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MISS MERRY MELODY IS TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The stage is set, the designs are completed, and we will hold the pageant in a few hours. (As soon as the rest of our family/judges get home from errands. I’m ultra excited, I can’t wait to see what Grace and Claire have done with their songs, and of course, I’m looking forward to unveiling my own creations. Due to the workload from my classes, I had to carve the original eight songs down to five, but I feel like all five are really strong designs. I think it was better to make five that I really loved, and not eight that were only ok.
Of course, because this pageant is based on songs, we will play each song as the design is shown. Grace made a playlist on her mp3 player, so we can cycle through the list of songs. As this is the third Miss Merry Melody pageant we have done, it is interesting to look back at the lists of songs we used in years past. You can definitely see where our interests were at the time. The first year, we were really into a wide variety of movie musicals, and most of our entries were based on those songs. The second year, we divided the designs into replicas of costumes worn while the song was performed, and interpretations of the songs. The replicas were mostly from musicals, while we had several interpretations based on songs sung by artists such as Josh Groban and Linda Eder. This year, we don’t have as many musicals, and we aren’t doing two categories. Instead, each designer seems to have their own trends. Grace is using several songs from animated movies. I’m doing a few movie theme songs, and most of my songs are really dramatic. Claire is doing several songs from the Disney Princess collection, which lend themselves well to a Barbie pageant, of course!
When the pageant is completed, I will take pictures and get a new page and gallery up as soon as possible. Who will win? Are you as excited as we are?
Rachel
Well, the title just about says it all, doesn’t it? A little over a week ago, I modeled my design in Design for a Cure. As you may remember, I designed and made the dress myself, with the help of my Mom and Grace! I hand beaded the bodice; it took me almost 6 weeks! The competition was alot of fun, being on the runway and having so many people see my work! I didn’t win, but it was a great experience! I know this is not Barbie related, but it is my design work, and I wanted to share it with you. Here is a picture of me modeling the dress on the runway:
As for Miss Merry Melody, now that Design for a Cure is out of the way, I can finally get some serious work done on Miss Merry Melody! I am on Fall Break right now, and have lots of time to sew! We are planning to hold the pageant on Monday. I’m working on my fourth design, and I have two completely finished. For my third design, I am painting the fabric, and I have to let it dry before I can work more on it. I am really excited about the designs I have completed so far, they are just what I had envisioned. Hooray for FINALLY FINALLY getting this pageant finished! 
Rachel
I’m sitting here at the dining room table typing as my mom helps me sew a tricky part of my Design for a Cure design. She is an expert seamstress, and I appealed to her expertise to get me through this stage. The competition is this Tuesday, and my dress is almost complete! We’re making a few adjustments to the bodice, and then only the hem remains to be completed. I’m so excited!
As for Miss Merry Melody, progress is moving slowly but surely. This past week, working on my dress, I have taken a break from Barbies, but I will return to my work corner as soon as the competition is over! I have several designs completed, and others in progress. I’m really having a lot of fun with this pageant. I’m doing different types of songs than in previous years, more in depth interpretations, and I’m also taking a new direction with the Replica portion of my collection. In previous Miss Merry Melody competitions, all of my replicas were taken from costumes worn in musicals. This year, I am still doing a couple of those, but I’m also doing theme songs from movies that are not necessarily musicals and doing a design based on a character in that movie. Fun! I’ll continue to keep you up to date on the progress!
Rachel
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