Originally posted by Barbara
Again, I won't quote, but when discussing the pageants, John made comments that perhaps Patsy liked JonBenet in the pageants as a child in case Patsy wasn't around to watch when she was in her teens and participating.
Okay, makes sense.
The pageant world was a natural for Patsy and her family and was obviously to be a way of life for JonBenet as well.
Thousands of dollars were spent on lessons, costumes, etc. Her hair was dyed blonde. A lot of work for a few Sunday afternoons.
Now what I find odd:
John says what he did above and then said that he and Patsy never talked about it (the pageants)
Am I the only one who finds this beyond odd?
Hi Barb, good topic , thank you ...
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This Pageant topic , brought back lots of memories about the Talent shows I was in from age 4 to 16, it was through my school and church I wore party dresses and played guitar and sang.
My mother and her best friend made my costumes. I had a singing coach starting at age 10-12. I played guitar by ear so didn't need training there...
I enjoyed these Talent competitions they were challenging, I learned everything that Pageants girls learned plus so much more.
I was pressing my mom for nu clothes I loved the praise I got from my school and church. (I can see where Patsy and Jon Benet loved the pageants ----I can see from the inside out...)
The talent fee was nomally 20 a show and you won money for your church or school needs. My dad was a minister, so it came fairly easy for me. I know my mother spent at least 1000 a year in the early 70s .She was a nurse. My last talent competition I won 2500 dollars for first place,and my mother spend 5000 that year... I married 2 days after the talent show. The End.
My husband started training our oldest son at 2 for soccer They lived and breathed it ... Son had a private trainer at 6. We EASILY 6 THOUSAND ON TRAINERS the first 5 years of his soccer experience. Pageants and Soccer different as night and day but the same money ... If your child is an all star like Son was--- you payed 200 dollars for tournaments one year ,sent him to camp 5 years 500 dollars a camp some in the same year. (gotta remember this was before oil fall out of the late eightys in Texas)
He was a happy youth... I wasn't much into the soccer thing I watched the games and gave out orange slices. Point being I wasn't into talking about what trainer said or that stuff. Like John wasn't into pageant talk yanno?
My youngest son was into baseball and football (showed no interest in Soccer)
He never wanted the high life he just wanted to watch TV play video games like Burke Baby son grow to a very gentle and happy husband and father.
Any way Barbara, you always bring out the logical side of me and thought this post shows that pageants and talent and soccer are always going to be there . Little girls are play grown up, little boys going to kick a soccer ball, Parents are gona do everything to keep there child happy even when its not your thing .
SisterSocks