by Jessica Yates
The votes were in, and of the seven dwarfs running in the election, the winner was Jennifer Delaney. Jennifer had campaigned in dwarf-costume and impressed the audience with her quick wit and good sense at the hustings which had been held during the Maskerade.
She sat on the Scone of Stone, made the ritual answers to the ceremonial questions and was handed a series of traditional symbols by Lady Margolotta von Uberwald. These were: an axe, a ruby, a witch’s broom, a wizard’s staff, a troll’s club, the owl and hippo of Ankh-Morpork, and a cabbage from the Sto Plains. By the end of this she resembled less a pharoah, and more a contestant in Crackerjack.
Crowned with a miner’s helmet and making her first speech as King, s/he commanded a regal presence as s/he thanked her campaign manager, supporters and her rivals, who had fought a clean campaign – the fools!
Well done to those Committee members who had prepared the order of coronation, and the symbolic objects to provide a really professional piece of role-play for our entertainment.
