The Gateses had been hoping for something more spectacular when the programme started.
"Every time we start to brag on the kid, he does something more spectacular," the Mariners' manager, Jim Lefebvre, said that night.
But once on the other side of the ropes, the giant Indian and the Puerto Rican dwarf transmogrify into something more spectacular.
His strengths are the attention he pays to light, space and material, but the judges usually end up going for something more spectacular or else for projects that are seen to have more social significance, such as schools or housing.
With its portentous Damien Hirst-like title, "Synesthesia, Parataxic Distortion, and the Shadow," it promises something more spectacular than the pleasant, conscientiously well made, illustrative paintings that make up this exhibition.
She is looking forward to a grand do at noon on Saturday 23 February and says: For a long time I've worked to create interest in Seaforth and its links with Gladstone, with lectures and talks but I felt something more spectacular was needed to mark his great achievements.
For those seeking something more spectacular, herein my top six picks for out-of-the-ordinary celebrations to welcome 2016 -- from the longest day in Argentina to the one of the shortest in Iceland.
