Holiday greetings from Miss Deaf Texas Ambassadorship Program

Posted in: Miss Deaf Texas Pageant by TAD Administration on December 21, 2008 | 0 Comments

Dear Texas Friends,

Wow! It’s hard to believe that Christmas is almost here and we are speeding toward 2009! 2008 has been a wonderful and exciting year for us and we are looking forward to the 2009 Miss Deaf Texas Ambassadorship Program. Ambassadorship? Yes, the former title of the program previously called Miss Deaf Texas Pageant has been reworded: Use “Ambassadorship” in place of “Pageant”. At the Miss Deaf America Pageant in New Orleans this past July, the MDAP director announced the word replacement. There is much to do to accommodate the new changes. Otherwise, the basic preliminary criteria of the competition remain the same with some minor adjustments.

To clarify the primary reason for the change from the “pageant” to “ambassador” is that our program does not include any swimwear competition. The real goal is to stress the significance of the role for the title winner who represents the state as a role model for the Deaf. It is she who will nourish the younger minds who look up to see what the Deaf can do. So the basic reason for the name change is to inspire the young Texans to strive and achieve the best they can be.

The local ambassadorship programs will be in full gear to take place in the next few months to prepare the title winner for the Texas State Ambassadorship competition in June. The Miss Deaf Texas Ambassadorship committee and I look forward to working together with the sponsors and contestants. Indeed, we wish to successfully execute an exciting program for the local ambassador representatives prior to the selection of the new MDTA winner for 2009-2011 on June 13. Our current Miss Deaf Texas Katherine Murch of Corpus Christi will be there with us to crown the new state winner!

In the meanwhile, I have been working with my assistant director Susan Gillespie (San Antonio) to perfect the new Texas Ambassadorship Handbook. The extensive information in the handbook should give us the backbone to execute an excellent program in June. Should anyone have any interest in participating on the various committees, please feel free to contact me at the TAD website and we can discuss an available position for you. Beginning January 2009, I will have our subpage updated via the TAD website to keep you all abreast about our continuous progress.

I look forward to meeting many of you at the Texas Association for the Deaf Conference in San Antonio. This 45th biennial conference is scheduled to peak with the Miss Deaf Texas Ambassadorship Program on Saturday night, June 13th, which will close with a dance gala!

Ambassadorly Yours,

Terri Levine, Director
Miss Deaf Texas Ambassador Program