
| Pride of America Pageants Presents... |
| Intergenerational Pageantry |
| Bridging the Gap and Finding our Way Back to Natural Beauty My grandmother was a natural beauty. She was a farmer’s wife and up early every morning. She was always dressed in a starched gathered at the waist dress, ear bobs and pearl necklace and an embroidered apron she had made. She cooked three meals every day, and did all the household chores and always dressed as if she expected someone important to come for a visit. She loved the outdoors and flowers. I loved to walk with her and listen to her stories about life. She talked a lot about being beautiful…not so much on the outside, but being beautiful on the inside...always look your best, but more important, be the best person you could possibly be. I thought her advice was a little silly at the time, just grandmother talking, you know. Here I sit now at 59 years old, thinking back on all those walks we took together, and how much I learned about life from my grandmother, and at the time I did not even realize what a brilliant woman she was. How simple it was then, to spend quality time together. We are so busy that we miss out on so many of the simple things. As I look around these days, I don’t see much talking or sharing life’s little lessons. I don’t see our young girls spending a lot of time with our silver haired grandmothers, aunts, and friends. The bridge between the two seems so wide and vast. Wouldn’t it be great if we could re-create some of those days gone by? To bring our young and our old together—to learn from one another, share experiences and ideas, just generation to generation? The internet is filled with profiles of communities, churches and civic groups who have turned their attention to intergenerational programs and services. Much attention is being given to understanding the value of bringing generations together in unique and positive ways. Our pageants will feature generations such as great-grandmothers, grandmothers, mothers and daughters participating together. Recognitions and awards will be given to our intergenerational group category much like we judge and reward all our other categories. Pride of America is a non-profit pageant organization for a varied age of women who are involved in pageantry to build self-esteem and enhance their natural God given gifts in very simplistic ways. 2011- 12; Pride of America is embarking on a new journey…. Intergenerational Pageants which will highlight ladies of all ages, young and old alike. Three new categories of participants have been created to recognize our elite senior participants. Pageant themes will be centered around competition that will bring generations together. My grandmother would be on stage if she were here, I just know it. And she just might win a sash or a crown for I cannot imagine that there would be anyone more beautiful than her from the inside out…. Bridging the Gap and Finding Our Way Back to Natural Beauty….. Won’t you join us on this exciting journey? For questions or to register to participate, please call Karen at 469-964- 3433 or Rhonda at 817-235-8828. We would love to have your family participate in this exciting event |