Belly Rubs Basset Rescue King and Queen of the Waltz: How Voting Works & How to Win

What is the King and Queen of the Waltz and who runs it?

Belly Rubs Basset Rescue, a Tennessee basset adoption group whose mail goes to P.O. Box 1082 in Brentwood, TN 37024, puts its name on a distinctive kind of fundraiser: a photo ballot that crowns a King and Queen of the Waltz. The rescue describes the Waltz as its annual get-together, and the photo contest rides alongside that event each June.

The balloting itself runs on GoGo Photo Contest, a pet-photo fundraising service whose site footer credits GGPC, LLC, with the copyright dated 2026. The ballot's masthead reads "Belly Rubs Basset Rescue | 2014 King and Queen of the Waltz", and beneath it the page calls the whole exercise a "Fundraiser for Belly Rubs Basset Rescue". Across the top sit seven tabs: a Participate link for getting started, View Entries for the gallery, paired rule pages under Contest Rules and Rules, then Prizes, About and Sign In. That set is the entire navigation a visitor receives.

In listing terms this is a pageant-style vote rather than a best-of survey: a single cause, a single breed, and two crowns handed out on a single night.

When does the Waltz ballot open and close?

The Waltz gathering is anchored in June: the rescue's own material calls it an annual get-together that happens in June, and the crowning ceremony carries a firm date, June 7, when the two hounds holding the most votes are crowned at the Waltz in Nashville's Centennial Park. Editions of the photo ballot ran in 2014, 2025 and 2026, all reachable at the same address, whose path still bears the brbrwaltz2014 tag from the programme's earliest edition.

Around that fixed night, the shape of the voting stretch stays off the page. The page publishes no opening day, no closing day, no category roster, no per-supporter vote limit, no eligibility terms and no round schedule for this market; confirm on the live ballot each cycle. Nothing has been posted yet about a 2027 edition either.

How does someone actually vote for a Waltz hound?

Two roles exist on this ballot. Entrants submit a photograph of their basset and pay a donation of at least five dollars to enter; the page states plainly that an account must be set up to enter a dog. Once entries are in, the pool of hounds sits under View Entries for everyone else to browse.

Voting is paid and simple in shape: a supporter picks a hound, chooses how much support to give, and pays a dollar for each vote. Because every paid vote feeds the fundraiser's total, backing a contender doubles as giving to the rescue. The ballot displays its remaining time in Eastern Time, so the deadline stays visible on screen. What the page leaves unsettled is whether voters, as opposed to entrants, need credentials of their own; only the entry-side account rule is stated outright.

How does the Waltz compare with other Tennessee votes?

Tennessee's public-ballot lineup skews toward best-of surveys. CommunityVotes Chattanooga runs a citywide people's poll; a Best of the Best ranking from the Chattanooga Times Free Press and Cityview's Knoxville edition rank local businesses; BroadwayWorld stages theatre-fan awards for Memphis and for Nashville; and Miss Tennessee People's Choice lets the public weigh in on the state pageant.

The Waltz stands apart from all of them. Among the six, it is the animal-focused option, built around entered photographs instead of business or theatre nominations. Its electorate is basset devotees rather than a city's general readership, its vote is paid rather than free, and its outcome is settled on one June night in Nashville's Centennial Park instead of across a long award season. That concentration is the appeal for donors: every dollar spent on votes goes toward two crowns and the rescue's June celebration.

How can a Waltz campaign pull in more support?

Because every vote on this ballot costs a dollar, a campaign's ceiling tracks the number of people it can persuade to chip in. The practical moves are recruiting fellow basset owners early, sharing the View Entries gallery link with a reason to give, and reminding supporters that the push ends at the June 7 crowning night. Timing matters as well, since the ballot keeps its countdown visible in Eastern Time right up to the deadline, and a late surge can still reorder the two lead positions before the music starts.

Outside help is a separate decision. Anyone weighing purchased votes can start with this guide to getting more votes, compare general vote services, and then study the Waltz's Contest Rules tab to see what the rescue permits before money changes hands. Whichever route a campaign takes, those tabs remain the final word for this fundraiser.