Thorsby
Swedish Fest
2012 Town of Thorsby’s
Swedish Festival Beauty Pageant
October 8th and 9th
Thorsby High School Auditorium
Pageant Registration: Sunday, September 9, 2012 - Helen Jenkins Chapel
(across from Thorsby High School)
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
ENTRY FEE: $65 (you may get sponsored by local business, or individuals) Entry Fee includes Photogenic for Tiny, Little, Young, Junior & Miss Categories)
Contestants are required to submit 2 wallet size photos (head shot) of same pose at registration. Photo must have been taken within the year. Please put name and age, and sponsor if applicable on the back of each photo.
(Photos & Ads not submitted by Sept. 16 will NOT appear in the pageant program book.)
Baby Miss Photogenic Only Competition Details:
Girls age 0-24 months
Entry Fee: $20.00
Deadline to enter Baby Miss Photogenic Competition - September 9, 2012
Photos submitted will appear in the 2012 Swedish Fest Program. Judges will select one winner. The Baby Miss Photogenic winner will be announced at Monday's Oct. 10 Pageant, and will be introduced with the 2012 Swedish Fest Queens at the 2011 Swedish Fest in Richard H. Wood Memorial Park on Saturday, Oct. 13.
Sorry, there will be NO REFUNDS on entry fees for any category of this beauty pageant!
PAGEANT SCHEDULE
Monday, October 8 Contestants: Baby Miss Photogenic announced (age 0-24 months), Tiny (age 2-4), Little (age 5-7)
Tuesday, October 9 Contestants: Young (age 8-11), Junior (age 12-15), Miss (age 16-19)
Location: Thorsby High School Auditorium, Thorsby, Alabama
Time: 6:00 pm each evening
PAGEANT INFORMATION
Dress: Pageant Dress
Junior and Miss (Only) will perform an opening number. Each girl competing in these two categories will need a royal blue top and jeans for opening number.
Practice: Saturday, October 6 - Thorsby High School Auditorium
Miss 9-10:30am, Tiny-10:30am, Little-11:30pm, Young-12:30pm, Junior 1:30 - 2:30pm. Girls will be given a pageant t-shirt to wear to practice. Please wear this t-shirt with denim jeans, denim capris, or denim shorts. A group photo will be taken at practice.
There will be a Queen and 4 alternates for pageant divisions and 1 photogenic winner.
Tiny, Little, & Young Contestants must be in their designated dressing room and completely ready by 5:50 pm.
Junior & Miss Contestants must be in their dressing room wearing their royal tops and jeans by 5:15pm.
Queens will ride in Thorsby's Swedish Fest Parade on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 on a furnished float.
Alternates are welcome to be in parade, but must furnish their own ride. Queens will wear evening gowns in parade with sash and crown. Queens will be introduced at the Swedish Fest during the opening ceremonies at Richard M. Wood Memorial Park following the parade.
Queens will be required to make several appearances throughout the year. They are also required to participate in fundraising for Relay for Life, Angel Tree (underprivileged Christmas Program), and other local charities.
Queens in each division will receive a monogrammed sash, rhinestone crown pin, flowers and beautiful crown, and gifts from local businesses.
The 2012 Miss Swedish Fest Queen will be awarded a scholarship in the amount of $1,000.00.
Alternates will receive a rhinestone pin with sash, and flowers.
Photogenic Winners will receive a beautiful plaque.
2011 Swedish Fest Queens are not eligible to compete in 2012 pageant.
Admission at the door each pageant night will be $5.00 per person.
For further information please call Marika 205-287-1263, Mesha 205-245-3447, or Heather 205-233-3033.
Beauty Pageant Registration Form
Name ____________________________________
Address __________________________________
Age __________ (on date of pageant)
T-shirt size:________
Sponsored By: (optional) ___________________________________
Phone Number: (daytime) ___________ (night)____________
----------------------(Stop here if 0-24 months)-------------
School __________________________________
Grade __________
Activities, Awards & Honors
__________________________________________________________________________________________
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I will not hold Pageant Directors of the Swedish Fest Pageant or Town of Thorsby or Thorsby High School responsible for any accidents, injury or loss which may occur before, during or after the pageant. ALL JUDGES DECISIONS ARE FINAL! NO REFUNDS ON ENTRY FEES!
Parent Signature _____________________________
Date ____________
2012 Town of Thorsby’s
Swedish Festival Beauty Pageant
Ad Application Form
Deadline 9/15/12
This year we are asking for contestants to try to sale an ad in our Pageant program. The winner of ad sales will be announced and awarded a trophy during their night of the pageant. Only ½ and full page ads can include a picture.
□ Full Page $150
□ Half Page $100
□ Quarter Page $70
Complete Below:
Business Name:________________________
Phone Number__________________________
Contestant Name: ______________________
*Don’t Forget to Attach Business Card and Contestant Photo.