Miss Deaf Texas Pageant Cancelled

Miss Deaf Texas Pageant Cancelled

Among the many issues and topics that the Texas Association board
addressed on January 10 in Austin was the future of the Miss Deaf
Texas Pageant. Similar to other state associations that are canceling
or postponing their pageants, due to the current flat lined economy
that will not improve for a few years, TAD board decided to cancel the
pageant this year. The unfortunate but necessary decision is in best
interest of the 45th biennial conference in San Antonio from June 11
to 13, which will also host an unprecedented statewide mini-youth
conference.

Terri Levine, MDTP director, will continue to develop the first
handbook for the contestants and complete it before the TAD
conference. Such a handbook will be ready for the 2011 pageant. She
encourages local cities, such as Houston, Corpus Christi and San
Antonio, to continue their own event, but there will be not statewide
competition. Ms. Levine will also work on compiling historical
information about the pageant with her committee as well as raise
funds for MDTP.

Additionally, Katherine Murch of Corpus Christi, our reigning Miss
Deaf Texas and lst Runner-Up at the 2008 Miss Deaf America pageant in
New Orleans, will make her final appearance on June 13 at the TAD
Conference in the ballroom of Holiday Inn’s El Tropicano Riverwalk
Hotel. Afterwards, her title will remain vacant until a new winner is
chosen in 2011.

Historically, this is not the first time the pageant has been
cancelled or postponed since its founding in Fort Worth in 1977. At
different times it has been inactive or resurrected, with or without
the financial support of TAD in the last 32 years. A month or two
before the 2007 MDTP in Irving at the Texas Society of Interpreters
for the Deaf Conference, there were only a couple of contestants, then
five more joined at the 11th hour. Some 300 people attended the event
and a good profit was made. But this time, like many events across the
country, sponsorship is hard to find during the slow and devastating
recession.

With or without the pageant, the 2009 TAD conference promises to
showcase some great speakers and presenters. Watch for further
information on this website and from the upcoming winter issue of The
Deaf Texan.

For further questions about MDTP or local pageants, email Ms. Levine
at [email protected]
.

Website: http://www.deaftexas.org

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