Talk about having a great time with your director! The concert was SO much fun, they played everything from his biggest hits like Thriller all the way to music from the Jackson 5. It was great to get out there and have fun dancing and singing while representing the Three Rivers Festival and the Miss Indiana Organization all at the same time. I'm pretty sure Jenee had a great time too ;) Naturally we took pictures with the cardboard cutouts after the show was over.
I had a week off before my next appearance so I had the opportunity to travel down to North Carolina for my cousin's wedding where I got to sing for the bride and groom's first dance! That was such an honor for me and a great way to spend my weekend off, with my family.
Last weekend proved to be one of the most touching appearance-filled weekends I've ever had. We started out with a visit to the Easter Seals Arc - Dancing with the Arc Stars. I was so impressed with the performances, they killed it! After the competition was finished and the results were being tabulated, Jenee, Taylor (Miss TRF OT) and I got to visit with everyone there. It didn't take long for a couple of the Arc Stars to get Taylor and I out on the dance floor. We got the opportunity to give out awards to all of the great dancers and even found out that in one night, over $40,000 was raised for Easter Seals Arc! I was so impressed by how giving the audience was for this great organization. The director of the Three Rivers Festival, Hammer, was a judge too!!
The next morning we made a trip with Miss TRF's Pre-Teen, Alexa, to Lutheran Hospital to visit Princess Diana. Well, she wasn't a princess yet... that's where we came in :) Diana is eight years old and has been battling thyroid cancer for almost two years. She's undergone 36 surgeries and is quite possibly the happiest little girls I've ever met. I was so touched from my time with Diana. She was just happy that "real princesses" came to visit her and now she is officially the Queen of Indiana, Diana. Hopefully I will get to visit her again soon.
I am now another week closer to Miss Indiana and can't be more excited. Taylor and I will be models with a few other Miss Indiana local titleholder's for Special Moment's Bridal show on Sunday. I'm not getting married any time soon, but it will be fun to model a wedding dress for a day!!
