Mrs. America Pageant

I went to Tucson on Wednesday with my friend Mary to chaperone her daughter's show group, Light. They were there to perform at the Mrs. America Pageant. Oh my goodness!!! We had the best time! Karen's sister, Kathy was there to chaperone too so it was fun to talk to her and play a few games of Rummicub together while we waited for the kids to perform. I'll show my pictures and explain them:
First pic> I know, weird, I'm showing a bottle of water but it's now my new favorite water. They had this for us to drink at the hotel where the pageant was and it is sooo goood! When I'm at a restaurant, I always like to have extra lemon for my water. This actually tastes like you squeezed lots of lemon in your water. Not sweet, not carbonated, just water with lemon. Love it! (You can see our Rummicub game in the background too.)

We were sitting down outside watching the group practice in the afternoon and Mary found this agenda or whatever you call it sitting on a chair. Our favorite part was towards the top where it says, "OMAROSA BACKSTAGE WITH LOSERS". I looked at Mary and said, "Omarosa is here!!!" For those who have no clue who I'm talking about, Omarosa was on the first Apprentice tv show and was the one everyone loved to hate.

Mary texted Brent and told him that Omarosa was going to be there and he texted back that if we got a picture with her he'd give us $100.00. Mention $100 bucks to us and we'll figure out a way! Actually, I was too embarrassed to ask her for a picture when we saw her. This is why it's good to have an outgoing friend. I cut myself out of the picture because I look horrible but you can tell it's me with her. We also got a picture of Mary with Alan Thicke who was the host of the show. Mary didn't want me to put her picture in the blog for the same reason I didn't want mine in the blog.

Obviously I get amused by little things. I had to take a picture of these guys. It rained in the afternoon and luckily cleared up in time for the program to start but they had to frantically dry the stage before they could let the women prance around on it in high heels. Look at what they are drying the floor with. They had these tiny rags on each foot and were scuffling around on the floor. Finally they realized they weren't getting it done very fast and had the hotel people bring them some bigger towels. Maybe they figured it out when this guy saw that I was making fun of them. I am happy to report that only two ladies slipped during the program.

This guy to the left was talking to one of the men who were frantically setting up and drying things after the rain. The worker guy was asking this guy what they should do about the wet drapes. This guy to the left came over to Mary and I and said, "I'm a big time t.v. exec. Do you really think I care about the drapes?" Mary turned to me after he left and said, "Did he really just say that he's a big time t.v. exec??? I spent a long time after that trying to get a picture of this big time t.v. exec without him seeing me. I wanted proof to be able to tell people that I talked to a big time t.v. exec. Yes, I am 36, not 12.

We ended up leaving after Light performed the last time which was about 11:00pm. The guy in charge of the group decided that since the kids didn't have dinner, he should take them for steak and chicken at 11:00pm. We didn't end up getting home until 2:15 am. I had a great time though and those stories and pictures I was able to come home with was well worth the no sleep. BTW, The program will be airing on the W.E. network on Sept. 21. Hopefully they will put Caitlin's show group in the actual program. They told them they would be in the t.v. show at least once but who knows what they will do. They actually were the best part of the show. They did really well and were very entertaining.
Here's all the rest of the pics of the ladies. The close up one of the immodest lady in blue is actually Mrs. Utah and she is an Osmand. Everyone had to wear the same dresses at the beginning but everyone else managed to cover themselves up a little better than Mrs. Utah did. I do admit that I am back on my diet and going strong since that night.

Oh, one more thing...We found this script lying on a wall and had to take a picture of it. So funny to see how every single line is scripted. Actually when they weren't filming, Alan Thicke was pretty funny all on his own. Too bad he had to say exactly what they wrote for him. Another thing I thought was funny is before they even started taping the show, they filmed the audience. The director asked everyone to laugh like they just heard the funniest joke, and then clap really loud and act like they were very excited so they could get enough taped with the audience actually enjoying themselves. Too funny.