Miss Virginia Recital Raises Money for Scholarships
The 7th Annual Miss Virginia Recital was held at the home of Don and Alvene Buckley in Hickory. Raffles and auctioned items raised money for scholarships for the Miss Virginia Pageant. The Buckleys have been active for decades in local and statewide pageants. Alvene is well known for her successful mentoring of young women in their quest to be responsible community citizens as they participate in beauty pageants.
Miss Peninsula Desiree Williams, left, and Miss Hampton-Newport News Phyllicia Whittingham
From left: Miss Arlington Courtney Garrett, Miss Greater Hampton Roads Courtney Meade and Miss Virginia 2011 Elizabeth Crot
From left: Miss Hampton-Newport News Outstanding Preteen Brigid Kelly, Miss Norfolk Outstanding Teen Abby Munday, Miss Greater Hampton Roads Outstanding Preteen Samariah Cordew, and Miss Greater Richmond Outstanding Preteen Brittany Trump
From left: Miss Greater Richmond Outstanding Preteen Brittany Trump, Miss Hampton-Newport News Outstanding Preteen Brigid Kelly, Miss Norfolk Outstanding Teen Abby Munday, and Miss Greater Hampton Roads Outstanding Preteen Samariah Cordew
Millie Harris, owner of Millie Harris Voice Studies in Virginia Beach, and Mistress of Ceremony Tamika Mills
Recital committee member Jackie Moore, who donated the custom cakes for auction, and WCTV Channel 48 Television Producer/Director Jim Hazel
Mistress of Ceremony Tamika Mills holding a wreath and some of the baskets that were raffled
Miss Greater Richmond Outstanding Preteen Brittany Trump, left, and Miss Greater Hampton Roads Outstanding Preteen Samariah Cordew
Miss Virginia 2011 Elizabeth Crot and Miss Virginia's Outstanding Preteen 2011 Jordan Frankos modeling the earring and necklace set that was auctioned to raise money for Miss Virginia scholarships
Recital committee member Bud Moulse and Miss Greater Hampton Roads Outstanding Preteen Samariah Cordew
Miss Greater Hampton Roads Outstanding Teen Alanna Ball, Miss Norfolk Outstanding Teen Abby Munday, Miss Greater Hampton Roads Outstanding Preteen Samariah Cordew, Miss Virginia'a Outstanding Preteen 2011 Jordan Frankos, Miss Virginia'a Outstanding Teen 2011 Dominick Fink, Miss Greater Richmond Outstanding Preteen Brittany Trump, Miss Greater Richmond Outstanding Teen Casey Shepard, Miss Tidewater Outstanding Preteen Taliyah Edwards, Miss Hampton-Newport News Outstanding Preteen Brigid Kelly
From left: Miss Arlington Courtney Garrett, Miss Greater Hampton Roads Courtney Meade, Miss Peninsula Desiree Williams, Miss Piedmont Region Bridget Lundberg, Miss Virginia 2011 Elizabeth Crot, Recital hosts Don and Alvene Buckley, Miss Norfolk Shelby Smith, Miss Portsmouth Seawall Madeleine Raiford, Miss Roanoke Valley Rosemary Willis, and Miss Hampton-Newport News Phyllicia Whittingham
From left: Miss Virginia's 2011 Outstanding Preteen Jordan Frankos, Miss Virginia's 2011 Outstanding Teen Dominick Fink, and Miss Virginia 2011 Elizabeth Crot
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