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TERRACE — Saturday,

July 26, marked the.

opening of Riverboat
Days in Terrace for
1986. As-well, Saturday
marked the fourth an-

‘nual Miss Terrace
_ pageant,

The pageant, which is
sponsored by the Jaycees
of Terrace, took place at.
the R.E.M. Lee Theatre.

To begin the
ceremonies the outgoing
royalty of 1985 was in-
troduced. Dena Ippel,
the 2nd princess for
1985, stood in for Miss
Terrace, Whitney Brin-
nen. Whitney is currently
on a band tour in Europe
and was therefore unable
to attend the ceremonies.
Dena was accompanied
by Miss Personality
1985, Tyna Baverstock.

There were 10 con-
testants vying for the ti-
tle of Miss Terrace 1986.
They were Laura Ander-
son, Miss Kinsmen;
Laura Tupper, Miss
McDonald’s; Leanne
Phillips, Miss Rotary;
Carissa Gillis, Miss
Dairy Queen; Diana
Hall, Miss Elks; Leah
Leibel, Miss Fabric
Boutique; Erika Tycho,
Miss Northern Motor
Inn; Lisa McNeice, Miss
Skeena Mall; Michelle
Saline, Miss A Touch 0’
White Heather; and Lisa
McLeod, Miss Mantique
Fashions.

The pageant began
with a speech by Brian
Champlin, the pageant
director. As well, there
was an introduction of
the pageant committee
and the pageant judges.

The pageant commit-
tee consisted of: Brian
Champlin, pageant
director; Don Suttis,
crowning night pro-
ducer; Sonya Smoley,
workshop coordinator
and chaperone; Mary
Jane Wegner, assistant
workshop coordinator;
Eleanor Halley, banquet
coordinator; Susan
McLaughlin, workshop
assistant and chaperone;
Neil McDonald, finance;
Wilma Champlin, cor-

respondent; Laurie Mit-.

chell, judges’ coor-
dinator; and James
Gilham, data processing
and technical advisor.

The judges were:
Craig Mills, Elaine
Jewell, Bruno Sac-
comani, Barb Kerr,
Shirley Clift, Bill
McDonald, Ron
Langridge, Eve Dirn-
back, Pam Saxton, Bon-
nie MacNeil and John
Noonan.

The Master of
Ceremonies for the
pageant, Terry Morris,
did a great job entertain-
ing the audience
throughout the evening,

The audience got - its
first chance to see the
contestants when they
stepped on stage in a
group jazz dance, The

dance was choreograph-

ed by local dance instruc-
tor, Vicki Parviainen.
Vicki’s daughter, Tanya,
accompanied the girls
through: the dance
routine.

The visiting. royalty
for the evening consisted
of ambassadors from
Kitimat, Prince Rupert,
Smithers and Burns
Lake.

The next event of the
evening was the in-
troduction of the girls
and their sponsors. Then
came the moment the

contestants were most
likely dreading: ‘ques-
tions and answers.

The questions ranged
from ‘Why are you glad
you're a Canadian’ to ‘If
you could have one wish,
what would it be?’

That was the question
selected for Laura Tup-
per, Miss McDonald’s.
Her answer was, “‘I

would wish for world =

peace ... and the world
would be a much better
place to live.”

The ceremonies con-
tinued with the first half
of the talent section. It
began with a jazz routine
performed by Laura
Anderson.

Laura Tupper played a
Piano piece by Mozart as
well as a medley she
selected, with excerpts
from ‘The Entertainer’,
‘Never Surrender’,
‘Music Box Dancer’ and
‘St. Elmo’s Fire’.

Carissa Gillis demon-
strated a body sculptur-
ing technique combined
with a jazz routine.
Michelle Saline sang her
favorite hymn, ‘‘I Heard
Him Come’”’,

Next was Lisa
McNeice who modelled
an outfit that she had
sewn. As well, Lisa’s art-
work was shown

mm

First Princess

Lisa McLeod, sponsored by
Mantique Fashlon, has
been named First Princess
in the fourth annual Miss
Terrace Pageant.

ated

C Second
Princess

Leanne Philllps, sponsored
by the local Rotary Club,
has been named Second
Princess tn the Miss Ter-
race Pageant of 1986.

ty

Terrace Review — Wednesday, July 30, 1986 3

downstairs in the lobby. ,

-That concluded the first

half of the talent section.
There was a brief in-
termission and then the

-second portion of the

pageant began. The
talent section continued
with Leah Leibel acting
out a scene from ‘‘The

Raft’’. Leah was accom-:

panied by her boyfriend
Peter Ruksys, who por-
trayed a woman stranded
at sea. The audience was
in tears throughout the
skit.

Erika Tycho demon-
strated her sewing skills

_as she and three other

girls -modelled outfits

that Erika had made.

Lisa McLeod sang for
her talent. She chose a
song titled ‘‘Maybe’’.

Next was Leanne
Phillips who did a lip

~ sync to Madonna’s latest

hit ‘‘Papa Don’t

or 1986 crowned

Preach’. The last con-
testant in the talent sec-
tion was Diana Hall. She
decided to do a moving
scene in which she por-
trayed a girl in a
wheelchair.

That concluded the
talent portion for the
evening. The next event
featured each of the 10
contestants modelling
their evening gowns.
Each girl had chosen her
own gown for this sec-
tion of the pageant.

Drawing near to the
end of the evening, it was
now time for the outgo-
ing 1985 Royalty, Dena
Ippel, 2nd princess for
1985, to give her farewell
address.

Dena gave a great
speech, sharing with the
audience the special
moments she had during
her reign as 2nd princess.

continued on page 19

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