My very last pageant, my own retirement pageant, took place this past weekend in Merritt. I drove up early on Wednesday, my first time driving on the Coquihalla highway. The 2010 B.C. Ambassador candidates had already been up in Merritt all week rehearsing and preparing for their events on Friday and Saturday. Wednesday evening, I…
After spending countless weekends away visiting other communities in B.C., I got to welcome visiting royalty from all across the province to my home town. The Miss White Rock pageant and White Rock Youth Ambassador gala was held on Friday, kicking off White Rock’s Spirit of the Sea festivities held annually on the August long…
Lytton is a small town, its city centre located about an hour outside of Hope. It’s known for it’s white water rafting, the First Nations population living there and on the reserves surrounding it, and it’s temperatures; Lytton is, after all, Canada’s Hotspot. It’s also a very cool place geographically because it is surrounded by three distinct…
Friday morning I drove up to Kelowna with six of the White Rock youth ambassadors, including Miss White Rock and White Rock Friendship Ambassador. For once, we were on time with plenty of time to spare. The pageant was held that evening at the city’s theatre. It was a lovely gala: the visiting royalty were…
I spent this past weekend in the Tournament Capital of Canada, Kamloops B.C. I drove up with some of the White Rock ambassadors and organizer Donna Friday afternoon. We made it just in time for the dinner and dance (no impromptu Graces). It was way too hot to dance, so the evening ended early. Saturday…
My five day adventure has sadly come to an end, but it’s good to be back home. I visited five cities (Osoyoos, Oliver, Peachland, Princeton, Williams Lake), participated in four parades (the one in Oliver is in two weeks), spent at least a full 24 hours driving to get to and from all of the…