Miss NARC&SP
Queen Contest Rules
A. The Miss NARC & SP Queen shall be
selected by
a panel of at least four judges who shall have no connection with the National Association or any Member Club. The National
Queen's Committee shall appoint the judges. The candidate selected as Miss NARC & SP Queen shall be crowned at the dance
at the October Convention. She will reign from January 1st to December 31st. She shall represent the
National Association at all functions of the National Association. Miss NARC & SP Queen shall act as an Ambassador of
the National Association at all rodeos, parades, playdays and all other functions. Under the supervision of the National Queen's
Chairman, she shall wear complete western attire, such as her white and gold suit, western boots, and western hat when representing
the Association at important functions like conventions, parades and other promotional events. Suitable attire for other appearances
shall be under the discretion of the National Queen's Chairman and shall include western hat, western boots, and either a
suit (of any color) or coordinating outfit (no blue jeans). Miss NARC & SP Queen should always present herself in a dignified
manner in her personal attire and conduct at all times. Miss NARC & SP Queen should receive a written invitation to any
function. She shall act as a hostess for the candidates for the next Miss NARC & SP Queen contest. She shall write a letter
to all candidates no later than fifteen days prior to the contest, outlining the activities of the contest and making suggestions
as to the appropriate apparel to be worn at the Convention. All candidates shall be single (never have been married) and 16 years of age by January 1st of the reigning
year and not more than 22 years of age as of the January Convention.
Contestant must have been a paid member of the NARC & SP as of December 31, two years prior to the contest.
Miss NARC & SP Queen shall be of high morals and possess leadership qualities. Any activity sheet, along with her application,
must be presented by each contestant's club and district for verification of at least 50% participation in all club and district
activities in the year competing. This sheet must be presented and signed by her club President, club Queen's chairman, District
President, and District Queen's chairman. She also must have competed in a district or club Sweetheart competition. The Queen
has voting power. The deadline for the Miss NARC&SP application will be June
1st. Queen Contestants can not be introduced as a Queen Contestant
until after the June 1st deadline. All Queen Contestants, excluding
the Queen’s Playday, are to be introduced after all royalty at all National Association events.
B. If the candidate is a student, her
grades
should be good enough
to permit some absence from school. If the candidate is not in school, she must have graduated from high school or the equivalent.
Extensive travel is required at Miss NARC & SP Queen's own expense. She should have access to all of the equipment necessary
to
appear as a representative
of the National Association. She shall give a report of her activities and keep a scrapbook.
C. A First Runner-up and a Second Runner-
up shall be selected
to serve as Miss NARC & SP Queen in the event she becomes unable to perform her duties or marries during her term.
D. It shall be the Miss NARC & SP Queen's
responsibility to
notify the National Queen's
Chairperson in the
event she is unable to serve at any function or has two engagements on the same day. The Chairperson, in turn, will notify
the First Runner-up.
E. In the event a member of the Association
feels Miss NARC &
SP Queen, during her reign, has not or cannot fulfill her responsibilities, the member must first file a written complaint,
signed by both the President and one other officer of the Member Club, with their respective District Chairperson. In turn,
the District shall contact the
National Queen's Chairperson
to call a special meeting of the entire committee. If the committee feels the complaint is valid, the National Queen's Chairperson
shall contact the President of the Association to call an Executive Board Meeting for an investigation. In the event if becomes
necessary to have Miss NARC & SP Queen resign, it will be the responsibility of the Executive Board to dismiss her and
to notify the First Runner-up.
F. In the event Miss NARC & SP Queen leaves office during her reign,
all items issued to her will be returned to the association and become the property of the National Association. The NARC & SP Queen must keep an itemized list of all wardrobe expenses along with all receipts of
her wardrobe purchases. Any portion of the money that is not accounted for in
the itemized list must be returned to the National Association. In the event
the 1st Runner-up assumes the Miss NARC & SP responsibilities, she acquires all issued items, wardrobe allowance,
and a new banner to use for the remained of the year. At the end of the year
these items belong to her.
G. The immediate past Miss NARC &
SP
Queen shall be an
honorary member of the Miss NARC & SP Queen Committee for a period of one year.
H. At the October Queen's ceremony, Miss
NARC & SP Queen
will be presented with the customary tiara and banner, (which are passed down) trophy, and a check in the amount of $900 to cover the expense of the wardrobe. First runner-up receives
$75.00 and second runner-up receives $50.00. At the January Convention, (2009), the Queen will be presented
with belt buckle, trailer signs, saddle pad cover, scrapbook, stationery, permanent tiara, permanent banner, lettered saddle, breast harness, and headstall . The current Queen's Chairman is responsible for getting
all of the above items for the new Queen before leaving office January 1st.
I. The NARC & SP is to
buy a lettered
saddle breast harness
and headstall not to exceed a combined cost as determined by the budget approved
by the delegates. The Miss NARC & SP Queen's name shall be engraved on a nameplate attached to the saddle and not tooled
into the leather.
J. The judges of the Miss NARC &
SP
Queen contest
will base their scoring on a 20 point maximum per category. The categories they will judge are riding, appearance, and grooming,
poise and personality, and speech. Each category must be judged by at least two judges. The fifth category is a popular delegate
vote at the October Convention. The formula for calculating the popular delegate vote being the number of votes each contestant receives divided by the number of voting
delegates multiplied by 20. For example: If there are 100 delegates and a contestant receives 62 delegate votes, then the calculation
would be 62/100 X 20 or 12.4 points.
The (2009) sixth
category will consist of a secret panel of current NARC&SP members chosen by the National Queens Chairperson and National
President. The judges will be chosen by June 1st. and turn their score sheets into the National queen Chairperson
by the October Convention. (2010).
Immediately following
each phase of judging the score sheets will be sealed in envelopes and signed by the respective judge and an Association officer
or committee person. Point value per category will be determined by adding together the judges points and dividing that number
by the number of judges with a maximum of 20 points per category.
K. The Miss NARC & SP Queen contest shall consist of:
1.Riding Competition
2. Personal Interviews
3. Speech
4. Impromptu Questions
5. Delegate Vote
6. (2009) Secret Panel Judges
L. The riding competition should be held prior to the Queen's Playday
or not later than two weeks before the October Convention. There will be a personal interview by the judges at the riding
competition. Each girl is to ride
her own horse. A 2-3 minutes speech will be given at the October Convention in front
of the Delegates and Judges. Two (2) impromptu questions will be selected by the Queens committee and asked to each candidate at the October Convention. One (1) question, submitted by each Queen Contestant, will be randomly drawn by the contestant herself
and asked to that candidate at the October Convention. There will be a personal
interview by the Judges at the October Convention. (2005)
M. At all National Association events, contestants who are currently performing duties
as a club or district sweetheart or queen will not be introduced in that capacity. They
will be introduced with the Miss NARC&SP Queen contestants and acknowledged as representing their respective club or district. They shall not wear a crown or tiara on their hat.
They may not wear the National Association colors consisting of white and gold worn together as an ensemble. Gold may only be worn as an accessory.
District
Queen Chairpersons with contestants who are currently District Queens or Sweethearts will be responsible to identify a substitute
representative for National Association events such as the Queen’s Playday, Drill, and October Convention.
N.
The Miss NARC & SP Queen Committee as a whole (District Committee members and National Chairperson) shall tally the judging
sheets each year. In the case of a tie, the delegate's vote will be used break the tie. These sheets shall be open to any
member of the Association to inspect the day after the crowning of the new Miss NARC & SP Queen.
O. Miss NARC
& SP Queen's duties are as follows:
1. Make open playdays with or without an invitation.
2. Always have her uniform available in case it is needed.
3. Make a personal reply to each invitation to make an appearance.
4. Have an article published in the Horsetales every month.
5. Be on time, at least 30 minutes prior to the start of the function.
6. Mix and mingle with Association members at any functions.
7. Coordinate appearances with the NARC & SP President prior to the date of the activities.
P. The Queen's
Committee will award a
$1,000 (2002) scholarship,
made payable to the school of education of the girls’ choice, to the queen each year. If the queen is in high school,
the scholarship will be available up to five years after she graduates. If she is in college, the scholarship will be available
up to five years after her reign.
