Talkeetna Bachelor Society Annual Fundraiser
The Talkeetna Bachelor Society cordially invites ALL Single Ladies, 21 years of age and older (and any other interested parties) to the Annual Wilderness Woman Contest.

The contest is conducted in a spirit of good fun and a sense of humor is highly recommended. During the contest, single ladies demonstrate their proficiency at a variety of tasks including, but not limited to: firewood hauling, water fetching, snow-machining, fish catching, moose dispatching, ptarmigan shooting, sandwich making, beverage opening and other vital skills necessary for daily living on the Last Frontier all in good fun, of course.

The Wilderness Woman Contest is for single women 21 years of age and older. It includes at least three timed events, each of which highlights the alleged skills that most people think a semi-wilderness Talkeetna bachelor would find most desirable in a woman. The events may change from year to year. They usually include but are in no way limited to:

• A 100-yard dash to a simulated creek to fill water buckets in full winter gear (bunny boots and wintersuit) and return with them full
• Skill at providing a sandwich and beer to a bachelor as he watches Sunday afternoon football on a simulated TV (points are not given for neatness, so the bachelor usually winds up wearing the very much un-simulated sandwich and beer)
• Gather firewood and deposit it on a bonfire
• Drive a snowmachine around a pre-designed course
• Snowshoe skills
• Catch a salmon
• Shoot ptarmigan
• Climb a tree to escape a moose, after which she must dispatch the errant moose (some of the bachelors deserve an Oscar for their dying moose routine)

The Annual Bachelor Society Benefit Auction and Bachelor Ball takes place in the evening after the Wilderness Woman Contest.  Only single ladies over 21 and Society members are permitted to enter the auction room. The Bachelors spruce up and may even entertain in order to up the bidding. After all, it is for a good cause! The Wilderness Woman is then crowned. Following that, the auction begins in earnest. Winning bidders are entitled to a drink and a dance from their bachelor – anything else is strictly up to the parties involved. After the auction, the Bachelor Ball begins, and anyone old enough can participate up to the limit of the dance floor. Fortunately, other local establishments usually have live music and dancing for those who cannot get into the ballroom proper.

For more information about the Talkeetna Bachelor Society,
contact Loudon Wilson at 907-733-4709.

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