NATIONAL CANADIAN GIRL OFFICIAL HANDBOOK Welcome to the National Canadian Girl Scholarship Program. We are very excited that you have made the decision to become a part of the NCG Family. You have taken the first step to becoming a part of a very special program with amazing memories to be made. Nationals is an event like no other in Canada. It is an amazing, fun filled weekend with tons of surprises. To begin preparing for the pageant weekend, take a moment to read through your official handbook carefully. If you have any questions, please contact your provincial director or the national office for assistance. Someone is always here to help you. ABOUT NATIONAL CANADIAN GIRL National Canadian Girl Pageants (NCG) is a Prestige Title Pageant run by Director Liz McKinnon. Liz has successfully directed over 70 pageants and started with West Coast All Canadian Girl Pageants (WCG), an all natural system that was based only in BC. Liz felt it was time to expand, and has taken WCG and turned it into a National Scholarship Program for all Canadian Girls to enjoy. This is your chance to win a NATIONAL LEVEL TITLE - for older girls this is a resume worthy title that will look amazing on college and job applications! The focus of NCG is: Building self-esteem and self confidence Making friendships that will last a lifetime Teaching good sportsmanship EVERY SINGLE GIRL wins a crown and prizes and is crowned with a title no matter her placement in the pageant. Teaching poise and public speaking Teaching the importance of being involved in your community and charity NCG is an All Natural Pageant that is judged on personality, ability to speak in public, and is not a 'Beauty Pageant' Any girl who lives in Canada between the ages of 0-13 is welcome to compete. Any size, shape, ethnicity, ability, etc.. is welcome here. You will be part of a sisterhood you will never forget! Friendships and memories will last a lifetime! NATIONAL WINNERS ARE TREATED TO A LIMO RIDE & PHOTO SHOOT! MANDATORY FEES: $95 Registration Fee - Waived if you attend a NCG Prelim or Provincial Finals, or have an appointed title. $195 (age 0-3 years) or $295 Sponsorship Fee (ages 4-13 years) - Mandatory all contestants $75 - Ad Page/Scholarship Fee - All delegates are required to purchase one full ad page, which $50 of goes into the scholarship fund. Your Sponsorship Fee Includes: Age 0-3 Years Age 4-13 Years •Toddler/Baby Play Time with the Judges • Formal Wear • Casual Wear • Natural, Provincial Girl & Portfolio Photogenic • All mini-optionals (Hair/eyes/Smile/Personality/Model,etc.) • Official T-shirt • Official Delegate Sash if not Provincial or Appointed Royalty • Official Program • Awards (Crown, Gifts, etc..) • Field Trip for Contestant and 1 Chaperone to Vancouver Aquarium and Dinner •Interview with the Judges • Personal Introduction • Formal Wear • Casual Wear • Natural, Provincial Girl & Portfolio Photogenic • All mini-optionals (Hair/eyes/Smile/Personality/Model,etc.) • Choice of One: Speech Arts, TV Commercial or Pink Theme Wear. • Official T-shirt • Official Delegate Sash if not Provincial or Appointed Royalty • Official Program • Awards (Crown, Gifts, etc..) • Field Trip for Contestant and 1 Chaperone to Vancouver Aquarium and Dinner Sponsorship fees may be paid by yourself, or you may secure a sponsor to pay this fee on your behalf. All sponsors may be listed on your Ad Page. Sample Ad Pages: AD Pages are to be sent in .jpg or .gif file format only. They must be 8.5x11 inches. We do not design ad pages for you, but will have information in the final welcome package of people who will make these for about $5 for you if you do not know how to do it yourself. It is YOUR responsibility to submit your ad page to head office no later than June 19, 2015. We do not chase people down for them, and if it is not in by midnight on the due date, it is not included in the program. Email to [email protected] National Canadian Girl Presents Our Current National Royalty: Katie-Elizabeth From Nova Scotia– National Baby Miss Bella from BC - National Toddler Miss Isabella– National Tiny Miss Addison– National Petite Miss Carolyn– National Little Miss Roslyn – National Young Miss Kansas – National Tween Miss Sarah – National Jr. Teen Miss Emily – National Teen Miss Ellie – National Queen of Queens Kelsey - National Ambassador These girls are now sisters for the year and will attend many fun events, raise money for charity, be on the radio, TV, and more! Join these girls for the weekend in Vancouver when they return to crown their successors! DO YOU KNOW A GIRL 14-29 YEARS? HAVE THEM CHECK OUT WWW.NCTMPAGEANT.COM FOR THEIR VERY OWN NATIONALS! Nationals Time Line: Immediately After Registering: Make your Hotel Reservations - we will fill our block quite fast! (see page 10 for hotel info) Pay your $100 deposit to hold your spot June 19/15 Send in your program headshot (no later than the 19th, but accepted sooner) Send in your Ad Page (no later than the 19th, but accepted sooner) Send in any Ads you have sold for the Program (no later than the 19th, but accepted sooner) July 1/15 All final fees owing are due. Any fees unpaid by this date will be charged a $25 late fee. All final decisions on which categories you are entering are due. NO CHANGES AFTER THIS DATE. No exceptions this year. Talent Music is due. Must be emailed to [email protected] and cut to the right length. July 10/15 - Registration Checklist. Competition Schedule will be released at Registration. Registration. Please plan your flights/travel plans accordingly. It is imperative you arrive on time. Late registrations will be charged a $25 fee before you can participate in the pageant. Registration is from 1pm-2pm. Do not arrive any later than 1:45pm. Turn in any receipts/money donations/checks that you have collected for Children's Hospital Turn in your academic achievement materials if you entered. Turn in your Appearance/Charity Work scrapbook if you entered. Turn in your photo/video order form if you choose to order. Turn in your social media entry if you are entered. Turn in your Friendship Gifts and Outgoing Royalty Gift MANDATORY PAGEANT CATEGORIES: FORMAL WEAR - MANDATORY 0-7 yrs Recommendations: Short dress just above knee White socks White flat shoes - please leave the high heels at home! No gloves/hats Rules: No cupcake glitz dresses - automatic zero in beauty No excessive rhinestones (custom glitz dresses) automatic zero in beauty We understand many dresses have sequins and rhinestones, which is fine, but we are not wanting custom glitzed out dresses. If you are unsure about your dress, please send a photo to your local director Recommendations (but not enforced as rules): Fresh, clean, natural looking dresses Stay away from dark colours and black Brighter colours look nicer on stage Choose a colour that looks great on you 8-12 yrs Recommendations: Short dress just above knee (we don't recommend short dresses after age 9) Strappy Sandals or white shoes OR Ballgown (note if in Ballgown we should not see your feet, gown should hit the floor) Strappy Sandals or white shoes OR Hi-Low Style Dress Strappy Sandals or Matching shoes 13+ yrs Recommendations: Ballgown or other long gown (note if in Ballgown we should not see your feet, gown should hit the floor) Note that typically girls age 15-19 do not wear a ballgown, but a more fitted and sleek style, flowy or mermaid style gown Strappy Sandals or matching shoes OR Hi-Low Style Dress Strappy Sandals or Matching shoes Please note these are RECOMMENDATIONS ONLY - if a girl wears a black dress for beauty wear, but nails her personal intro, question, has amazing stage presence, etc... she can still win. We just find that these types of outfits we recommend add to the whole presentation of a contestant and personality scores can be higher if they don't blend into the background wearing dark boring colours. NOT ALLOWED: GLITZ PAGEANT DRESSES CASUAL WEAR - MANDATORY Rules: No denim (coloured denim is OK - no black/blue denim please) No short shorts or skirts (shorts and skirts should be no shorter than mid-thigh) No bare mid-riffs or swimwear (automatic zero from all judges if worn) No hats No sunglasses or glasses that are not worn for medically necessary vision correction No high heels ages 12 and under No carried props (purse, bag, umbrella, etc..) No costumes or wigs No tops without straps or sleeves No excessive rhinestones or sequins (some may be on the outfit but we are not looking for overdone sparkles please). This will be at the discretion of the director. Recommendations (but not enforced as rules): Fresh, clean, natural looking attire that is well put together. Capris, jumper dresses, swing tops, tank tops, skirts Shoes - ballet flats, runners, maryjanes, sandals. Hair accessories should be simple and not overpowering Colours - we suggest 'happy colours' - stay away from black, grey, navy, brown, too much white Accessories - Stay away from too much jewelry, etc... Don't overpower your contestant. Stay away from big fluffy tutus, boots, arm warmers, leg warmers and costumy looking items. We are not looking for cowgirls, cheerleaders, hockey jerseys, ballerinas, etc... We want CASUAL WEAR clothing. You can wear the more fun things like this in pink wear at provincials and nationals. PERSONAL INTRODUCTION (MANDATORY AGES 4-13) Girls ages 4 and over will introduce themselves on stage. Original and creative intros are encouraged. This will be done during beauty wear (at the first X before modeling their dress), and score goes towards divisional titles. Judged on delivery, creativity & personality. Please note these are RECOMMENDATIONS ONLY - if a girl wears a black dress for casual wear, but nails her personal intro, question, has amazing stage presence, etc... she can still win. We just find that these types of outfits we recommend add to the whole presentation of a contestant and personality scores can be higher if they don't blend into the background wearing dark boring colours PERSONAL INTERVIEW (MANDATORY AGES 4-13) Contestants participate in a one on one interview with the judging team. They will be engaged in age appropriate conversations about topics they are familiar with. BABY PLAYTIME (MANDATORY AGES 0-3) Babies & Toddlers will join the judges with their chaperone in a group setting for some play time. We usually blow bubbles and sing songs. WARDROBE: NCG Tshirt Provided at Registration, White Bottoms and White Shoes. NO LEGGINGS. NO SHORT SHORTS. OPTIONAL PAID COMPETITION CATEGORIES Every contestant age 4-13 years must choose to do ONE of the following: o Speech Arts o TV Commercial o Pink Fun Fashion o ONE OF THESE IS INCLUDED IN YOUR SPONSOR FEE, BUT YOU MAY CHOOSE TO DO MORE. Contestants ages 0-3 may do Pink Fun Fashion if they wish. Contestants ages 4-13 may do 2 or all 3 of the categories if they wish. If a contestant adds on an optional category, we keep their highest score towards their overall scoring. For instance if you score 18/20 on your speech, 17/20 on your TV commercial and 20/20 on your Pink Fun Fashion, we will keep your Pink Fun Fashion score and toss the other 2. SPEECH ARTS TV COMMERCIAL Delegates may do a speech on anything they wish. It can be comical or serious. Judged on presentation and content. Should be no longer than 1:30. Girls ages 4-9 may present a short 30 second speech and ages 10-up are expected to be at least 1 minute. Delegates should wear their official tshirt/white bottoms for this category. Delegates will be given a choice of scripts to learn and perform (see the last page of this info package). You must wear your official t-shirt and white bottoms (same as interview). No props or gimmicks please. Judged based on vocal delivery and overall impression. $25 Add On $25 Add On PINK FUN FASHION TALENT COMPETITION National Canadian Girl is all about PINK! Dress head to toe in pink and come model it for us! Standard runway modeling only please. No glitz routines. Judged on creativity and overall impression. No on-stage props. No wigs. Handheld props are ok. We are not looking for skits/routines. $25 Add On Talent will be held on Friday evening. Ages 4-19 may participate. Talent may be no longer than 1:30 WITH ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTIONS. If your talent runs over 1:30 we will fade out your music. All talent music MUST be emailed by July 1st to [email protected]. We do not play cds. Do not send youtube videos for your music please. Must MUST be cut to 1:30 and be labeled with your contestant's FULL name in the title. Talent scores DO NOT go into the overall pageant score and have their own separate awards. $40 Add On PHOTOGENIC COMPETITION We accept the following photos Natural (headshot) Portfolio (3/4 or Full Body) Provincial Girl (Anything with your representing your province) Each girl has one of each photo included in her sponsorship fee, but you may add more on. Photo scores DO NOT go into the overall pageant score and have their own separate awards. $10 Per Photo or $30 for up to 12 Photos SPECIAL SIDE AWARDS - $25 Add On All given PER DIVISION. Best beauty dress (Judges favourite beauty dress in your age division) Best casual wear (Judges favourite casual wear in your age division) Best personality (Judges favourite personality in your age division (AGES 0-3 ONLY) Just Dazzling (A girl with an overall 'Dazzling Stage Presence' throughout competition) Spirit Award (Based on your participation, congeniality, overall attitude) (AGES 4-13 ONLY) Best Interview/Playtime (Highest interview score in your division) OPTIONAL FREE COMPETITION CATEGORIES ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Complete the academic achievement form and turn it in with a copy of your final report card/transcript to be considered for the academic achievement award. Academic Achievement entries are due at registration. 4 Winners will receive a gorgeous crown. FREE TO ENTER DREAM QUEEN The contestant who raises the most money for Children's Hospital will win a gorgeous crown and sash. Our National Charity is to support Children’s Hospitals across Canada Please find attached the form for donations. Bring all donations to Registration, in an envelope with your name, age and how much is inside. All donations will stay in your own province (ie: If you live in Manitoba and bring $500 in donations, that $500 will be sent to the largest children’s hospital in Manitoba). FREE TO ENTER STAR QUEEN The contestant who sells the most advertising (by dollar amount) will win a gorgeous crown and sash. APPEARANCE/CHARITY WORK SCRAPBOOK FREE TO ENTER Create a scrapbook showing photos, memorable moments and stories about any appearances (if you are a title holder) and/or charity work you have done as an NCG delegate. 2 Winners will receive a gorgeous crown FREE TO ENTER OFFICIAL AGE CATEGORIES: Toddler Miss (2-3 Years) Tiny Miss (4-5 Years) Petite Miss (6-7 Years) Little Miss (8-9 Years) Young Miss (10-11 Years) Tween Miss (12-13 Years) Baby Miss (0-23 Months) Contestants compete the age they are on the day of registration. FRIENDSHIP GIFTS Friendship Gifts are a fun tradition we have been doing since our very first pageant. There will be bags set up on Friday, and you bring something fun to put in each girls bag. It doesn’t have to be anything much (small items like cute pencils, hair accessories, cute erasers, candy). It is so much fun to get your friendship bag at crowning and have all the neat things to go through. If you wish to add your name or a little good luck note that is fine, but you don’t have to. 10 days before the pageant we will have our final number of delegates and will let everyone know. Keep an eye out for cute bulk items at your dollar store (packs of cute pencils or pens some things are 12 for $1, or big bags of candy, etc…) OVER STUFFED BAGS OF GOODIES! OUTGOING ROYALTY GIFTS - Every contestant must bring a small gift (around $5) for the outgoing National royalty in their age group. Please turn this in at registration marked clearly who yours is for. Katie-Elizabeth From Nova Scotia– National Baby Miss (0-23m) Bella from BC - National Toddler Miss (2-3 yr) Isabella– National Tiny Miss (4-5 yr) Addison– National Petite Miss (6-7 yr) Carolyn– National Little Miss (8-9 yr) Roslyn – National Young Miss (10-11 yr) Kansas – National Tween Miss (12-13 yr) PLEASE BOOK ASAP, AS ROOMS WILL FILL – THIS IS AN UNHEARD OF NEGOTIATED GROUP RATE IN VANCOUVER IN THE SUMMER! SAY YOU ARE WITH THE NATIONAL CANADIAN GIRL PAGEANT TO GET THE SPECIAL $119 RATE! ALL DELEGATES MUST BE REGISTERED UNDER OUR GROUP BLOCK! LINK ON WEBSITE TO BOOK. All Delegates Must Bring: One pair of white bottoms (shorts, capris, pants, skirt) to wear with your interview t-shirt. No distressed/ripped looks please. NO leggings and no short shorts please. White shoes or sandals to wear for interview. You will also wear this outfit if competing in TV Commercial and/or Speech Arts Bringing People to Watch? Weekend Pass is $25 for ages 13+ and $15 for ages 4-12. Friday, Saturday or Sunday Only is $15 ages 13+ and $10 ages 4-12 Wristbands will be sold at the door only. Hair and Makeup: There will be a team of people available to do hair and makeup over the weekend. Professional hair and makeup is NOT needed, but some choose to use these services. If you would like to book, contact Casey at [email protected] to book. Crowning Attire : Please wear your formal wear that you competed in for Crowning on Sunday. National Awards: National Canadian Girl Royalty (1 Queen per age category) Custom clear and pink rhinestone National crown Custom embroidered pink and white National Sash Cash Scholarship (amount depends on number of delegates) Sponsor gifts if available Gorgeous Pink Trophy Gorgeous Rhinestone Crown Sash Pin Keepsake bouquet of pink roses Other surprise gifts Official Royalty Photo Shoot on Sunday afternoon with award winning photographer. Custom Directors Chair with your name if you return to Nationals to help the following year First Runner Up (1 Princess per age category) Custom national tiara Gorgeous Pink Trophy Other surprise gifts Second, Third, Fourth Runner Up (Per age category) Custom national tiara Other surprise gifts National Canadian Girl Court (All remaining delegates) Custom national tiara Other surprise gifts The Following awards are ‘double titled’. You can win one or more of these as well as your title. National Congeniality (1 Delegate age 4-10, 1 Delegate 11-19, as voted by other delegates) Pink Trophy National Natural Photogenic Queen (1 Per age category) Pink Trophy National Portfolio Photogenic Queen (1 Per age category) Pink Trophy National Provincial Girl Photogenic Queen (1 Per age category) Pink Trophy National Dream Queen (Girl who raises the most Charity Money) Custom Pink Embroidered Sash & Crown National Star Queen (Girl who sells the most Ad space in the program) Custom Pink Embroidered Sash & Crown National Talent Winners (1 per age group of 4-7 years, 8-11 years, 12-19 years) Custom Pink Embroidered Sash & $50 Cash Scholarship Prize National Academic Achievement Winners - 4 Overall Chosen Gorgeous Crown National Appearance/Charity Scrapbook Winners - 2 Overall Chosen Gorgeous Crown National Special Side Awards - All given 1 PER DIVISION. Best beauty dress (Judges favourite beauty dress in your age division) Best casual wear (Judges favourite casual wear in your age division) Best personality (Judges favourite personality in your age division (AGES 0-3 ONLY) Just Dazzling (A girl with an overall 'Dazzling Stage Presence' throughout competition) Spirit Award (Based on your participation, congeniality, overall attitude) (AGES 4-13 ONLY) Best Interview/Playtime (Highest interview score in your division) o ALL AWARDED TROPHIES. TV COMMERCIAL SCRIPTS Choose the script you wish to do. Must be in the age group listed for that script. COMMERCIAL #1 -Webkinz – AGES 4-7 I love my Webkinz! There are soooooooo many pets to choose from! I love decorating their rooms and shopping for clothes. Get your secret code to Kinsville today! COMMERCIAL #2 -Barbie (can do this a bit sing-songy if you wish) - AGES 7-11 Primp and Polish is where it’s at. Start with hair… Barbie’s all that! Killer curls that stay put, girl! Give it to me straight or let it twirl. Now for nails… Whaddya think? Silver, flower, turquoise or shocking pink? Primp & Polish is where it’s at! Try this look… Ewwww! Not that! Lips and eyes are outta sight A glam new you for the party tonight! COMMERCIAL #3 – Cinnamon Toast Crunch –AGES 7-13 That’s Captain Nemo, the submarine commander. He can see everything under the sea. But can he see why kids love cinnamon toast crunch? Dive into this waterboy. There’s swirls of cinnamon sugar on every bite. An undiscovered part of this complete breakfast. COMMERCIAL #4 – Play Doh –AGES 4-6 Green, Yellow, Red & Blue! Let’s Play! I can make so many things today! I want my Play Doh Please! COMMERCIAL #5 – My Little Pony –AGES 4-6 My Little Pony, my cute little pony. I love to comb her pretty hair. Mommy can I please have a My Little Pony? COMMERCIAL #6 – Barbie –AGES 4-6 You’ve got the longest hair ever! Totally cool, totally hip, totally hair Barbie! Hair so long it’s totally wow! Commercial #7 – Cover Girl –AGES 12-19 This season’s big look, and I do mean big… Big, bold, look at me lashes Its new lash blast. Cover Girl’s newest mascara that takes even baby lashes to their biggest. Whats big? The brush. It towers over the leading brush. When it comes to lashes, I say the bigger the better. Its new lash blast, this seasons newest look. From easy, breezy, beautiful Cover Girl. Commercial #8 – Verizon –AGES 8-19 If you want to know why your 3G coverage works so great on Verizon Wireless There’s an app for that. Or why you can make plans on the go at 3G speed There’s an app for that. And if you want to know why your friends 3G coverage keeps her out of touch. There’s an app for that too. Yep, with 5 times more 3G coverage than the nations #2 wireless company, There’s lots of reasons to switch to verizon wireless. Commercial #9 – Pantene –AGES 12-19 How do you take a dull look and turn up the cool? Put it on Ice. Ice Shine from Pantene. This advanced system starts at the core and helps polish strand by strand. For twice the shine, twice the strength. Plus the total hair satisfaction hair guarantee means, Love pantene or we’ll switch you back to your old shampoo or conditioner. When its time to shine, even leading salon brands can’t produce these healthy looking shine results. Ice shine, from Pantene. Pantene makes it happen. Commercial #10 – Heinz Ketchup – Ages 7-13 (can be sing-songy) Ketchup, I just gotta Ketchup Ketchup on everything Cuz everything you put ketchup on is better with Heinz It makes your little taste buds sing Ketchup at school, ketchup with my friends Ketchup goes on everything, its flavour never ends Ketchup, just gotta ketchup. Gotta gotta gotta ketchup. Ketchup over dinner, breakfast, lunch and snacking Anything with ketchup on it I find is not lacking When you’ve chosen Heinz you know you’re not slacking So ketchup ketchup ketchup! Gotta Ketchup! Commercial #11 – MAKE UP YOUR OWN – Ages 4-19 Commercial must be about National Canadian Girl Pageant. Ad Sales Ads may be from business sponsors or Good Luck Wishes from family & friends. This is an excellent fundraiser as well. With any AD sold, you receive $ credited to your pageant fees.NO Contestant sharing of ads for Star Queen Award. You can however have multiple children on a purchased page for Good Luck wishes, and we will split the amount between the 2 of them. We must keep this on an individual basis to be fair to girls who do not have a sister in the pageant. STRICT DEADLINE OF JUNE 19/15 SUBMISSION. ALL ADS MUST COME AD COPY READY - WE DO NOT DESIGN ADS. No refunds given for ads paid for, but not sent completed for insertion into the program. Ads must be sent as .jpg or .gif files only. Ad prices are as follows: SORRY, NO PAGEANT ADVERTISING PLEASE AD SIZE (choose one, for additional ads duplicate this form with each ad OR EMAIL INFO in body of email (preferred) Full Page: $80 ($40 goes towards your fees) (8.5x11) Half Page: $40 ($20 goes towards your fees) (Horizontal 5.5x8.5) Quarter page: $30 ($15 goes towards your fees) (Vertical 5.5x4.25) Business card: $20 ($10 goes towards your fees).(Horizonal or Vertical 2x3) Contestant Name (s): ______________________________Age (s): ______________ Advertiser or Sponsors Name: _______________________________________________________ Special Message: _______________________________________________________ Email any ad copy/ to: [email protected] and please put AD COPY in the subject line. Mail to: Liz McKinnon, 6155 Greenside Dr E, Cloverdale, BC V3S 5M8 Checks made out to: Liz McKinnon Paypal or email interac to [email protected] Payment may be made to you, and you just send the half. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FORM This form must be turned in at registration, along with a copy of your latest report card. Name:_________________________________ Age:______ Grade just completed in school:_________ I feel I deserve the Academic Achievement Award Because: ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Please keep this brief to the lines above.
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