Thursday February 2nd , a day well known as Groundhogs Day!!
For
as long as we can remember Airdrie/Balzac have celebrated groundhogs day with Balzac
Billy at the Blue Grass Garden Center. This year Katie and I were lucky to join
in and take part with the eventful morning!
The classic pancake breakfast, a
wooden pirate ship and of course, the big reveal that we will have 6 more weeks
of winter! Which, we of course are happy
about for who doesn’t love winter time?
It’s what makes us Canadian! Personally we had never been to the event
before but we both agree we are putting it on the schedule for the next year
and year after that............
It was great to meet so many new people from Airdrie,
Edmonton and Calgary who all par-took in the annual Groundhogs day event!
Friday February 3 - is what we consider a full filled day in Royalty form.
It started off with
a 7am radio interview on Air106.1 with the delightful Joel Lamoureux, who
kept us on our toes.
He reminded us about the fun the 2016 pageant was back in June last year, with our own mini version on air impromptu questions. This was in celebration of our own pageant
applications being released!
After leaving the station, we were on
our way up to Edmonton for the Alberta Association of Agricultural Societies
Conference. Now we had heard about this from our director Leanne but once you
get there, words cannot compare to what it is really like.
The hotel is filled
with performers such as singers, magicians, acapella groups, fire twirlers and
clowns that provide entertainment during rodeos and fairs.
Booths are lined up
showing the newest ideas in energy renewal, arena footing, home cooking,
financial groups, youth programs, anything to do with agriculture and it was
there.
We spent hours talking and
getting to know the amazing people behind all the companies that help keep
Alberta Agriculture programs strong. However, the best part was the people we
got to spend the day with.
Throughout
our day we spoke to people from all across Alberta who are part of their
community Ag Society, everyone was so excited to be there! The best part of the
day was taking part in the opening ceremonies where we got to escort some of
the major sponsor to the stage alongside Miss Rodeo Canada Ali Mullen. We were seated with Mr. Mike Labelle, our
fantastic M.C for the night, (thank you Mike, you are such a sweetheart).
After
our wonderful desert, we were treated to live music! The first group to perform
was HOJA, an acapella group made up of three young men who serenaded the young
ladies in the audience and got everyone out of their seat to dance on the dance
floor.
As much as we wanted to stay, our Alberta weather treated us to snow and
we began our journey back to our wonderful city.
To everyone we spoke to that
night, thank you for making our experience so wonderful! We are both blessed to
have been invited to such an event. We are truly proud to call Alberta home.
Emily Marston
2016 Miss Rodeo Airdrie
Feb 3, 2017 - Air 106.1 & AAAS (Alberta Association of Agricultural Societies)
This was such a fun filled day with radio interview with the Airdrie station Air 106.1, and we were promoting our program and that we are looking for contestants for the upcoming 2017 Miss Rodeo Airdrie Pageant. Talking with Joël Lamoureux around 7 am, we had some fun talking about the daily make-up routines as well as what is involved in the pageant itself. Now as our interview came to a close, Joël thought it would fun to have a pageant of his own so he asked both Emily and I to answer an impromptu question. “Which farm animal is better, chicken or cow?” The questions kept us on our toes while we came up with some fun answers. Thank You Air 106.1 again for allowing us to come and hang out with you this morning. So much fun.
Then we were off to take part of the 2017 AAAS Convention in Edmonton! Not knowing what to expect when we arrived at the Ramada hotel but we found we were surrounded by the most incredible people who help keep our heritage strong. Airdrie was represented by Brenda Moon who is apart of the Airdrie AG Society and helped tour us around alongside Mike Labelle (MC for the night) with Miss Rodeo Canada Ali Mullin.
As the night began, we took part in a cocktail party to mix and mingle with the sponsors and MLA’s for the area of Edmonton. We were fortunate to escorted ATCO Energy, Foster Park Brokers Inc., Peavy Mart and Servus Credit Union to the main stage of the banquet where we were then recognized on behalf of the Airdrie Pro Rodeo.
We are forever thankful for their continued sponsorship into Alberta Agriculture. The exciting acts of the night that were displaying their talent was the acapella group HOJA and extremely talented Krissy Feniak.
We have to give a huge thank you to Lisa Hardy, Jody Seeley and Mike Labelle for inviting us. This was one trip in the books that we will remember for a long time. Just an incredible experience for Emily and I to be apart of, so thank you.
Yours Truly,
Airdrie Pro Rodeo Princess 2016
Katie Hlushak 
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