I first want to start by talking about the pageant and then I will introduce myself.
On Tuesday April 6th my mom and I hit the road, we where on the road by 8am so we could get to St. Joe in a reasonable hour. We hit rain almost the entire way thru Eastern Colorado and Kansas. It made our drive much longer then it needed to be, but we made the most of it. We stopped alot and laughed alot. My mom is an amazing road trip buddy! We decied to take a senic detour in Kansas City and this turned into about 2 extra hours of driving, I would not recommend this, even thought is was super pretty!
Once we finally arrived in St. Joe at 9pm we checked into our room at the Holiday Inn and got to bed. Then the next morning my "crew" was arriving at the Kansas City Airport. Even though their flight was delayed because of the snow in Denver, they finally made it! My Grandma, Sister, Niece and Nephew came to support me. My dad stayed home to take care of our critters and my brother was at a car show in Nashville.
We had the night to relax and went to the pool and Houlihans resturant.
The next morning was the start of the pageant.
This is how my day started, a good morning kiss from my sweet Niece Delilah. I always know it will be a good day when it starts like this!
All of us girls checked-in in out Horsemanship outfits.
We had orientation in the Holiday Inn and then headed right to Horsemanship. Since the hotel did not have our room ready, we moved in after riding.
We drew order for how we all would go all weekend, I was #3.
Horsemanship went great and we all rode like champs and the horses where awesome!
We all did a pattern set by Rachel Burton, answered questions in the arena and then we did 2 flag runs and a queens run.
Here is me sharing a laugh with the judges, I laugh alot.
As we all prepared to check-in we learned a 4 of us would share one room! we all had that look of shock, but by the end of the week, we all became really close friends and got to know each other really well.
All the donated items from our amazing sponsor where layed out on our beds! We loved them, here is
Next we all changed into our outfits for the first performance of the Finals. This was the first night we would be collecting votes for the People Choice award, so we all dressed to impress!
We started off the night by giving pony rides to kids, the money went to help "Camp Hope" a local orgnization for handicapped children. After pony rides it was time to hit the stands and solicite money for the People's Choice Award. Each girl designed a can of their choice, it had to have our name on it and a picture of ourself.
Before intermission we went to the arena to help with the Mutton Busting. This is always one of the crowd's favorites. This night they gave away a bike to a boy and a girl in the crowd.
When the bullriding was over, we all signed autographs for our fans. Then the Rib Crib had provided us with the best BBQ, it was so good, I ate way too much.
Here is my "Crew" on thursday night
Time for fashion show practice! We all danced pretty fast so we could get some rest.
We all hit the hay pretty quick on thurday night, cause we knew we had a few more busy mornings.
Friday morning brought us a 730am breakfast with President Clint Jackson and Vice President Frank Walkowe. The food was great, everyone ate buffett, I ate oatmeal! It was a great way to start the day.
Then it was back to dance pratice to make sure we knew for sure what we where doing later in the day at the fashion show and speeches.
Well then it was time to eat again and we headed to Whiskey Creek. They are so nice over there and welcomed us with open arms.
Me doing a lil posing :>
After lunch it was time to head back to the Holiday Inn and change for our Fashion Show performance.
I will write all about this on the next post! There are so many pictures from it that I want to share.
keep reading,
Rachel Kelderman
Miss NFPB
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