Coco Receives Prestigious Award

As eloquently reported in the Tampa Tribune;

"Coco might have looked a little sheepish, if not for the jaunty black top hat and purple tuxedo. With her black face cloaked in green fabric and front hooves sporting white gloves, the year-old Hampshire ewe managed a competent impersonation of Jiminy Cricket - even if her costume designer was less than pleased with the effect.
"She looks more like an alien band leader," said (the idiotic) Nancy Squitieri, whose 10-year-old son, David, came decked out as Pinocchio. The judges, however, were impressed with her handiwork. ...(Coco) took home a second-place ribbon for best overall theme Tuesday at the Florida Strawberry Festival's annual lamb costume contest."

Needless to say, we at Rusty Enterprises and the First Unichurck are very, very proud of our little lamb. The Florida Strawberry Festival hosts one of the most grueling and competitive lamb costume contests in the greater Tampa Bay area. Some would even say it is the premier lamb costume contest in Northern Florida (excluding the panhandle).

Coco's tight fitting royal violet tuxedo, accented by her elegant long white gloves and stylish tophat indeed presented a magnificent spectacle. But more than what she wore, it was how she wore it that won over judges. Like a seductive Lolita, Coco demurely peeked from behind her emerald veil, batted those long, Clarice the Doe-like eyelashes, and then, ever so subtley shook her tail. The crowd went wild. All that one can say is, "Encore?"