Milligan June Jubilee

Well I officially have a kroj sunburn...yes...it is QUITE lovely if I do say so myself! :) LOL! Sunday was the June Jubilee parade in Milligan, NE. It was really fun. Laura (the 2009 Wilber Czech Queen) stayed at my house on Saturday. We had the intention of practicing for the pageant but didn't end up doing a whole lot of that. Oh well...it was good to have a girls night and not think too much about it. We got up that morning and helped each other get ready for the day in kroj. Good practice for the pageant as our "assistants" (AKA Moms) won't be there to help. (HEHE! We love our Czech Queen Momma's as much as we may give them a hard time we know we couldn't do it without them!) We had the Rezabek family reunion that day so we stopped by all dressed in kroj. Everyone was so proud to see 2 queens in the family. We didn't have much time to spend with everyone before we had to head on to Milligan. It was sunny but had a nice breeze so it didn't feel too hot. We were about to go through the parade and Sandy Ptak (the current Miss Czech-Slovak US) and her "Little Sister" Shayla Miller were right behind me. Shayla's little sister Blair was going to ride through with her grandpa in the front seat. She was so beautifully dressed in kroj and even had a tiara on so I asked if she would be my subsitute princess for the day. I don't think she could have smiled any bigger when I asked. I think she said yes before I could even get the question out. We didn't tell her parents so we could surprise her when we got to her in the parade. They were so excited to see her in the car with me. She did an awesome job! She kept pointing out when she saw people and asking if we should wave at them yet. :) After the parade we went to Michl station and took a few pictures. (Michl was my Grandma Blanche's maiden name. Her brothers Albert and Herman owned the station originally.) While dad was loading the car back into the trailer I walked with all the girls back to the parade route to try to watch the end of the parade. It was over by the time we got there so we went downtown for a bit and grabbed some snacks and headed to the park to talk to people and listen to the Milligan Brass Band. They had us on stage and introduced us and had us tell a little about ourselves. Sandy was HILLARIOUS telling stories about how her family ended up in Alaska. She told everyone they rode over on a polar bear and still have him...his name was Max. LOL! Then she told the real story about her parents escaping with some fake paperwork and coming to the first state they could in 1981. They came to Alaska in JANUARY...brrrrr! After all of that it was time to head home for the day. Another great day to be a Czech Queen! :) Everyone in Milligan was wonderful.

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Na Shledanou,
Stefanie Vocasek
2009-10 Lincoln Czech-Slovak Queen