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Date Posted: 18:27:35 06/20/22 Mon
Hello!
If you are careful like I am, you can avoid spoilers and go back and watch pageants. I missed TN Volunteer until I saw it was live Saturday night, so I went back last night and started watching. I will watch each night like I usually do and pretend it is just a different day of the week lol.
First of all, the TN Volunteer pageant would put Miss America to shame. Their production is quite frankly, fantastic. They have an elaborate stage with a ramp where the contestants can walk down during evening gown. The stage is very professional, and they have live music. Not the old tacky kind, this music is modern and they have an electric guitar player, for example. They have an announcer, they have the contestants introducing themselves and talking about their talents. It is so well done. I feel like I am watching a national pageant. Amelia has been incorporated very well into the production numbers and they are taking full advantage of her talents. There are still the princess numbers but even they are a bit more subdued. And everything is running right on schedule, not a lot of fluff.
Of note: Allison did not host night 1. Someone by the last name of Alastair hosted, she is from the Criminal Bureau of Investigation and a journalist. I thought she was very professional and did a good job. Kerri Arnold is co-hosting and doing a very good job as well. They had her out in the audience as she was introducing talent. I cannot stress this enough-without Jay and his antics, the show is running much smoother. It was actually nice not to have to deal with that. I realize he comes with the price of admission, sort to speak, but believe me, his antics get old. None of that, at least for night 1.
Now, down to the competition:
SS-I had Scenic City, Nashville or Jackson as the potential winners. They all really stood out to me.
Talent-You can tell that Volunteer is getting a good reputation and attracting quality contestants, because something happened along the way. They actually got talent! There were only a few of the historically bad talents that TN is known for. The rest were on par with what I have been seeing at MAO state pageants so far. To me, the best were TN Soybean Festival, who did a speed painting of Prince to Prince's music. I thought she was really entertaining with it. She matched the energy of the music without standing around to grin at the audience every few seconds, and her costume, everything worked. Then came Lane College and she has a very good voice, she sang "I'm Here" from The Color Purple. Very good vocalist. The other top I had was Knoxville, she did a very energetic clogging routine to a country music song. Any of those three would have won preliminary talent in my book. Some of the other vocalists were decent, too. I must say, I was very impressed with the improvement of the level of talent.
EG-I thought that Huck (Sp?) city and TN Valley were the standouts in gown, although Noelle Thompson was introduced with the incorrect title and she was first, she looked good as well. I would think they all scored very high.
Nashville won SS and Lane College won talent, both right on target and very well-deserved.
There are a lot of younger contestants this year and not too many returnees. Noelle Thomspon is back and she has to be considered a front-runner. Katie Hodges is back, as is I think her name is Kunis or Rumis. I also think Kailey Duffy competed before. Otherwise a lot of new faces, which is good.
Overall, it was a FIRST RATE PRODUCTION and I can't wait to see more!
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