Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Welcome Dinner

Y'all have been sooo patient...

Arrival photos courtesy of MISS UNIVERSE, LP,LLLP

RECEPTION AND DINNER!

It was great to see the girls tonight. We were very fortunate to have a private reception with all the contestants, state directors and the wonderful MUO staff at the Aura nightclub at the Atlantis. The hotel provided non-alcoholic fruity drinks for everyone - I'm sure there's gonna be some negative chatter when people see photos of the girls with their "drinks" but let me kill any rumors before they start - NO ALCOHOL! :) They didn't even serve alcoholic drinks to the adults.

The contestants had some "fun" time today; photos ops where they were broken into several groups and taken all over the Atlantis Resort. Then they had rehearsals with Choreographer Kent Parham. where they learned the Opening Number! From what I understand, the music doesn't have words and the dance is FUN! Yea Kent!

Tonight was the private reception, then the Welcome Dinner. The dinner was fantastic in that the contestants could all sit with their families (or director!) and had plenty of time to eat, relax and take a gazillion photos. Kate and Ashley are having a GREAT time, and asked me to send their love to all of you!

Tomorrow is more rehearsal, then the girls get to enjoy the Atlantis Water Adventure. I'm taking my completely black and blue foot to Dolphin Cay and get to SWIM WITH THE DOLPHINS! Don't tell my orthopedic surgeon. shhhhhh...

We'll have time to visit with the girls tomorrow evening. Patrick is taking official MUO photos (LOVE him!) so I'll post those when they're available. Thanks for the comments for the girls! They love hearing from everyone!

God Bless,

b

















2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sis,
Hope you are having a blast! You look absolutely amazing!
xoxo

Anonymous said...

HEY ASH!!!
AHh! I am at the Georgia airport as we speak and i am getting SOOOOO SUPER excited :) I cannot wait to see you tomorrow night for prelims.. but better yet, saturday night for finals! you look beautiful in all of your pictures, you are going to do AMAZING! Love you! SMILE AND HAVE FUN GIRLFRIEND YOU GOT THIS!!

xoxo
Ash