Denis Hancock (The Reformed Angler) tagged me for a meme where you share 5 odd facts about yourself that people are not likely to know already. Here goes:
1. As a high school senior I was the Duchess of San Antonio in the Cav-OIL-Cade festival in Port Arthur, Texas. This meant that I spent a couple of weekends there, rode on a float in a long fancy gown and was relieved that my assigned escort for the weekend was my height. For those of you who didn't grow up down here, Texas has an array of festivals that require faux nobility. The Cav-OIL-Cade was sort of a "farm team" for the big league festivals like the Martha Washington Ball in Laredo, the Tyler Rose Festival and the the n'est plus ultra: the Battle of Flowers Parade in San Antonio. I was involved because my Aunt Jean was a force in the Cav-OIL-Cade. And no, I was never called up to the big leagues!
2. In college I went to the March on Washington against the War in Vietnam with my sorority sisters. We had t-shirts that read "Tri-Deltas Against the War."
3. The summer after I graduated from college I was invited to go on a young adult mission trip to Colombia by Mission Presbytery (that's the presbytery for the San Antonio area where I grew up). We spent a month down there and went all over the country. It was a great experience.
1. As a high school senior I was the Duchess of San Antonio in the Cav-OIL-Cade festival in Port Arthur, Texas. This meant that I spent a couple of weekends there, rode on a float in a long fancy gown and was relieved that my assigned escort for the weekend was my height. For those of you who didn't grow up down here, Texas has an array of festivals that require faux nobility. The Cav-OIL-Cade was sort of a "farm team" for the big league festivals like the Martha Washington Ball in Laredo, the Tyler Rose Festival and the the n'est plus ultra: the Battle of Flowers Parade in San Antonio. I was involved because my Aunt Jean was a force in the Cav-OIL-Cade. And no, I was never called up to the big leagues!
2. In college I went to the March on Washington against the War in Vietnam with my sorority sisters. We had t-shirts that read "Tri-Deltas Against the War."
3. The summer after I graduated from college I was invited to go on a young adult mission trip to Colombia by Mission Presbytery (that's the presbytery for the San Antonio area where I grew up). We spent a month down there and went all over the country. It was a great experience.
4. I was the first woman to be invited to become a partner in a San Antonio law firm--but the offer came at the same time as El Jefe's offer of marriage. I made the smartest choice of my life when I chose El Jefe and moved to Houston where he was an associate in the Big Time Law Firm.
5. I served as an officer and director of the Junior League of Houston for several years. My favorite position was a two-year gig as their Political Action Chairman. I got to go to conferences in Washington DC and lobby Congress with the national group for child abuse reform. Most Junior Leagues have "worker bees" as well as socialites. I was one of the worker bees.
I'm supposed to tag other bloggers, but I'm reluctant to do that with a meme that involves revealing personal things about yourself. So if you'd like to play, please let me know in the comments. I'd love to visit and find out 5 odd things about you!
I'm supposed to tag other bloggers, but I'm reluctant to do that with a meme that involves revealing personal things about yourself. So if you'd like to play, please let me know in the comments. I'd love to visit and find out 5 odd things about you!
I didn't know you were a Jr. Leaguer!
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother wanted me to join -- I never did b/c, well, my GRANDMOTHER wanted me to join.
Instead, I did the DAR thing. And I am now a Colonial Dame.
I KNEW you were royalty! At least you and Rach never had to compete against one another.
ReplyDeleteI self-tagged from Russell Smith, but I figure self-tagging only counts for 1/2, so take a look.
ReplyDeletehttp://msmith.typepad.com/mark_time/2007/01/five_odd_facts_.html
Vietnam protests. I had no idea you were such a radical.
ReplyDeleteI knew a Junior Leaguer who used to ask what three words a Junior Leaguer has never heard? The answer? "Attention WalMart shoppers..." :)
Was that the one in April of 1971? I was a freshman at George Washington University at the time. I walked from my dorm to the Mall, took a few pictures and went back to the campus. I wasn't much into demonstrations then, nor am I now. I was, however, a photographer for the student newspaper, so we were supposed to be "officially neutral". You wouldn't have guessed that from the way my colleagues wrote their stories...
ReplyDeleteOdd thing about me:
ReplyDeleteI had Miss America in my car once.
I think I'm going to my husband up with Rev Dave. They can share famous-people-in-my-car-stories.
ReplyDeleteYou are rockin' the Texas heritage, QG. I am way impressed.
(somewhere waaay back in the early archives I blogged about my hometown pageant)
Did it. Thanks. Jr. League, eh? I would have been a worker bee too.
ReplyDeleteDenis--it was the 1970 March. By 1971 I was safely back in Austin studying law.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. I have been real busy lately and haven't been able to check out my favorite blogs. I see I have a lot to catch up on. :)
ReplyDeleteIf you get a chance, come on over and vote for this year's bloggy awards.
Take care.
In the love of Christ,
greg
You were an oil queen on a float?! I love it!
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