While we may not have a huge theater and a red carpet like they do in
Hollywood for big screen stars to celebrate their glamorous Academy Award
Ceremony, we do have starlets of our own and they get awards, too.
Last night during the TVW Annual Gala held at the Red Lion Hotel in
Olympia,
Rep. Tina Orwall won a Cammy
for her reaction to a technology malfunction when she was presiding as Assistant
Speaker Pro Tempore over the House Floor on February 1, 2012.
Watch the clip right here:
“As if presiding weren’t already a bit nerve-wracking because you’re
there with your peers sitting in front of you, visitors up in the galleries and
a TV camera watching your every move, when suddenly there are technical
difficulties and all you can do is shrug, laugh a little and move on,” said the
Des Moines Democrat about the mishap that won her one of this year’s Cammys.
“But I am happy to receive this award. It will serve as a reminder that even
though we’re facing very tough decisions this session, there was also a little
room for comic relief.”
Orwall is no stranger to the rostrum; she did a great job the first time she took the gavel back in April 2009, and was named Assistant Speaker Pro Tempore in January 2011.
“The annual TVW Gala is an evening where everyone in the
legislative community can come together for a night of entertainment, laughter
and fun. The presentation of the Cammy Awards is always a highlight of
the event and we congratulate Rep. Tina Orwall as a well-deserved honoree this
year,” said Greg Lane, President of TVW.
TVW has been presenting a handful of the coveted Cammy Awards each
year since 2003.
Cammy Award nominations are selected by the TVW production staff and
then voted upon by the guests at the TVW Gala. The Cammys
recognize some of the most unusual, humorous or embarrassing moments from
committee hearings or floor action covered by Washington state’s public affairs
station.
