Today seemed like it went by extremely fast. It is interesting to notice during a vacation how quick time has passed by, and that became evident tonight. But nonetheless, today was such a fun day!
We woke up (yet again!) very early, but (yet again!) we enjoyed a delicious breakfast before the parade sponsored by the Jr. Women's Club at the United Methodist Church right next to downtown Main Street. I have never been in such a large parade before! The Illinois Corvette Club sponsored us and we each had our OWN Corvette and driver! Jack and Judy were such good sports and Jack wore the Minnie Mouse ears! For a town of less than 6,000 people, there sure were a lot of people there! The little kids were so cute. They would scream, “Jenna, Jenna, Jenna!” and then as soon as I would look and wave, they would bury their smiles into their hands and shrug their shoulders and twist around.
After the parade, we had lunch at the level 4 fire station. This means that the fire station has a response time of 5 minutes or less. This was extremely impressive, especially because ALL of the men are volunteers. How incredible and inspiring.
Posing with The Boys!
West Coast Girls!
All of the Troops. (I am on the top row)
Quick pose by the Fire Engine.
We had to say thank you to the man on the end for washing our dishes (he was the rookie of the gang, thus earned the privilege of washing all of the dishes!) These men are all volunteers.
After lunch at the firestation we had a few hours of free time, so we came back home and I packed and rested a bit for that night. Monica had a great dinner prepared and we munched on salads, this delicious fruit concoction with whipped cream and a lot of different fruits, vegetables and dips, and a lot of other foods. Monica must have known we had swimsuit that night! We stopped at Dairy Queen for a Blizzard, and I got one to eat after the show!
Tonight I had evening wear, on stage question, and swimsuit. Although I did not win a preliminary tonight, I was very happy with my performance and I was simply glad the competition was over! I wanted to congratulate tonight’s prelim winners, Miss Nebraska, Devin, for swimsuit, and Miss Oregon Cassandra Tolman, and Miss North Carolina Lisa Mace, for tying in talent. Miss Oregon sang the Operatic selection, "Nessum Dorma" and she gave me chills. Miss North Carolina is an amazing tapper, and tapped to the song, "It Don't Mean a Thing". As a matter of fact, ALL of the girls did a great job, and I am proud of everyone! We are almost done girls! I appreciate every moment and I am taking it all in! I need some rest, so I am off to bed, but I hope you enjoyed my update!
Some pictures from NIGHT 2 PRELIMINARIES:
Swimsuit:
Evening Wear:
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