Talkeetna Bachelor Society, Alaska. Hosts of the annual Wilderness Woman Contest and Bachelor Auction & Ball.

Talkeetna, Alaska. Wilderness Woman Contest. Bachelor Auction and Ball.

This year's Auction raised $11,350. With catalog sales included, the proceeds exceeded $12,000. The Society will meet in two weeks to make donations. Thank you to everyone who volunteered, participated and attended. Congratulations to this year's Wilderness Woman Contest Champion Jill Hodges, and thank you to last year's champ, Liz Rumsey for her kind and inspirational words at this year's Auction. We hope to see everyone again at next year's Auction.

The Talkeetna Bachelor Society is a non-profit organization whose fundraising activities benefit the Society’s Fund for Women and Children in Crisis, administered by the Sunshine Community Health Center. Instead of hosting a dinner where we discuss the problems of the world, we throw a party. The 24th Annual Wilderness Woman Contest and the 29th Annual Bachelor Auction and Ball will take place Saturday, December 5th, 2009
in beautiful downtown Talkeetna.

The day begins with the first annual Swen and Olie X-Country Ski Relay at 11a.m. on Ski Hill. Teams must tell a joke at the starting line. One-liners will draw scorn. Set-up, hook and punch will be rewarded. After the Relay, hustle down the hill to Main Street for the Wilderness Woman Contest, a ladies only competition which determines the woman with the best Alaskan skill set. Local and visiting ladies can sign up beginning at high noon on the day of the event. Be ready to compete at 1 p.m. sharp. After a late afternoon nap, the fun starts back up at 7 p.m. for the Bachelor Auction, when it’s the bachelors’ turn to entertain the ladies and vie for their favor. The ladies in attendance may purchase, at fair market value, a feisty bachelor to accompany them at the Bachelor Ball. Each bachelor promises a drink, a dance, and, of course, the most honorable intentions.

Please check out Sean Doogan and Scott Jenson's coverage of last year's event for KTUU Anchorage, embedded on the Press Releases page. There is a short ad preceding it, but the coverage is 4 minutes long!

Invitation to all Single Ladies, 21 years of age and older

Do you realize how good the music was in Talkeetna on Dec. 6th and 7th?
Nervis Rex headlined the Bachelors' Ball. Last Train ran late into the night at the Bachelors' Other Ball, across the street at the Fairview Inn. Then on the 7th, it was Dan Bern and Marshall Crenshaw at the Sheldon Community Arts Hangar. After attending the Auction, and agreeing to go up on the block, despite being kicked out twice, Dan Bern told several stories about his Auction experiences. When asked what he was sold for, he responded, "a pretty penny." He played a Dewey Cox song that he suggested would be perfect for next year's Auction. Dan, you didn't get to hit with Nadal, but you did get to dance with Maureen. See you next year Dan.

not ALL bachelors were there for the group photo

Talkeetna's bachelors

LEFT:
This group photo shows only
a small number of handsome bachelors. 44 bachelors
were auctioned off at the fundraising event on
December 6th, 2008. Rock Stars, all of them.