Farmington Idol Auditions

Before the auditions started Angelica and I played DDR. It was my first time playing, I wasn't very good, but it was fun!!

BATMAN! He was very kind to come in and take some photos with the contestants!

I helped with the raffle tickets

Miss Farmington contestants. Jenny Fernandez (Miss Farmington 2010), Gina Tomlinson, Makayla McCoskey (First Runner Up), Kayla Pingel (Miss Farmington 2009), me, Chelsea Lide (Second Runner Up), and Cara Whinnery (Miss Spirit 2010).

The power went out and we all screamed and shared some laughs!

The top 10 finalests for the Farmington Idol!

I had the opportunity to join the fun of watching the Farmington Idol auditions. Everyone was truly outstanding!! They all had to sing a cappella (no background mucis) with a 90 second song (just like MAO!: ) ) They chose 10 finalists who were wonderful singers! We even had a special guest! Batman! He only made a quick appearance before the show started!

I also had the opportunity to pull the raffle tickets for free prizes from Zap Zone. At first it looked like I was cheating because one of the judges won, and so did the former Miss Farmington, it was a hoot!

The fun didn't end there though! Once the intermission began the power went out! Everyone started screaming because we didn't realize the storm and already come in! Thankfully all of the singing was finished so we went out into the game area to announce the top 10 finalists.

The moment that really meant the most to me was speaking to a little girl who competed for the Farmington Idol auditions. She was only 10 years old and when she went up to the microphone she started to sing (and it was beautiful) but she became very nervous and stopped singing. She asked to start over and the judges were so sweet and supportive of letting her try again. She decided she wasn't ready and didn't want to. Once everything calmed down I had the opportunity to go and speak to her. It was something I knew I had to do especially with being a singer and struggling for so many years as a kid with singing in front of people by myself. I told her that I was SO proud of her for having the courage to even try! I couldn't have done that at her age. I wasn't ready to sing solos until I was 18 years old! So to see her give it her best was truly inspirational and that I hope she never gives up because if you love music and your passionate about it, you will learn and become stronger about your talent. I told her that she had a wonderful voice and that I hope she considers to try out again next year!

Looking at the pictures above of me hugging her it brought tears to my eyes because it reminded me of the time when Jennifer Berry, Miss America 2006 spoke to me after she made a speach at the Miss Michigan's Outstanding Teen orientation. Jennifer was someone who changed my life and gave me the confidence to find out who I was and to continue to do something I love which is compete in pageants. And that is something that I have always prayed is that I would be able to give back to someone the way that Jennifer Berry had done for me, with or without a title. I hope I helped that little girl to feel great about giving her all in something even though it was hard. She is a true winner in my eyes!