Miss Gold Dust Pageant Guidelines Miss Gold Dust is a natural pageant. Light makeup, semi pageant hair and trendy/fashionable clothing is allowed. Miss Gold Dust Rules: *This is a natural pageant only. *No fake teeth or eyelashes will be allowed. *Finger nails, finger nail polish and jewelry are allowed. *Makeup should be age appropriate. *Formal wear is mandatory. Formal wear will consist of pageant or flower girl/prom gowns custom made or off the rack. Minimally stoned dresses are allowed. Dress needs to be long for the Junior through Miss divisions. *The sound person will provide the music for all events. No personalized music will be accepted except for talent. *No alcohol is allowed period. Miss or Teen contestants must not appear with alcohol in hand on internet or any other forum. Good conduct is expected at all times. *All queens will be expected to participate in community service, parades, and appearances during their year in reign. They will also be expected to come back and crown the next queen at the 2015 pageant. *All queens will attend a photo shoot at a later date at the director’s expense. Pageant Rules: *Please do not call or email to ask who will be competing or judging. *Good sportsmanship is required at all times by contestants, parents, and guests. Failure to comply will result in disqualification without a refund and any rewards received will be forfeited. *All judges’ decisions are final. *Do not approach the judges before or during the pageant. It is ok to speak with the judges if they approach you. *Miss Gold Dust judges will come from outside people who are not directly affiliated with contestants entering the pageant. All judges are volunteers. General Information: Age Divisions (As of 6/1/2014) *6mn-2yrs. Baby Miss *3-4 yrs. Tiny Miss *5-7 yrs. Little Miss *8-10 yrs. Junior Miss *11-12 yrs. Pre-Teen Miss 13-15 yrs. Teen Miss 16-18 yrs. Miss (19yrs if graduating senior of class of 2014) Entry Deadline All entries need to be received by June 30th, 2014. Interview time choices will be given out as applications are received. Dressing Room A dressing room will be provided. NO MEN are allowed in the dressing room at any time. Due to space each contestant may only have 1 person with them. Workshop There will be a workshop in June to go over preparation for the pageant. Areas to be covered: interview, introductions, proper stage walk for formal wear and theme wear. We will also be able to answer any questions that you have. Pajama Party There will be an event for all contestants on Thursday July 17th from 6-8pm at the Gold Bar Elementary Gym. All girls are to wear pajamas. Pizza will be provided. Girls will learn a routine that they will be performing at the pageant and they will also get help on proper walking and anything else they have questions about. Program Book All girls will have a photo taken at Interviews to be put in the program book. Girls doing onstage interviews will have their photos taken at the pajama party. Each family will receive a program book included in their entry fee. Events: Interview- All girls will do interview (except 2-4 yr olds. They will have on stage questions during pageant) on Monday July 21st location GBE gym. All questions will come from their application that they have filled out. An email will go out with times and locations. Girls are to wear interview outfit or a nice dress. Each contestant will need to bring either a 5x7 or 8x10 photo of themselves. Photo will be judged for photogenic and top overall photo will be used on the cover of the program. Photo will be returned the day of the pageant at check in. Production Number- All girls will learn a routine and will get to perform it in front of their parents and friends the night of the pageant. All girls will receive a t-shirt for participating and will wear during the production number. Girls need to either wear denim shorts or denim capris and white tennis shoes (no sandals or flip flops). Recycle Wear/Gold Wear- This is our community service event. To participate all you need to do is bring a food item for the food bank the day of the pageant. Use your imagination and only use items you have around the house to make a recycled outfit or wear items in the color gold. On Stage Tot Time- All contestant’s age 2-4 yrs. will be brought up on stage and asked some general questions by our co-director herself Katelyn Baller. This is such a fun event and you never know how they are going to answer. Contestants can be dressed in their own outfit of choice. Talent- Any contestant age 5 and up can participate in talent. Talent can be up to 2 minutes long. If contestant is using music they need to provide their music on a cd and have it tested by the sound person before the pageant begins. No piano will be available but contestant may bring their own keyboard. All music and lyrics need to be age appropriate and appropriate for the audience. Please keep all costumes modest. Talent is not included in overall but the contestant with the highest talent score will be crowned the overall talent queen and be able to participate in all the events throughout the year. Formal Wear/Introduction- All girls will participate in formal wear. You may wear any formal dress you feel beautiful in. Prom dresses, flower girl dresses, girl’s pageant dresses and custom made are allowed. Please keep the glitz to a minimum. All girls ages 5 and up will be required to introduce themselves on stage (please keep introduction to 30 seconds or less). Stage pattern will be gone over at the workshop. If you need a dress please contact Patty Baller as the Red Hat Ladies do have some loaners. A parent will be required on stage with contestants ages 2-4 years old. All parents need to dress appropriately (no low cut dresses or shirts). 2-4 yr olds will need to say their name, age and where they are from. Ambassador- We will be crowning one girl as our Ambassador. This girl will be the contestant that brings in the most food donation items (we will not accept any outdated food and please do not break up cases of water) and has referred the most girls participating in the pageant. The ambassador will get a crown and sash and will be able to participate in all the events through the year. Mini Optionals-These events will be judged during the actual events throughout the pageant. The mini optionals consist of but not limited to: Best Eyes, Prettiest Smile, Best Hair, Most Photogenic, Best Poise, and Best Interview. These awards will be awarded during crowning. Miss Congeniality- All contestants will vote for one girl to receive Miss Congeniality. Voting will take place at the pajama party. Crowning- Crowning will begin after all categories have finished. All girls need to be in Formal Wear for crowning. Age division titles will be judged on the following areas: Interview, Formal Wear and Introduction, and Photogenic. We will be crowning with the youngest age group first and so-on. We will crown a 1st runner up and queen in each age group. All girls will receive a director’s gift for participating. Parade- All the new crowned Queens will ride in the Gold Dust Parade on Saturday July 26th. Information about time and what to wear will be given at crowning. Pageant Schedule: Friday July 18th – Gold Bar Elementary School Gym 6-8pm- Pajama Party and Production Number Rehearsal Monday July 21st –Gold Bar Elementary Gym 3-6pm- Interviews (for all ages except 2-4) Friday July 25th – Gold Bar Elementary School Gym 3-4:30pm- Contestant Check In 5pm- Pageant Starts -Production Number -Introduction of Judges -Current Queen to Perform -Recycle Theme Wear -Current Queen to Perform -Onstage Tot Questions -Talent -Current Queen to Perform -Formal Wear and Introductions -Queen Farewells -Queen of Queens -Crowning Saturday, July 26th- Gold Bar (Meet at Family Grocer) Time TBA Gold Dust Parade- All contestants and new queens may ride in the parade Time may fluctuate depending on the amount of girls competing. Any questions please feel free to contact Patty Baller at [email protected] or 425-238-0289 or Katelyn Baller at 425-359-7532. Miss Gold Dust Pageant Friday, July 25th, 2014 5pm Gold Bar Elementary Gym CONTESTANT NAME __________________________________________ AGE_________ DOB__________________ PARENT(S) NAME_____________________________________ EMAIL_______________________________________ STREET ADDRESS_______________________________________ CITY____________________ ZIP______________ PHONE_________________________________________ REFERRED BY______________________________________ AGE DIVISION (AGE AS OF 6/1/2014) (PLEASE CIRCLE): BABY MISS (6MN-2YRS) TINY MISS (3YRS-4YRS) LITTLE MISS (5YRS-7YRS) JUNIOR MISS (8YRS-10YRS) PRE-TEEN MISS (11YRS-12YRS) TEEN MISS (13YRS-15YRS) MISS (16YRS-18YRS OR 19YRS IF GRADUATING SENIOR 2014) ENTRY FEES (check all areas you are entering) ____ ENTRY FEE (Covers interview, photogenic, and formal wear) $30.00 ____ TALENT (ages 5 and up) $ 5.00 ____ MINI OPTIONALS (best interview, hair, eyes, gown, and etc.) $ 5.00 ____ THEME WEAR (Theme is recycled or gold) ____ AMBASSADOR FOOD DONATION (Girl with most referrals and food donation items) ____ EXTRA PROGRAM BOOK (Each family will receive one) FREE $ 5.00 TOTAL ENCLOSED___________________________ T-SHIRT SIZE________________________ SPECTATOR ENTRY TO WATCH THE PAGEANT IS FREE BUT WE DO REQUEST A FOOD ITEM DONATION AS WE ARE COLLECTING FOOD FOR THE FOOD BANK IN WHICH THE NEW QUEENS WILL DELIVER AS THEIR FIRST COMMUNITY SERVICE. PLEASE MAIL REGISTRATION FORM AND FEES BY JUNE 30TH TO: PATTY BALLER, 250 AMANDA AVE, GOLD BAR, WA 98251. MAKE CHECKS OUT TO PATTY BALLER. ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE EMAIL AT [email protected] OR 425-238-0289. http://pattyballer.wix.com/miss-gold-dust MISS GOLD DUST PAGEANT CONTESTANT MC BIO AND WAIVER Contestant Name:_____________________________________________________ Age:_______________ Eye Color:____________________________ Hair Color:__________________________________________ Parents Names:____________________________________________________________________________ Siblings:_________________________________Pets:_____________________________________________ Grade:___________________________ Name of School:________________________________________ Talents/Hobbies:___________________________________________________________________________ Most Embarrassing Moment:______________________________________________________________ Favorite Book:_________________________ Favorite Color:___________________________________ Favorite Movie:___________________________ Favorite Song:_________________________________ Favorite Quote:____________________________________________________________________________ Photo Waiver/General Waiver- Contestants and Parent/Guardian agree that photos of contestants may be used for local paper, the pageant/city website, on brochures, and publications. I understand that if contestant wins the title, there may be appearances (parades, festivals, appearances, and community service) and that I will try my best to attend so that I am representing my title to the best of my ability. I further agree that I understand that judge’s decisions are final and I will also not hold Gold Dust Days Pageant responsible if I sustain injury by competing in this pageant or sustain injury by performing my talent in this competition. If you are a title holder, you further agree that anytime you have your crown and banner on, you will maintain integrity, and be courteous and helpful and set a good example. Both parent and contestant understand that any behavior that is unsportsmanlike and or negative gossip about the pageant, director and its staff will require immediate resignation of contestant’s title. Judges’ comments are available 1 month after pageant by written request. No discussion to the director, judges, or staff about why a contestant did not place or win on pageant weekend is not allowed. By signing I have read the above and understand the rules and agree to abide by them. I also read the competition information and understand it. Contestant Signature___________________________________________________ Date_________________________________ Parent/Guardian Signature_____________________________________________ Date__________________________________ Miss Gold Dust Pageant TALENT COMPETITION INFORMATION CONTESTANT #_____________________ Name___________________________ Age Division______________ Age_______ Type of Talent (i.e. piano, vocal, dance) _______________________________ Title of Song____________________________________________________________ Discription__________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Any Needs for the Performer (i.e. hand held microphone, wireless, chair, etc.) _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ *No piano will be available. Contestant will need to provide their own keyboard.