NC Majestic Queen!

Official Crown shot as North Carolina's Majestic Queen 2009-2010

As you can see I loveee pictures! I just wanted to take a little minute to show everyone what great work Jeanna Beasley did on my official headshot! I can not wait to see the portrait! Thanks so much Jeanna...love you!

Donate to the Masonic Children's Home and win a Richard Petty autographed hat!

Hello all you NASCAR FANS!

What a better way to start of the 600 festivities than to auction of a genuine Richard Petty autographed and worn traditional hat! As you know the sun glasses and hat are what distinguish this KING of racing from all the others. The new hall of famer signed this hat for me and donated it to help me raise money for the Masonic Home for Children in Oxford, NC!

Tell me more about the hat.....

This hat is valued at over $500 dollars and comes with the box it came it and a certificate of authenticity! For $1 dollar you can enter yourself in this raffle and possibly be the new owner of this hat!

When is the raffle over?

We have decided that we want to raise the most money as we can to go to the Masonic Home so we are going to pull the name out of the hat....not Richards hat of course :) on July 3rd before the crowning of the new queens to represent NC and before we announce how much money we have all raised this year! YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE PRESENT TO WIN!

Where doest the money go to?

All of the money that we collect in this raffle will go to The Masonic Children's Home in Oxford, NC! If you don't know what this home is it is an orphanage for children and young adults that are neglected, or just not in a good situation it is not a home for adoption to take place but rather a foster care system! All the proceeds will go to making each child live a brighter and happier life so that their futures are better than they ever dreamed!

I want to thank you all so much for being apart of this great event! If you would like to purchase tickets please feel free to call me at 704 825 2837 and leave a message or email me at VMVanDyke@yahoo.com My goal is to raise as much money as I can from each event so that these kids can be benefited to the highest extent. Get the word out about this raffle and if you or anyone would like for me to come talk to your church, small group, work, or any other place I would be glad to talk about the home, raffle off tickets and sing! Thank you again for helping me raise money for such an awesome cause.

If you would like to donate without being apart of the raffle contact Victoria via facebook or email or phone! She is happy to answer any questions you may have or concerns!

Here are some pictures of the hat YOU COULD WIN!!!!!

Lowell Masons Lodge.....Masonic BBQ Fundraiser

In the great little town of Lowell the Masons in the lodge had a BBQ fundraiser for The Masonic Children's Home in Oxford, NC! Kyle Fletchers BBQ did all of the food and donated a portion of the proceeds to the Mason's cause! I had a really great time with all the Mason's helping them raise money for the kids and preparing BBQ! Thank you to the Lowell Masons! I really appreciate all of your hard work! Here are a few pictures from the event......one of the men even wore the Majestic Banner...I think he looks pretty good, what do you think?

I love Speedway Children;s Charities!

Whew! I had an awesome time volunteering for Speedway Children's Charities! I spent the day walking around and selling the official Speedway Children's pin! The weather was great and so were the people, Nascar fans really know how to give back to their community. If you are not familiar with the Speedway Children's Charities it is an organization that donates all the proceeds to Chidren charities across the U.S! It was a wonderful expierence to meet and talk to people about the children and see how passionate every new pin owner was about helping the kids! Just like the racers say "I've got my pin...you got yours?"

Miss Mecklenburg

One of the best things about pageantry is all the friends you make as you travel and I have been blessed to not only call these girls my friends but also my "family." I had so much fun going to Miss Mecklenburg's Little Miss Pageant as well as Miss Mecklenburg! Congratulations to all of the girls who competed and all the new queens, I know you are going to have a blessed and exciting year!

Carolina's Carrousel Parade 2010

I think its only fitting that we start the blog pictures with a fun one....because after all "GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN!"

I had the best view of Charlotte!
Of course I had to take my picture with RONALD!
Sweet kisses from my BOBCAT friend RUFUS!

The beautiful Tara!
Miss NC and Miss SC ;) I am so proud of both of you, you will always be my MISS AMERICA'S
KISSES for LILYYYYY
South Point High Schools Carrousel Representative as well as the reigning Miss SP 2009, Lindsay Waters.

What an awesome time the Little Miss girls had at the 2010 Carrousel Parade, its been a while since Little Miss girls have gotten to participate in the Carolina's largest parade as well as number five on the National level! Here are just some of the fun memories we all took away from this experience!

Carolina's Carrousel Pageant 2010

Miss North Carolina and Me after the pageant

Carolina's Carrousel Queen 2008-2009 and I after giving up her title.

As always I had an awesome time at the Carolina's Carrousel Pageant! Congrats to all the girls who represented their schools and community's with such class and elegance, also congrats to Laura Page for an awesome year as Carolina's Carrousel Queen 2008-2009 (pictured above).

Athidi Guthikonda from Ardrey Kell High School receives a $3,000 scholarship

1st Runner-up – Elyse Caroline Marder – Highland School of Technology - $2,000 scholarship
2nd Runner-up – Janna Katherine Wandzilak – Weddington High School - $1,600 scholarship
3rd Runner-up – Maddisson Elizabeth Sheppard – Hopewell High School - $800 scholarship
4th Runner-up – Lauren Caddick – Forestview High School - $700 scholarship

Miss Congeniality – Lindsay Alexa Gowan – Chase High School
Bill and Mary Ann York Community Service Award – Brittany Nicole Southard – Burns High School
Community Service Trophy – Elizabeth Rebecca Davis – South Iredell High SchoolSecond Harvest Food Drive Award - Brooke Leigh-Ann McAbee - Bessemer City High School (collected 6,968 pounds of food)