Last night, more than 80 people came out to the Brooklyneer on Hudson street to drink beer, hang out with the cool kids from McGraw Hill - and become official member of the fast growing Curation Nation.

Author Greg Verdino (Author: MicroMarketing) and chief Curator Steven Rosenbaum entertained the crowd with funny stories of social media mishaps and other parlor tricks.  And then, the main event - the crowning of a new King and Queen of Curation.

After the crowd was given the basic curation rules - ie:  Curation must be human (no machine curation allowed) and can include any platform - Blog, Tweet,  FB,  or other.. then - it was open season.  There as a Literary agent who  curates clients and books,  a stock market analyst to curates financial data,  and a number of other topics both sexy and mundane...  the top six contenders were brought to the stage,  where an applause meter determined the crowd favorites.

Sometimes these things are close - but not at the Brooklyneer.  The crowd spoke - and the King was named Michael Kauffman and Leila Porteous.  Michael is a music curator - who curates cover bands. That's bands who play the greatest hits from big name groups.  Cover Band Curator - stand up and take your bow. 

Then, it was time for the Queen, Leila.  Here too a clear winner - for anyone who's ever had trouble matching shoes to a brides maids dress (ok,  guys admit it - the whole shoe/dress combo thing is a bit baffling) - Leila Porteous was crowed for her work in solving this often inexorable problem - Bridesmaids Shoe Curator - you are the Queen of the realm... for now.

So - they are the new royalty of Curation Nation - and shall remain so,  until the next time that a crowd gathers, and curation is engaged with gusto (and beer).  Then, new royalty shall be named.  Until then!  Bravo!