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PAGEANT INFORMATION PAGE
INFORMATION ON THE MISS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SCHOLARSHIP PAGEANT
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The 2010 Miss
Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Pageant will be held on Saturday, February 13,
2010 at 7:30 p.m. at
the Lewistown Area High School in Lewistown. This year, all rehearsals and
interviews will take place on the day of the pageant. The Miss Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Pageant is sponsored by the
Miss Central Pennsylvania Scholarship Organization, a non-profit organization. The pageant is an official preliminary to the Miss Pennsylvania and Miss America Pageants. In the 2009 pageant held in
November 2008 the pageant awarded almost $4000 in scholarships and other awards. In addition, two young women, Miss Central Pennsylvania
Sarah Timm and Miss Greater Juniata Valley Casey Bryant, were given the opportunity to participate in the Miss Pennsylvania Scholarship Pageant
where both won additional honors and scholarship money as Sarah was named Third
Runner-Up, a Preliminary Talent Winner amd Congeniality Award Winner and Casey
was named a Top Ten Semi-Finalist and Miss America Community Service Award
Winner. A Miss America's Outstanding Teen Local Preliminary Pageant is held in
conjunction with the "Miss" Pageant. For Teen Information see the Teen portion
of our website. No "Miss" contestant in the pageant is charged an entry fee.
There is, however, a requirement to raise $100 in charitable contributions which
are donated to the Children's Miracle Network. The Miss Central Pennsylvania Pageant is held in
Lewistown,
PA, 30 miles southeast of State College on U.S. route 322.
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ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS
AGE:
Contestant must be at least seventeen (17) years of age AND at least a senior in high school to compete in the current pageant season.
Contestant can be
no older than twenty-four (24) years of age on December 31, 2010.
RESIDENCY/WORK/SCHOOL:
Contestant must satisfy at least ONE (1) of the following requirements:
1. Contestant must prove she is a Pennsylvania resident for the six (6) month period preceding the local pageant date.
OR
2. Contestant must prove she is a full-time employee in Pennsylvania for the six (6) month period preceding the local pageant date.
OR
3. Contestant must prove she has successfully completed at least one semester as a full-time (at least 12 credit hours) student and
be presently enrolled and attending classes on a full-time basis at an accredited college or university in Pennsylvania. Also no more than six (6) months may have elapsed between the completion of last full-time semester attended and the beginning of the next full-time semester to be attended at a college or university in the Pennsylvania.
CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK DONATION:
A minimum donation of $100 must be made to the Children's Miracle Network for
each local pageant ($400 makes a contestant eligible for ALL local pageants for the current year) entered. Although the Miss Central Pennsylvania Pageant
awards two titles, Miss Central Pennsylvania and Miss Greater Juniata Valley, it
is necessary to raise only $100 since it is considered to be one pageant.
The procedure for raising the $100 is as follows:
1. Go to
www.missamerica4kids.org
2. Find the blue box entitled "New Contestants Click Here" Even if you
competed in locals during the 2008-2009 Pageant Year or at Miss Pennsylvania in June
2009 you will need to set up a new "ID" to
use for ALL local pageants in which you participate in the year leading to the
2009 Miss Pennsylvania Pageant. You will use the same "ID" for all local
pageants in which you compete.
3. Click on the box.
4. You will be taken to the Contestant Profile Page where you will fill in
your First Name, Last Name, State (Pennsylvania), Pageant Year (2010), Fund Raising Goal
(at least $100), Email Address, Address, City and Zip. You will also create a
User ID and Password. In addition, you may upload a small photo from your
computer, if you wish. See the first picture in blue below to see how to
complete your profile.
5.When done with the page hit "save" and you will be taken to the
second page in blue below.
6. On that page you will enter "Miss Central PA/Miss Greater Juniata
Valley" and then click on "Add."
6.You will then be given directions on how to submit the funds to "Miss
America 4 Kids." Please note that some contestants are choosing to raise the
money themselves and then submitting it rather than sending many emails to
family and friends. Also note that if extra money beyond the required $100 is
raised that the extra can be "rolled over" to compete in other upcoming local
pageants for the 2009 pageant year or, should you win a title, be applied to the
$250 that state contestants are required to raise for the state competition.
6.Many other answers to questions can be found in the "Frequently Asked
Questions" section of the Miss America 4 Kids website.
7. The information in orange below was received from Miss America and
answers some questions about "rollover" of funds donated for one pageant to
another pageant.


CHILDREN’S MIRACLE
NETWORK
- QUESTIONS/ANSWERS ABOUT DONATIONS
MAO National Platform Donation Roll-Over
Information
Donations, in excess of the minimum
amount required for each pageant, collected by a contestant, may be
rolled-over for use in multiple Local Pageants, State and National
pageants within a pageant cycle. A pageant cycle starts with the Local
pageant that leads to State, which leads to the National pageant for a
title leading to Miss America within that pageant cycle. When a
contestants starts a new pageant cycle at the Local level (which could
involve several Local pageants for that cycle, no funds are rolled over
from the prior pageant cycle (Miss America title) and everyone is at the
same starting place for fundraising.
Local Level
All contestants must register at MissAmerica4Kids.org.
Dual local pageants only require each contestant to have a minimum
expected goal of $100 (not $200).
Any donations collected in excess of the $100 for Pageant 1, will
automatically roll-over into the contestant’s excess account and will be
used toward their fundraising goal for Pageant 2. Any excess funds from
Pageant 2 will automatically roll-over and will be used toward their
fundraising goal for Pageant 3, etc.
The maximum donation required to enter all local pageants for the
current year is $400.
If
a contestant does not go on to compete at the State level, any excess
funds over the $100 per pageant entered will be equally distributed
among all the local pageants the contestants competed in.
State Level:
Should the contestant win a local pageant, any excess donations will
automatically roll-over and be applied to the $250 minimum required for
the State Pageant.
Should contestant collect donations during her state competition, then
the “borrowed” excess funds from the local level will be returned to the
local level for allocation under the local accounts.
National Level:
Should the contestant win the State pageant, any excess donations will
automatically roll-over and be applied to the $500 minimum required goal
for the National Pageant.
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For additional
questions about any entry qualifications contact John Metzger, Executive Director.
JUDGING CONSISTS OF:
(Information Subject to Change)
- Lifestyle and Fitness in Swimsuit - 15%
- The above scoring, which totals 100%, will result in the determination of the Top Five contestants. The names of the Top Five WILL NOT BE ANNOUNCED AT THE PAGEANT. The names of the Top Five will, however, be given to the judges in competition order. The judges will then rank the Top Five giving 10 points for a 1st place vote, 5 points for a 2nd place vote, 3 points for a 3rd place vote, 2 points for a 4th place vote and 1 point for a 5th place vote. The resulting totals will determine the pageant winners.

Click Here for the 2010 Contestant Handbook
(Now Available)


IMPORTANT DATES FOR CONTESTANTS IN THE 2010 MISS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SCHOLARSHIP PAGEANT
PLEASE NOTE: THE MISS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SCHOLARSHIP AND OUTSTANDING
TEEN PAGEANT HAS NOW REACHED THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CONTESTANTS (25) WE CAN
ACCEPT FOR THE 2010 PAGEANT. ANY EMAIL APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON
JANUARY 18, 2010 WILL BE PUT ON THE ALTERNATE CONTESTANT LIST. ANY RECEIVED BY
MAIL ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2010 WILL ALSO BE PUT ON THE ALTERNATE CONTESTANT
LIST.
Applications, Fact Sheets, Talent Request Forms, General Information
and Critical Issue Essay Instructions will be available soon. You may download them
from the website or request them by email or by regular mail. If you wish
to have the forms sent by email or regular mail please contact us. Please keep
in mind that there will be a limit to the number of contestants whom we can
accept. If more women apply for the pageant than can be accepted, acceptance will
be in chronological order of the applications received with those whom we cannot
accept being placed on a "waiting list." In order to be considered a contestant the Application, Fact Sheet
and Critical Issue Essay must have been received.
Entry Applications and Materials Available - August 2, 2009
Deadline for Entry Applications - January 18, 2010
Fact Sheets and Critical Issue Essays Due -
January 18, 2010
Program Book Photos Due -
January 18, 2010
Talent Request Forms -
January 18, 2010 (In the event of Duplicate Requests
the Form Received First from a Contestant will Take Priority)
Photo Copy of Birth Certificate and Eligibility Documentation -
January 18, 2010
Program Book Information Form -
January 18, 2010
Contestant Talent Introduction -
January 18, 2010
Program Book Ads (Commercial and Patrons)* -
January 18, 2010
Verification of Charitable Contributions to Children's
Miracle Network - February 6, 2010
Ticket Order Forms (For Advance Sale Tickets)* - To Be Announced
Performance CD's Due - Bring Two Copies to Rehearsal on Morning of
January 18, 2010
Contestant Contracts* (Winners Only - However, All Contestants Should
Become Familiar with the Contract Prior to the Pageant) - February 13,
2010
Rehearsal - Saturday, February 13 at 8:00 a.m. at Lewistown Area High School
in Lewistown, PA
Interviews - Saturday,
February 13, 2010 at at a time to be announced at Lewistown Area High School
in Lewistown, PA
Pageant - Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. at Lewistown Area High School
in Lewistown, PA
*Forms will be a part of the 2010 Contestant Handbook which
will be available at a later date
DOWNLOADABLE FORMS
Forms Are Now Available!
The forms listed below are available as both Microsoft Word and/or Adobe
Acrobat files. To download the Microsoft Word files to your computer either left
click and choose either "Open" or "Save" or right click and select "Save Target
As." If you "Save" or "Save Target As" remember the folder to which you have saved the file so you can open the
it later. If you open the Microsoft Word file, you can save it when you have
finished working on it or looking at it. If you click on one of the Adobe Acrobat files it will open in either Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader provided you have one of them installed on your computer. If you do not have either installed, Adobe Reader is a free download by clicking the link below the files.
The forms which must be returned to the pageant are available as Microsoft Word
files. As a result, you will be able to open the files in Microsoft Word and complete and edit the forms
on your computer. The Adobe Acrobat forms can be opened and printed but you will
be unable to complete them on your computer. You are not permitted to alter the spacing of the Fact Sheet. You may, however, add extra lines between the lines you were given on the forms in order to increase the amount of information you provide. Please note the instructions contained in the Fact Sheet Instruction file below. After you have completed the forms, send them to the pageant. This may be done as email attachments, by fax, or
by conventional mail.

INFORMATION REGARDING TALENT TIME (EFFECTIVE AUGUST 2008)
The Talent Time Limit for Local Pageants leading to the 2010 State Pageants is
2 minutes. Miss America, however, is now using a 1 minute, 30 second time limit.
As a result, if you are having a new tape made, you may wish to keep it at 1
minute, 30 seconds or less. It is your decision but keep in mind that no talent
may be longer than 2 minutes in length.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM MISS AMERICA REGARDING TALENT PRESENTATIONS (EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 7, 2005)
"In recent years, many contestants have taken advantage of the rule which allows for BACKGROUND vocals, instrumentation, etc. That "taking advantage" includes instrumentalists and tap dancers using the instrument they play as well as tap dancers using additional taps on their accompaniment tape to enhance their performance. Regardless of the talent performed, the background tape cannot have voices, instruments, or other noises which mimic the talent of the contestant. (Example: A vocalist may have background vocals with "oohs and aahs" or other background lyrics, but cannot have a tape with a voice singing the melody line for the contestant to sing along with. The same would be said for instrumentalists, dancers, and any other talent which could provide for an unfair advantage if a judge could not delineate from the talent on the track versus the live performance of the contestant.)"

INFORMATION ON THE MISS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA PRINCESS PROGRAM
WILL BE AVAILABLE LATER BY PHONING JOHN METZGER AT (717) 248-5576.
fOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:
John R. & Rosalyn Metzger, Executive Directors
460 Dry Valley Road
Lewistown, PA 17044
Phone - (717) 248-5576
Fax - (717) 248-2013

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