On day three at the 2011 Miss Indiana Pageant things really picked up, and all of our practicing came together just in time for dress rehearsal at the Zionsville Performing Arts Center, which most of us in the Miss Indiana system have taken to calling "the PAC." Tuesday we also attended the Joy of Life Luncheon in honor of Joy Robbins, who was a longtime friend, supporter and interview consultant for Miss Indiana.
The Tuesday night dress rehearsal is a full dress rehearsal of both the Wednesday and Thursday night prelims, so it is a long night but a fun night. We practice so much on Monday and Tuesday to make sure everything is just perfect for the first public show on Wednesday, so the Tuesday night dress rehearsal is our chance to run through everything - and I do mean everything - and make sure we are all on the same page and ready to go for the rest of the week. Dress rehearsals are closed to the public, so only directors and board members get to see this special sneak peek.
Doing both shows for dress rehearsals is an incredible moment. Even though the PAC is pretty much empty, when the opening number music comes on and the spotlight hits you its hard not to get excited. There are moments when it is easy to forget it is just a practice run, because the contestants are so focused on doing their best, making sure they shine in front of the judges, and knowing that on Wednesday night they will hear their family and friends cheering for them as they compete for the title of Miss Indiana.
The Joy of Life Luncheon was a really special event, and all 31 of the Miss Indiana contestants wore "cute casual in pink." Special thanks to Barbara Helm, Miss Indiana field director and judges hostess, who did so much work making the Joy of Life Luncheon a super special event for all the contestants. The Joy of Life Award is announced on the final night of the Miss Indiana Pageant and is a tremendous honor.
In Zionsville at the Miss Indiana pageant we are contestants, but win or lose, everyone one of the contestants are local titleholders in the Miss America Organization. All of us want to be Miss Indiana, many of us dreaming of going on to become a contestant in the Miss America pageant, but no matter what, we are local titleholders. At the end of the week one lucky young woman begins her journey as a state titleholder, but we are all Miss America's in our community.
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