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Banquet Gives Iditarod Hopefuls Last Time to Size Up Competition

  • March 1, 2013
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While the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race might be defined by booties and fur-rimmed parkas, the banquet can be a different beast all together. There are still Carhartts and Bunny Boots and plenty of polar fleece pull-overs, but among the usual is the unusual. Take for instance the “Distance Divas” – veteran mushers Jodi Bailey, Kelley Griffin and Michelle Phillips – who have a long-standing banquet tradition of hitting up a local thrift shop before the event and picking out the most fabulous frocks they can find.Read more here: http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20130228/banquet-gives-iditarod-hopefuls-last-chance-size-competition

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