Miss Tecumseh 2013

Saturday, January 25, 2014

The Princess Ball

I had the great pleasure of attending The Princess Ball on January 18th. Tickets were $40 each and the proceeds went to Cystic Fibrosis Canada. The event was sold out within a matter of days and there was even a wait list! A former Miss Tecumseh, Aimee Quenneville, told me about the event. She asked me to recruit some local princesses, so I asked around and got plenty all excited replies. We arrived for 10am to get ready. The little princesses started to arrive at at 11am. We all stood lined up at the front to welcome the princesses as they entered. They were escorted in and announced to the hall. They were then welcomed with applause and a picture taken by Snapd. The princesses then found their table and were free to go to the stations. There were plenty of stations set up around the room that offered hair styling, make up, glittery tattoos, face painting, cookie decorating, crown designing and many more! The princesses then went around and told tables that they could go up and get lunch. After lunch the little princesses were invited to the dance floor to be serenaded by Princess Ariel. Then the dancing began. I had such a great time dancing will all the little princesses. Several little girls wanted to hold my hands to dance. We even had a conga line going at one point. They all had such a magical time at The Princess Ball and so did I! I wish I had gone to a Princess Ball when I was a kid! I think a lot of little girls dreams came true that day. I had such a great time at The Princess Ball, I would love to volunteer for it again next year! I was also glad to see so many other local princesses. Seeing all those happy little girls faces was priceless! Check out The Princess Ball facebook page and the Cystic Fibrosis Canada facebook page to learn more. Also check out The Princess Ball featured in the Windsor Star.

Windsor-Essex Princesses, photo courtesy of Snapd

Conga line with all the little princesses

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Christmas in Tecumseh

November 29th was the third annual Christmas in Tecumseh and Santa Parade. I was asked to be apart of the parade as well as help out afterwards at Town Hall. I first had to find a car for the parade and deck it out to be Christmas themed. Rafih Auto Group was kind enough to lend us a very nice brand new black Mustang for the night. It was an absolutely stunning car and I am so thankful to have been able to ride in such a nice car. I'm also thankful that I have a boyfriend that loves me enough to drive a car for 45 minutes going only 5 mph. A dance group was right in front of us so and they had some awesome jamz so we were dancing the whole time. I was glad to see so many people out on the parade route,especially in the chilly weather! I was also glad to see many of my little campers on the parade route. After the parade I made my way to Town Hall to help Mr. and Mrs. Claus. Children lined up to sit on Mr and Mrs. Claus's lap. I met the children and led them to meet the Claus'. After the children told them what they wanted for Christmas, I handed handed them some Reindeer Food for them to put on their lawns. I absolutely love Christmas time and I am so happy that I got to spread my Christmas cheer with the whole Town of Tecumseh this year!

A big thank you to:

Rafih Auto Group Website

Misha Z Photography and Fine Art Printing

My chaufer and I during the Santa Parade

Me during the Santa Parade by Misha Z Photography

Mustang from Rafih Auto Group, photo by Misha Z Photography

Helping Mr. and Mrs. Claus at Town Hall

Christmas in Tecumseh featured in The Windsor Star

Tecumseh Holiday Bazaar

The owner of Bacio Cafe in Lakeshore, Randa, invited me to the Holiday Bazaar at Tecumseh Vista on December 7th. There were a whole bunch of vendors set up throughout the hallways of Tecumseh Vista from hand made items, to boutiques, to cafes. I was seated at a table by the Town of Tecumseh booth and I was asked to sign pictures for the children at the event. The event was a huge success! A ton of people showed up for the event. A lot of people approached me to my surprise and asked for an autograph. I met a lot of people, especially young girls, and I had some great conversations with them. It was my first time signing autographs and I didn't think anyone would really want one from me but by the end of my time there, I only had two photos left! It was a really fun and successful event, Randa did a fantastic job organizing it!

Holiday Bazaar Flyer

Tecumseh Staff and I at the Holiday Bazaar

Miss Windsor Pageant

I had the pleasure of being part of the Miss Windsor Pageant on November 22nd. I was able to help out backstage and see the behind the scenes of the show. I made sure the girls were ready to get on stage for the different segments of the competition as well as give them some advice before they got onstage. It was interesting to get the behind the scenes perspective of a pageant instead of watching it from the audience or from the stage. A lot of hard work goes into a pageant and I can really appreciate how hard the directors work to make it such an amazing show. The pageant format was kind of different then the Miss Tecumseh format so that was interesting to see as well. I got to hand out sashes at the end of the night and pose with the ladies. It was nice to see some familiar faces as well meet some new people. All of the girls were so friendly and inviting and it was a real pleasure getting to know them. I would like to formally congratulate all the winners, including the new Miss Windsor, Katrina Kryza, and the new Miss Teen Windsor, Chelsea Girard. Congratulation ladies, you all did a fantastic job and absolutely blew me away! I'm really looking forward to working with these girls through out the next year as. I'm also looking forward to going to Miss Windsor 2014. Who knows, maybe I'll even be a part of it next year! ;)

Backstage with Miss Lasalle and Miss Teen Windsor-Essex World

Handing out the Miss Teen Evening Gown Sash

Handing out the Miss Photogenic Sash

Posing with the newly crowned Miss Windsor, Katrina Kryza

With the new Miss Teen Windsor, Chelsea Girard

All the Queens and Pageant Directors

Saturday, November 2, 2013

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

As my first Charity Event I decided to do something fun and different! Of course since it was Breast Cancer Awareness month I wanted to donate to the Canadian Cancer Society for breast cancer research. And since I'm a huge Halloween fan, I wanted to do something Halloween related. I was thinking about it for a while and then the idea to have a showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show came to mind! For those that are unaware, it is an audience participation film. People dress up, bring props, and yell at the screen, it's a blast and a half! I had never been to one because of the lack of them in our community so I figured I'd throw my own to fill the gap!

As I've discovered though, planning an event is much harder then you'd think. There was so much to do and with all the stuff I had going on it was really hard find time. I first created a Facebook event. Then I created a flyer and printed it out at St. Clair (thank you St. Clair for having free printing!). Then I hung it up around Tecumseh and Windsor. I also printed off the tickets at St. Clair by being very sneaky. I probably made about 15 trips to the Dollarama that month to get things for the night.

I was worried that we wouldn't get enough people at first but as the final week before the event came people started calling and texting in like crazy! The event was on October 25th at midnight at Lakeshore Cinemas. We had approximately 127 people attend and raised over $1140. I planned pre-show activities which two of my great friends hosted. Activities included a time-warp off, a trivia contest, a costume contest and more! I also set up a photobooth outside of the theater for people to pose in front of.

There are so many people that I want to thank for helping me out with this event and making it possible! My lovely boyfriend Keith for helping out throughout the event, my friends Jill and Miranda for running the ticket table, my friends Jessica and Kyle for running the pre-show activities, my friend Maria for taking photos in the theater, my sister Miranda for helping out throughout the night, everyone that stayed behind after the event and helped clean up, and Lakeshore Cinemas! The event couldn't have been such a success without all of you! The event was such a success this year that I think we are going to have it annually! Look out for it next year!

My poster

My lovely ticket table ladies!

My fabulous hosts

Time Warp Off

Photobooth fun!

Walk Through Milan Fashion Show

I know it's been forever since I've posted so i'm going to try and get up to date today. I've been so busy this month with midterms, assignments, a new job, planning an event and of course Miss Tecumseh Appearances. Now upcoming is final exams and then placement, it just never stops! Which is why I need to post today!

On October 16th, I had the pleasure of being part of Bvogue's Walk Through Milan Fashion Show. I was asked to MC the event. Ewa, the owner of Bvogue wrote out what to say about each collection on cue cards and also graciously offered me a beautiful dress from the store to wear. I've never been an MC for something before so it was definitely a new and exciting experience! What made it even better was seeing so many familiar faces. Miss Tecumseh 2012, Alley Biniarz, is the daughter of the owner and she was asked to do the entertainment. She has such a lovely voice and did a fantastic job, no wonder why she won Miss Talent her year! 1st runner up, Miss Congeniality, and Miss Interview, Jillian Parent was also involved in the show as a model. It was also great seeing the ladies from Bvogue again, they are so friendly and welcoming. They actually supplied the clothes for Fashion Wear portion of the pageant this past year.

I introduced every scene before the models came out and then at the end of the night I drew the raffle prize winners. Ewa's mother passed away from breast cancer at a very young age so she decided to give the proceeds from the event to the Canadian Cancer Society for Breast Cancer Research. Her story reflects my own which is why I was so happy to participate in this event. I had such a great time being the MC. I would like to say a big thank you to Bvogue for giving me the opportunity!