1999 NPC Heart of Texas (Intro)
By -jabber


I didn't want to disappoint the promoter, Prince Harrison, who I've said
numerous times to "I see you more often than I do members of my own family!"
(due to both of our traveling to many shows), as he remembered I didn't show
up at his show last year.

Anyway, hopefully this "bad" trend will end soon - but this was the 2nd of 3
(so far) Texas shows where I missed the Prejudging - for good reason though.
Unfortunately the 3rd show, the Lone Star (with the incredible guest poser
Lesa Lewis) I will not be reviewing (quit yer clappin' fer cryin' out loud!
:-) ).

The Heart of Texas, or affectionately referred to as H.O.T. is in Temple,
Texas, and I affectionately refer to it as The Heart of Nowhere. :-)
Anywhere my pager doesn't work I call nowhere...  Coincidentally, the reason
I almost missed this show (no prejudging and almost flubbed the finals) was
due to me trying to figure out what the heck was going on with the Ms. O -
cancelled, then rescheduled.

I'd been away, not heard about that - so I was catching up.  When I finally
left, I got down there in a record 2 hours!  Temple is just about a half
hour south of that little-known town called Waco.  At least Prince Harrison
(and Marvin Meinstein - the promoter of the Lone Star) know a bit about
consideration.  Both provide a "roster" of competitors, and a nice welcome,
and we thank our sponsors, etc., etc.  Perhaps others could learn from
example here.

When I saw Marvin again, asked him, "Don't tell me you've cancelled your
show, then moved it to New Jersey, too?!"  Actually there was a fairly good
turn-out for this show, considering it was in the Heart of Nowhere...

-jabber