This post is running about a month late, but I wanted to make sure we still introduce this new series, the Contest Follow Up Series! This is where we do a post after a contest summing up the winners, some of the highlights, and sharing any fun post-contest information from the Contest Directors.
Our first follow up is the ATX Holiday Twirl Fest that occurred on Saturday, December 10th, 2016.
Fun Facts!
*This contest was attended by 86 twirlers from all over Texas.
*The Contest Directors were Ashley Wood & Whitney Coons
*Judges included Head Judge Shirley Payne (Dallas), John "Baton" Mitchell (Las Vegas), Deb Akins Herbster (Austin) Marlene Torres (Odessa), Dr. Coral Noonan-Terry (Austin), and Vicki Ray (Fort Worth).
*Awards handed out included over 130 medals, 26 tiaras, 20 rhinestone headbands, and 110 trophies
Pageant Winners!
For each Contest Follow Up Series post, we will take a moment to recognize the winners of the Modeling/Mini and Twirling pageants. Congrats to the following twirlers for doing an amazing job.
If you are interested, check out the full results from the ATX Holiday Twirl Fest.
Hashtag Shout Out!
As was mentioned in the Contest Calendar Series post, if you use the contest hashtag, #atxtwirlfest2016, you might see your picture here on the blog. Shout out to Victoria, Josie, Anna, & Ginger, Breckyn, and Payton! We loved seeing all your tagged pictures.
Featured Event
This contest features a special event called the Laura Craft Honorary Best Costume Award. This event was created to honor Contest Director Ashley Wood's mother who successfully battled breast cancer in 2015. Since Ashley's mom made all her costumes when she competed, her mom called the "Best Costume" award the "Mommy Award", thus it was only fitting that this be the event to honor breast cancer fighters.
As part of this event, the $10 entry fee was donated directly to Twirling for the Cure. Between the 34 twirlers that competed in the Best Costume event and additional donors, the contest was able to donate $475.00!
The event was judged by John Mitchell, Marlene Torres, and Dr. Coral Noonan-Terry. They selected the Top Ten Finalists from the 34 and awarded the overall Best Costume Winner title to Miss Jenna Bowen.
The award was presented by Ashley's mother - Laura Craft, TFTC Representative - John Mitchell, and Twirl ATX Moms/Breast Cancer Survivors - Shannon Sorenson and Michele Burton.
Final Note
The contest was attended by awesome photographer, and iblogbands blogger, Rebecca Lyon Hedges. Rebecca is a former twirler who has a knack for catching crystal clear action photos. Rebecca took quite a few great shots which are all available for purchase as digital downloads or prints.
To see, and order, the photos from Rebecca taken at the contest visit Artsy Lyon Photography.
2017 Event Save the Date
Currently the tentative date for the 2017 ATX Holiday Twirl Fest is Saturday, December 9th 2017 at Vista Ridge High School in Cedar Park, TX. Make sure to mark your calendar for this weekend!
We hope you have enjoyed this edition of the Contest Follow Up Series. We are always looking for great new stories about Texas twirlers. Do you have an idea or some information we could use to help highlight our sport? Please contact us at texastwirlcontact@gmail.com and we would love to hear more about it.
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