Fan of the Month

Since our Fan of the Month became a pretty rousing success, once we got it going on a more regular basis (you know, like monthly) we figured we’d take a chance on selecting a Fan of the Year for 2009.

Trying to pick a FAN OF THE YEAR is like asking Uncle Jesse to pick his favorite ear of corn out of the 40 acres they plant. Every ear of corn the Dukes grow is a work of art so it’s a nearly impossible task. Never let it be said that the HazzardNet staff shies away from the impossible.

After careful consideration (and a little bit of that spiked egg-nog that was being passed around at the HazzardNet Christmas party) we have selected B.L. Davenport as 2009’s HazzardNet FAN OF THE YEAR!

B.L. has been a great addition to the HazzardNet since she stopped by nearly four years ago.
In 2009 she solidified her position on the HazzardNet as one of our most valued and prominent members. She recently recorded her 3,000th post and was selected as fan of the month for October while keeping herself busy covering a wide variety of forums and threads.

Her contributions in 2009 have benefited everybody involved with HazzardNet and we fell extremely lucky and blessed that she devotes so much of her time to this website.

B.L.’s personality is one that comes straight out of Hazzard County. She has a genuine love of God, family, country and her HazzardNet community. It doesn’t take long to review some of her posts to conclude that she is a wonderful and loving human being who has her priorities in order and cares about everyone in her life, including our family here.

B.L. has been a fan of The Dukes of Hazzard her whole life and for good reason. She lives her life with the same values and ideals shared by the residents of Hazzard County. We have a lot of respect for her and appreciate all she has done to help make this a world class website that is followed by Dukes fans all over the world. Speaking for all of us, folks like B.L. make that world much better.

So congratulations B.L. from all of us at HNet!

Another month over, another fan of the month goes into the history book.

Today doesn’t just start a new month. It starts a new year. It also starts a new decade. A new decade means 120 more fan of the month awards.

In honor of a new decade…a fan who was around for most of the old one will be honored as the January Fan of the Month. That fan is Garrett Duke.

Don’t be fooled by the starting date on Garrett’s profile (1-24-04). Garrett has been using a computer long before that to express her love of the greatest show in the history of television. Garrett began ten years ago doing fanfics under the name Kristy Duke and hasn’t stopped fanficing since. She has been involved with dozens of fanfics and role plays in the past decade and is currently working on “A Friend’s Betrayal” as part of her “Hazzard Unleashed” series. She also has just started another titled “Evicted”.

Of course Garrett can be found in many more places than just the fanfic neighborhoods. She is very active on many threads and always has something positive to contribute. The old saying “If you don’t have something nice to say, then don’t say anything” certainly applies to Garrett. Since she started watching Dukes at age 4, it’s no surprise some of their ethics have rubbed off on her.

Besides loving the Dukes of Hazzard, Garrett also has a lot in common with them. She’s a NASCAR fan and is a follower of Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson. (I bet she likes Cale Yarborough too). Her favorite color is orange…. the shade of orange the General Lee is painted of course. She is a big country music fan. Her favorites include Toby Keith, Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney and Keith Urban. And the most important thing she has in common with the Dukes is that she considers faith and family to be her top two priorities in life.

Garrett’s favorite character is Bo. Luke and Jesse are tied for second. She hails from the great state of Iowa and is a big fan of the Chicago Cubs. She loves to read and write and one of her favorite things to do is spend time with her dog Lilly.

Garrett loves the HazzardNet because this is absolutely the best place in the world to hang out with people who understand why The Dukes of Hazzard is so awesome. We think Garrett is awesome and thank her for her many contributions to the best website in cyberspace. Keep up the good work Garrett.

Congratulations, Garrett, from all of us at HNet!

Make sure you check out our Fan of the Month Community on the forums!

A brand spankin’ new month means a brand spankin’ new fan of the month!

After careful consideration, RogerDuke has made his selection for Fan of the Month and the lucky fan is DaisyMaeDuke!

The o-fficial announcement is as follows:

“If there was a dictionary of Hazzard County words and you looked up the word “fanatic” there’s no doubt you would find a picture of DaisyMaeDuke beside it. Because of her pure love and devotion to the greatest television show in history, we are awarding her HazzardNet’s fan of the month for December. If you’re not already sitting down, you’d better do it now because reading the list of Daisy’s accomplishments is going to take awhile.

Daisy was born at a very early age…. I apologize for the bad joke…..Well, she did become a Dukes fan at a very early age. When she was just 5 years old she got hooked on the show when it was originally being aired. Little did anyone know at the time that that cute little rug rat would go on to receive the highest honor possible. At DukesFest 2008, Daisy was justly selected as “The Ultimate Duke Fan”.

Daisy joined the HazzardNet on July 8, 2007 and this place hasn’t been the same since. She has over 5,300 posts since that time and has been involved in countless Round Robins and Role Plays. But, what Daisy really specializes in is Fanfics. She has written or co-written a long list of them including, Dukes in Danger, Lost, A Hazzard County Christmas, Turkey Surprise, I’ll be Home for Christmas, Witness, Switch, The Gift of the Magi-Dukes Stlye and Letters from War Series.

Daisy can very often be found frequenting the various threads on the trivia forum. She usually gets them right!! In fact, she has a prestigious record that will likely never get broken. In mid June 2009, she had answered over 300 Duke or Dupes correctly before missing one. To illistrate how amazing of an accomplishment that is, try going to Duke or Dupe after reading this and getting all three right. If you can pull off all 3 now try it 103 times for a total of 309 in a row. Answering that many is an accomplishment. Answering them correctly is impossible…well, almost.

Daisy has met nearly every living star of the show in real life, many of them multiple times. That list of stars includes Bo, Luke, Daisy, Rosco, Cooter, Enos, Cletus, Coy and even Sheriff Big Ed Little. She owns one of the largest collections of Dukes memorbilia in existence with way too many items to list but no doubt, every single one of them is special to her.

A resident of Michigan (Go Wolverines) Daisy has been happily married for 13 years and keeps busy with her two kids and her job in public education. Her favorite singers are (you guessed it) John Schneider and Tom Wopat. Her favorite Christmas show is (you guessed it again) “Christmas Comes To Willow Creek” staring John Schneider and Tom Wopat. Even Cletus Hogg would be smart enough to see a trend here. Speaking of trends, we’re predicting Daisy will be around the HazzardNet for many years to help us continue a the trend we have here of honoring our favorite television show. We almost hate to call it a “television show” because it’s so much more to us…..and that’s not just because of what we see on the screen. It’s also because of the strong bond we have here as a HazzardNet family. Folks like Daisy make the foundation for that family.”

Amen! Congrats DaisyMae on this deserving recognition!

Make sure you check out our Fan of the Month Community on the forums!

Well, folks it’s a new month and that means a new Fan O’ the month!

We gotta admit, this kind of regularity is rare at HNet. Obviously we did right by selecting Roger Duke for this task. We might have to consider handing over the newsletter duties, regular front page updates, and half a dozen other tasks to Roger as well. Khee!

In the meantime, this month’s Fan O’ the Month is daisydukeXenosstrait.

Roger’s direct dictation reads…

“Congratulations to daisyxenos for being selected as the Fan of the Month for November 2009!!

It’s pretty impressive that someone can receive this honor after only being a member of the HazzardNet for 15 months but daisyxenos is an impressive fan. She’s certainly put up some impressive numbers. At the time of the posting of this award, she has typed a HazzardNet record nearly 30,000 posts. Granted, not all of those posts have been in-depth essays but the numbers are staggering.

Some days here on the HazzardNet are busier than others but one thing we can always count on is daisyxenos’s consistency. Her dedication to this website is legendary and her love of The Dukes of Hazzard is indisputable.

Daisyxenos is involved in dozens of threads on the HN. She has started numerous threads including “Beer for my Horses” and “Michael Knight meets the Dukes of Hazzard.” She has been involved in many Round Robins and Role Plays with creative ideas and names including “Sweating for the County”, “Dukes meet the Clampetts”, “Watermellon Crawl” and “God is Great, Beer is Good, People are Crazy.”

You can find her posts just about anyplace here on the HN. Besides RRs and RPs, some of her other favorite places are Trivia, Duke or Dupe and Musical Chairs. In addition, she is involved in 21 HazzardNet social groups. Truly, this place is her second home.

Daisyxenos hails from the country of Texas (Well, we might as well call it a country, it’s so huge and the people there are proud and independent). She is a big fan of the Dallas Cowboys and Texas Longhorns and, like most Texans, loves country music.

She certainly has been a welcome addition to the HazzardNet and we sure hope she stays around a long time. This place wouldn’t be the same without her. We need more youngsters like her to keep the tradition of The Dukes of Hazzard alive forever and pass the torch on to future generations.”

The last sentence alone sums it up the best. Congratulations daisyXenos from all of us at HNet!

Make sure you check out our Fan of the Month Community on the forums!

Recently, HazzardNet staff designated the task of selecting our Fan of the Month (in hopes we’d have it actually happen monthly!) to RogerDuke, our previous Fan of the Month in July and August of ’09 (yes, he got two months because it was pretty much the end of July when he was bestowed with this coveted status!)

Well, now Roger has announced October’s Fan of the Month and the winner is….B.L. Davenport!

Here is Roger’s direct citation:

“Congratulations to October’s Fan of the Month, B.L. Davenport.

B.L. is certainly one of the most high profile members on the HazzardNet. She has been here in town for 3 and a half years and has been a fan of the show for over two decades.

You can travel on just about any street here on the HN and you’ll discover some sign that B.L. has already been there. She has posted her wisdom on nearly every thread imaginable and the HN is a better place because of it. All told, B.L. is approaching the 3,000 post mark, averaging nearly 1,000 per year.

B.L. has been a regular on the trivia threads as long have they have existed and can often be found in the chat room with one or more of her many friends. She has been active in several fanfics including “Wanted: Dead or Alive”, “B.L. Comes Home” and “T’was the Night Before Christmas in Hazzard”. She is a genuine country girl who’s favorite singers are the likes of Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, The Oak Ridge Boys and Alabama.

The quote she has at the bottom of all her posts is “Reality can be beaten with enough imagination.” While this is a great quote that certainly applies to our favorite show, the reality here on the HNet is that we can’t imagine a nicer person than B.L……or one more deserving to be Fan of the Month. Congratulations B.L. Davenport!!!”

Congratulations B.L. from all of us at HazzardNet!

Make sure you check out our Fan of the Month Community on the forums!