner: SDSalsaguy aka Dr. Marion

THE BEST “I’M NOT A SALSA DANCER, I JUST POST LIKE ONE” AWARD
Winner: Barrefly

BEST POTENTIAL SF SONERO AWARD
Winner: El Caobo & WillieFan90

BEST FORUM CONVERSATIONALIST AWARD
Winners: AndrewD, Sweavo, MacMoto, TheBearCanDanceToo, Brownskin818, Smiling28, GTDaniel, NoWhiteShoes, Sagitta, Flujo, Big10, El Caobo

DYNAMIC DJ AWARDS - For our Forum DJs
Winners: DJPatricio, Mambo Italiano, DjDuste, DJ Guachi_Guaro, DJSabor, Salsero, DjNik2003, El Caobo, Javi, Jambo, O.Ü.

BEST THREAD STARTER AWARD
Winner: Smiling28

BEST FORUM FLIRT AWARD
Winner: Jambo, DeeplyDippy, Lolita, Sweavo, TheBearCanDanceToo, Spencer

BEST FORUM MODERATORS AWARD
Winners: Salsachinita, MacMoto, PR, PielCanela, Terremoto, BorikenSalsero

MOST ACTIVE CONTRIBUTORS AWARD
Video Clip Section: Winner: Salsero2005, Peachexploration
Just Dance Section: Winners: Flex, KP-Salsa, AndrewD, Lolita, Jambo, Terremoto, Sagitta, MacMoto, Esa…Negrita, Smiling28, Sweavo, Terrance2, GTDaniel, TheBearCanDanceToo, NoWhiteShoes, Chrisk, Salsamokosa, Capibaribe, HYH, Irishgirl
Salsa Music Section:Winners: Mambo Italiano, Salsabor!, Jambo, El Caobo, Peachexploration, Chrisk, PR, HothouseSalsero, O.Ü
Member Review Section: Winners: El Caobo
Name That Tune Section: Winners: s_a_l_s_a, lloyd74, Mario2, Slawek, Espinaldj, salsaForfun, Mambo Italiano, DJNik2003, Vietoteca Chango, Bartolo, DJOso_Blanco, lxmambo, rckymar10, O.Ü
Salser@s Anonymous: PR, Terremoto, Peachexploration, Gemini1357, PropriedadDeClubDenbow

THE BEST HUH? AWARD Best use of secret Salsa speak that will cause other forum members to go HUH? then say oh yeah, okay after translation.
Winner: Terence2

MOST DANCES WITH SFers AWARD
Winners: The Congress Salsera herself: MacMoto!

SF BACKBONE AWARD - The person without whom the whole forum falls apart!
Winner: Peachexploration!!! :notworthy:

SALSA FORUM MVS (Most Valuable Salser@) AWARD
Winner: Smiling28

SALSA FORUM MPS (Most Popular Salser@s AWARD – Most member nominations.
Winner: TheBearCanDanceToo, Sweavo, UnlikelySalsero, Smiling28, MacMoto

MISSING PEEPS AWARD – For the members we have not seen for a while.
Winners: BorikenSalsero, Praecantricis, Trinidad, Jimedoc, LaCelia, Hopelessly_Addicted, Squirrel, Salcero2005, Miami Rueda Dancer, Thespina13, MistressMambo

BEST BIRTHDAY WISH AWARD
Winner: A HIPPO BIRDIE from PR

BEST BIRTHDAY CLUB AWARD-For the members who make it a joy for other members to say Happy Birthday!
TJ-January 8
Trinidad-January 16
Peachexploration-March 15
Salsita-March 31
Salsafreek-April 1st
Jernejk-April 8
AndrewD-April 11
Cro_salsa_Addict-April 14
Swannie-April 16
SMF-April 17
Anthony-April 21
MistressMambo-April 22
SweetMoya-May 1
Salsa4Life-May 1
DeeplyDippy-May 2
Lolita-May 5
Capibaribe-May 14
Haz-May 15
PR-June 4
NickieP-June 7
David-July 2
Hopelessly_Addicted-July 2
Amrimi-July 5
Salseralon-July 17
Lunohodov-July 22
Ms_Sunlight- July 28
MacMoto- July 31
Jimedoc-July 31
Squirrel-August 2
Smiling28-August 2
Evgeni-August 4
Jambo-August 5
BorikenSalsero-August 8
dj_guachi_guaro-August 8
SalsaManiac - August 21
Loony - August 23
Mhgroove-August 31
TheBearCanDanceToo-September 3
SDSalsaguy-September 5
Miami Rueda Dancer-September 23
Ron Obvious-September 27
Thespina13-October 3
PropriedadDeClubDenbow-October 5
Memphis Salsero-October 6
Discochick-October 8
Mongo-October 9
Salsagem-October 12
Piel Canela-October 14
Bailarina-October 21
LilWhiteBlondGrl-October 24
Mambonewb-October 24
Sabor-November 1
SalsaChinita-November 11
SalseroJR-November 11
Terremoto-November 14
DragonFyre-November 16
Nicelau-November 18
Karlosism-November 24
Sagitta-November 27
Mariola-December 6
Praecantricis-December 15
TheAmoebaman-December 20
La Celia-December 26
Yola-December 30

THE GRAND PLATINUM SALSA FORUM AWARD 2007
Winners: :notworthy: Every Salsa Forum Member, Of Course! :notworthy:
“Thank you for making Salsa Forums such a fun place to share ideas, thoughts and knowledge throughout 2007”.

[Jambo]

What can I say, these awards are so unexpected I don't have a speech prepared and I'm not wearing my posh frock either :oops:

I'm especially proud to win the:
MOST :twisted: PHOTO IN THE FORUM ALBUM
Winner: Jambo

:banana: :banana: :banana: I never thought I'd win an award for being a floozy, my parents are going to be so proud!!! :D

[peachexploration]

:lol: :lol:

I'm surprised you didn't get a lot of :raisebrow: reponses on those photos. Well, I guess you will now that the secrets out. ;)

:cheers: on the others as well, Jambo. A pleasure to have you as part of the SF family! :D

[Jambo]

Thank you Peach :D The awards gave me a good giggle :lol:

[salsachinita]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

....I can't believe another years has gone by; with not nearly as much dancing as I'd like to have :oops: .

......and thankyou, PeachE & all of those who made this forum a great place to be, and another great SF Award to boot!!

......and I can't believe I got a mention :oops: :oops: :oops:..... I was gonna vote myself as the Most Invisible (ie lurking) Mod... :oops: :lol: :lol: !!!

[peachexploration]

Hi SC! :banana: No, you haven't been "invisible" to us! Just more behind the scenes! ;)

[TheBear_CanDanceToo]

Erm.
Yeah.
Right.
Speechless
:D

[peachexploration]

:shock: The Lord of Cuddliness is speechless? Fascinating...

:kissme:

[TheBear_CanDanceToo]

FORUM MEMBERS MOST LIKELY TO AGREE ON ANY GIVEN TOPIC AWARD
Winner: Flex & TheBearCanDanceToo

I totally disagree with Flex about this one!

[chrisk]

OMG, I would never have expected to receive any award all.

So, thanks to everybody for making this forum such a wonderful place! :)

[TheBear_CanDanceToo]

Ok.
I've recovered a little now.

I've spent many fascinating and amusing hours (probably too many) on SF this year, and this time had been made amusing and fascinating by my fellow posters, so thank you all.

I think this forum is a fantastic (albeit virtual) place where we can meet and discuss views and I think that it's brilliant that even when the posters disagree, they generally disagree politely and discuss without sniping each other ('cept Flex and I, obviously - I mean, the bloke's just an idiot!). I don't spend much time on other forums but from little I have, and from what I've heard, SF has got to be one of the friendliest places on the net and I believe this is largely due to our moderators encouraging this atmosphere of cordial discussion, which consequently is adopted as the norm by all who post here.

So I say Big Up The Mods for creating and maintaining this warm cosy environment for us all to share!
Hip, hip,
Hoooosaaaarrrrr!!!!

[AndrewD]

A fantastic early Xmas present (the reading is making working on Xmas Eve more tolerable) :)

Congratulations to the winners – here’s to a great 2008!

[peachexploration]

FORUM MEMBERS MOST LIKELY TO AGREE ON ANY GIVEN TOPIC AWARD
Winner: Flex & TheBearCanDanceToo

I totally disagree with Flex about this one! :lol: :lol:

[peachexploration]

A fantastic early Xmas present (the reading is making working on Xmas Eve more tolerable) :)

Congratulations to the winners – here’s to a great 2008!

Glad you're having a good day at work, AndrewD. :D Thanks to all of you for making Salsa Forums a great place for all Salser@s. :banana:

[Big10]

BEST FORUM CONVERSATIONALIST AWARD
Winners: AndrewD, Sweavo, MacMoto, TheBearCanDanceToo, Brownskin818, Smiling28, GTDaniel, NoWhiteShoes, Sagitta, Flujo, Big10, El Caobo
Well, it was certainly a pleasant surprise and an honor to be remembered along with such conversational luminaries in SalsaForums! :oops: Thanks to the entire forum for providing plenty of thought-provoking topics on a consistent basis!

However, my goal for next year is to generate more passion and excitement with my posts, so that maybe I'll be remembered for something (anything!) that involves the :kisskiss: and/or :raisebrow: and/or :twisted: emoticons....


;)

[peachexploration]

:lol: Making a mental note to watch for those kinds of posts from you, Big10. :D

[lolita]

i have a BIG BIG BIG cheeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee on my face
serious guys i am smiling as if i am on stage :D

congratulationssssssssssssssss everybody and thanks everybodyyyyyyyyy
(faints)

[Ron Obvious]

I guess there's nothiong more to add to this thread now ... ;)

[peachexploration]

:lol: :lol: Words from the THREAD KILLER! :P :P

[MacMoto]

I guess there's nothiong more to add to this thread now ... ;)
Not until the dancing sunflower does her acceptance speech! :twisted:

I'm particularly pleased with this one:

MOST DANCES WITH SFers AWARD
Winners: The Congress Salsera herself: MacMoto!

for which I would like to thank all the guys and girls on SF who've been kind enough to dance with me. :D :D :D

[smiling28]

SERIOUSLY BEST XMAS present that i HAVE EVER RECEIVED!!!!!!!!!


2nd best was a transformer called Hot Rod when I was a kid............*thanks Mum, you rock :) :) :)


Man, I was smiling so much reading that post. THe fact that I feel like I know so many great people through this board who have supported and encouraged me along my journey is truly a treasure!

Thank you and I hope to thank all of you in person oneday by meeting you in our travels.

Perth base is secure and welcomes you all anytime :)

[peachexploration]

SERIOUSLY BEST XMAS present that i HAVE EVER RECEIVED!!!!!!!!!... :)Thank you for being such an enthusiastic member. Very nice having you around, Smiling28. :D

[smiling28]

SERIOUSLY BEST XMAS present that i HAVE EVER RECEIVED!!!!!!!!!... :)Thank you for being such an enthusiastic member. Very nice having you around, Smiling28. :D


Thanks, I honestly would not know what I would do without this place.

THanks ;)

[SDsalsaguy]

SERIOUSLY BEST XMAS present that i HAVE EVER RECEIVED!!!!!!!!!... :)Thank you for being such an enthusiastic member. Very nice having you around, Smiling28. :D
Ditto; members like you are what make all the behind-the-scenes work worth the efforts! :D

[sweavo]

Heheh, I only just discovered this thread!

I'd like to thank Gwoahd, my agent, my family and most of all you guys who made it possible :-)

Good format by the way, great idea to dispense with the whole envelopes thing, means more time for the free champagne :-)

[tj]

Whoops! Like sweavo, I'm only just now reading this thread.

Congrats everyone, and ty, too! :D

[peachexploration]

You two are funny. I only had it my signature with the bouncies for a month or so. :lol: :lol: Better late than never though. Nice having you both at the SF. :D :D :D