A letter sent to me by a good friend and well respected twirling judge:
Dear Twirling Friends,
I want the twirling world to know how fantastic Diana Reed was at the Miss America preliminary competition. My husband and I were vacationing in Las Vegas and I got the opportunity to watch the preliminaries on Tuesday night.
The audience was very cold. The mistress of ceremonies could not get the audience excited. They would only clap and cheer for their state's contestant. When Diana performed, they went wild, they cheered her on during the onebaton, the two baton, and couldn't believe her three baton.
After she performed her no drop high energy routine, they gave her a "STANDINGOVATION" After the competition they were talking about the Baton Twirling performance in the casino. If you listened closely to the finals on Saturday night, when they announced her elimination you could hear the audience response.
She gave a big shot in the arm to the wonderful skill and magic of the baton to the public. She did an amazing entertainment performance. As much as we coaches all love competitions, we need to encourage ourstudents to perform an entertaining routine out in public to keep our BatonTwirling Alive.
Thank you Diana Reed for your Wonderful Promotion of Baton Twirling!
Twirlingly yours,
Nancy Eisenhauer
NBTA JUDGE
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Update from Vegas!
Hello Everyone!
I'm in Vegas and in the midst of all the competition. It is truly a once in a lifetime experience! It has been a exhausting week, but we have had the priviledge of doing some really neat events - not to mention walking across the Miss America stage!
One reason I'm feeling a bit tired today is probably because I couldn't sleep last night because....... I WON THE PRELIMINARY TALENT!!!!!! I'm so excited!! It was an amazing feeling! I nailed my talent with a no drop and even had a standing ovation. The response was phenominal!! There are 3 nights of preliminary competition and one girl is awarded a top talent each night. I received a $2,000 scholarship for the win. Last year all three girls who won preliminary talents made it to the top 10! I will have to say it was a great start to the week!
Although I kind of feel like a rock star right now, I know that the week has only just begun. I have the two areas of competition with the largest weight in score (interview and talent) done, which is a great feeling; however, I still have on stage question, swimsuit, and evening gown to go!
I was just so thrilled with last night's experience that I wanted to share it with all of you. If you can keep voting that would be great! www.tlc.com/missamerica Until then, I'll keep working on my end to uphold my part of the bargain - representing Iowa to the absolute best of my ability!
Tune in Saturday!!!
Best Wishes,
Diana
I'm in Vegas and in the midst of all the competition. It is truly a once in a lifetime experience! It has been a exhausting week, but we have had the priviledge of doing some really neat events - not to mention walking across the Miss America stage!
One reason I'm feeling a bit tired today is probably because I couldn't sleep last night because....... I WON THE PRELIMINARY TALENT!!!!!! I'm so excited!! It was an amazing feeling! I nailed my talent with a no drop and even had a standing ovation. The response was phenominal!! There are 3 nights of preliminary competition and one girl is awarded a top talent each night. I received a $2,000 scholarship for the win. Last year all three girls who won preliminary talents made it to the top 10! I will have to say it was a great start to the week!
Although I kind of feel like a rock star right now, I know that the week has only just begun. I have the two areas of competition with the largest weight in score (interview and talent) done, which is a great feeling; however, I still have on stage question, swimsuit, and evening gown to go!
I was just so thrilled with last night's experience that I wanted to share it with all of you. If you can keep voting that would be great! www.tlc.com/missamerica Until then, I'll keep working on my end to uphold my part of the bargain - representing Iowa to the absolute best of my ability!
Tune in Saturday!!!
Best Wishes,
Diana
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Vote for Miss Iowa to be Miss America!
Hello Everyone!
For the first time in the 87 year history of Miss America, everyone in America will have the opportunity to select one of the finalists, along with the 15 finalists selected by the judges. This year, a surprise 16th pageant finalist will be announced during the live finale as the result of MISS AMERICA: AMERICA'S CHOICE, an online competition that allows viewers to vote for their favorite Miss America contestant. Fans can vote by visiting the TLC website. As the reigning Miss Iowa, I'm very excited about this opportunity, but need YOUR help to become the next Miss America!!
To help me get in the top 15 at Miss America, please go to the following address and vote for Iowa!!
http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/miss-america/contestants.html
Once you get to the main website, click on the state of IOWA on the map. Next to my picture it will say Vote Now! It only takes a couple seconds of your time and is pretty easy. Also, you can vote ONCE EVERY DAY between now and January 26th, so if you can vote as much as possible I would appreciate it so much. It has been nearly 15 years since Miss Iowa has made the top 10 and we have never had a Miss Iowa be crowned Miss America - this is the year to make history!! I know I can do it, but will need a lot of people to vote within the next few weeks.
Please pass this information on to everyone you know to get as many votes as possible in the days leading up to the Miss America competition, which is LIVE on January 26th (The Learning Channel). Also, don’t forget to tune in to the Miss America Reality Check TV show on TLC – Friday nights in January at 9:00 pm (CT) to see me live and compete against the other 51 contestants in the reality show.
To check out my baton twirling talent (and fire twirling) go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDpJJyrqkMI
I want to thank you all ahead of time for all your help and support! It is truly an honor to represent Iowa and I will continue to work hard to represent my state to the best of my ability at the Miss America competition! Thanks so much and spread the word - VOTE for MISS IOWA DIANA REED!!!
With sincere gratitude,
Diana
For the first time in the 87 year history of Miss America, everyone in America will have the opportunity to select one of the finalists, along with the 15 finalists selected by the judges. This year, a surprise 16th pageant finalist will be announced during the live finale as the result of MISS AMERICA: AMERICA'S CHOICE, an online competition that allows viewers to vote for their favorite Miss America contestant. Fans can vote by visiting the TLC website. As the reigning Miss Iowa, I'm very excited about this opportunity, but need YOUR help to become the next Miss America!!
To help me get in the top 15 at Miss America, please go to the following address and vote for Iowa!!
http://tlc.discovery.com/tv/miss-america/contestants.html
Once you get to the main website, click on the state of IOWA on the map. Next to my picture it will say Vote Now! It only takes a couple seconds of your time and is pretty easy. Also, you can vote ONCE EVERY DAY between now and January 26th, so if you can vote as much as possible I would appreciate it so much. It has been nearly 15 years since Miss Iowa has made the top 10 and we have never had a Miss Iowa be crowned Miss America - this is the year to make history!! I know I can do it, but will need a lot of people to vote within the next few weeks.
Please pass this information on to everyone you know to get as many votes as possible in the days leading up to the Miss America competition, which is LIVE on January 26th (The Learning Channel). Also, don’t forget to tune in to the Miss America Reality Check TV show on TLC – Friday nights in January at 9:00 pm (CT) to see me live and compete against the other 51 contestants in the reality show.
To check out my baton twirling talent (and fire twirling) go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDpJJyrqkMI
I want to thank you all ahead of time for all your help and support! It is truly an honor to represent Iowa and I will continue to work hard to represent my state to the best of my ability at the Miss America competition! Thanks so much and spread the word - VOTE for MISS IOWA DIANA REED!!!
With sincere gratitude,
Diana
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