Anita Moorhead Miss Rodeo Virginia 2010: June 2010

Hurray! It is finally here! NEBRASKAland Days and Buffalo Bill Rodeo! I am so excited to get to go back west for a little while. My journey to Nebraska started just a little earlier than the other girls did as my sister was graduating from high school and I of course couldn't miss that! As well as my brother getting onto the volunteer fire department! Go Chris!! So much to celebrate with my family!

I was also able to make it out to Denver to pick up my buddy, Miss Rodeo Florida, Heather Hall at the airport. We were able to go see my good friend and very gracious sponsor, Andraes Tsagus and I picked up some beautiful fur and leather jackets and he gave Heather a beautiful pair of fur slippers.

The Miss Rodeo Nebraska Pageant is also held in conjunction with the Buffalo Bill Rodeo and it was really great for me to go back. These were my old stomping grounds and I really had a great time seeing all of my old friends again. My sister, Tammy, actually ran for Miss Rodeo Nebraska this year and I am so proud of her. Fresh out of high school and she really gave those older girls a run for their money winning the Photogenic, Written Test and the Miss Congenially categories! But congratulations go out to the new Miss Rodeo Nebraska lady-in-waiting, Becky Grimm!! She will be an excellent representative for the state of Nebraska as well as the sport of rodeo and I am so happy for her!

The Miss Rodeo Nebraska Committee really put together one of the best pageants in the association, in my opinion, and they really like to incorporate all of us other girls in it as well. We all even had signs welcoming us girls in our front lawns of our host homes!! We did tons of autograph signings, participated in the fashion show, went bowling, helped Michelle, Miss Rodeo Nebraska, judge the All Male Cake Bake and attended every night of the rodeo performance as well as watched the Miss Rodeo Nebraska Pageant.

My host family, Cathy and Jack Ewing were wonderful hosts! Tiffany Kuntz, Miss Rodeo North Dakota and I were roommates and we got to stay in their lakeside cabin. I really had a great time because they have a "pet" wild turkey that Cathy feeds corn as well as some deer that she feeds as well. It was not uncommon for Tiffany and I to wake-up and find a doe or turkey on our front porch.

But needless to say, the Nebraskan hospitality was a above and beyond and I really enjoyed getting to go. The MRN Committee is hands down one of the best committees that I have ever had the pleasure of working with and Michelle Boeshart, Miss Rodeo Nebraska was a great host as well. I look forward to coming back next year and staying involved with their program.

Thanks for letting me share!

Sincerely,

Anita Moorhead
Miss Rodeo Virginia 2010