Montgomery County Junior Miss ( the first step to America's Junior Miss) was
held here in Montgomery this weekend.  The contestants spent nearly all day
Saturday with the judges where they interviewed individually with the five
judges.  Then the first presentation to the public was Saturday night.  My
granddaughter, Annie, did her Self Expression,  Fitness, Poise and Evening
Gown on Saturday night.  Then on Sunday afternoon she did her Talent.  She
is not a dancer, but she is also not a singer, pianist, violinist, etc, so
she and Jayne went to a lady who has a dance studio and she choreographed a
dance/tumbling routine for Annie who did gymnastics for several years.  She
stopped when she had a serious break on an elbow.
Annie's wish was to be in the top ten .  She made it and was the last one to
be named.  She had decided she didn't make it but she was wrong, thank
goodness.   All of the top ten did their performances over again.
.The Montgomery County Junior Miss was not to be named until the final show
Monday night. Annie did really well in all areas and we felt sure she would
win in one of the catagories, but she didn't.  They had named the first and
second runners-up and came time to announce the Junior Miss, and they called
out number 19, Annie Love!  There were about 20 friends and family sitting
together and it is amazing how much noise and clapping a group of that size
can make.  Even Cliff, Annie's 20 year old brother, had tears in his eyes
(he
had attended every show).
They asked the parents to come to the stage immediately so the photographer
could take a picture.  Someone told Cliff to go also, and then one of the
men grabbed my arm to take me down to the stage.  We still had to wait a bit
while all the judges and officials came to congratulate her.  But it was
worth the wait.  In fact, we waited about 2 hours after the program was over
before we came home.  Chris, Annie's boyfriend, also waited and brought her
home.  Everyone who knew Annie or the family wanted a hug and waited until
they could get one!
The state championship program will be held here in Montgomery in December.
Aren't we blessed.  We won't have hotel and food bills to pay!
Scholastics was 20% of the score, and Annie has been on the A Honor Roll for
all 12 years.  Also, a panel of educators reviewed and rated transcripts of
grades and scores of scholastic tests and college entrance exams.
The evaluation by the judges after the personal interview was 25%, and if
the judges enjoyed it as much as Annie did, I can see where her score came
from.  She is just like her mother and is a Talker! She said they asked her
only a few questions and the rest of the time they just talked about
anything and everything.  She was very excited when she was telling us about
it. Creating and performing arts was also 25%, and Annie did an excellent
job in her routine, and she smiled all the time!  Even the dance
choreographer said people had stopped to tell her what a good job Annie did
and congratulated her on the routine.  Fitness (coordination,stamina,
agility, posture and carriage) was 15%, and self expression was 15%. Their
answering a question came under self expression.   The question was, "If you
had a magic phone and could call anybody in the world, who would you call
and what would you talk about."  Annie said she would call the presidental
candidates and ask who they would have as a running mate and cabinet
members, because that would affect everybody in the world.
Can you blame "Marmar" for being excited and proud?
Gwen

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