Best post-award-show dancing in the lobby:

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  • Kelly O

Best and most tempting offer to set down a camera and dance:

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  • Kelly O

Best dressy leather and best feather earrings:

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  • Kelly O

Best dressy leather, Part II:

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  • Kelly O


Best couple with the best tattoo and best beard:

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  • Kelly O

Best proposed use for a Stranger Genius Award trophy (a flashlight):

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  • Kelly O

Best cheering section and fun-havers (the whole Satori Group):

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  • Kelly O

Two of Seattle's very best photographers (Alice Wheeler and Glenn Rudolph):

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  • Kelly O

Best and scariest story about the Moore's infamous ghost (from one of the bartenders in the basement—just ask any of them!):

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  • Kelly O

Best voice, Part I (the inimitable Erik Blood):

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  • Beth Crook

Best voice, Part II (these pretty ladies from Seattle Rock Orchestra):

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  • Kelly O

Best punk rock dropping of a microphone (the unstoppable Jinkx Monsoon):

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  • Kelly O

Best dance-floor tongue:

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  • Kelly O

Best dance-floor dip and then dip-slip (almost falling down the stairs):

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  • Kelly O

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  • Kelly O

And lastly, best good-bye kiss-throwers :

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  • Kelly O

See more photos here, in What You're Not Wearing, and
with a full awards show recap by Dave Segal.