Miss Tranquility & Lord Calvert Rules and Regulations

 
A.  CANDIDATE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
 
1.  The Miss Tranquility Pageant and Lord Calvert Contest is open to all persons between the ages of 16 and 19 as of August 31, of the participating year.
 
2.  Each candidate must be enrolled in a secondary school or post-secondary school and have a 75% cumulative grade point average. “Cumulative grade point average” is defined as the average of the candidate’s grade points for all years of secondary or post secondary school attended.
 
3.  Each candidate must have been a resident of Calvert County for at least three (3) years.
 
4.  A candidate must never have been married nor have had children prior to or during the reign (September 2007 through September 2008).
 
5.  Former winners are not eligible to participate in either contest.
 
6.  Application materials must be received by midnight, September 6, 2007. These can be mailed to: The Calvert Fair, Inc. P.O. Box 224 Barstow, Maryland 20610 Attention: Lord Calvert/Miss Tranquility.  Applications may be obtained from any committee member, this website or you may use the application in the fair book found on page 27. 
 
7.  The winner of each contest is required to attend all events of the Calvert County Fair and selected county and state events during the year of reign.  Miss Calvert Farm Bureau is eligible to crowned Miss Tranquility. 
 
8.  Miss Tranquility and Lord Calvert are required to be at the Fairgrounds a minimum of 20 hours each during “Fair Week;” Wednesday, September 26 - Sunday, September 30, 2007; of which 6 hours will be on “Youth Day,” Friday, September 28, 2007.
 
9.  All Miss Tranquility and Lord Calvert Contestants are required to participate in assigned events at the Fair. The contestants will be required to attend defined events at the Calvert County Fair.  Exceptions will be made for previous engagements that are provided in writing to the Committees before the winners are announced.
 
 
B. SPONSOR REQUIREMENTS
 
1.  Each Contestant must be sponsored by a club, business, church, church group or other organization from Calvert County (Please note: The Committees are willing to help with this if notified prior to the application deadline, September 6, 2007).
 
2.  Each sponsor is required to pay an entry fee of $35 for their contestant.  Please continue to make checks payable to the Calvert County Fair Queen Committee or Lord Calvert Committee, whichever is appropriate.
 
3.  A representative from the sponsoring organization is asked to be present at the program on September 23, 2007.
 
 
C.  MISS TRANQUILITY and LORD CALVERT SELECTION
 
Miss Tranquility and Lord Calvert will be selected based on the following items:
 
1.  School Transcript - 10 percent
School Transcript points will be awarded based on the cumulative G.P.A. 
 
2.  Personal Interview - 40 percent (with a panel of Out-of-County Judges)
The Contestants will be judged on poise, neatness of appearance and the content of their answers to the judges’ questions, as well as their involvement in school, community and extra-curricular activities. 
 
3.  Written Essay - 15 percent
An essay of no more 500 words will be written by each contestant.  Essays should be typed, double-spaced in 12 pt. font.  Essays will be judged upon grammer, spelling, sentence structure, content, and relation to the topic.  The theme of the essay will be distributed to contestants September 7, 2007.  Essays will be due September 21, 2007 at the orientation. 
 
4.  Autobiographical Speeches - 25 percent 
The autobiographical speech will be at least three, but no more than five minutes in length.  It will be given the day of the program and will be judged on the content, public speaking ability, poise, and length by the out of county judges.
 
5.  Extemporaneous Question - 10 percent 
Each contestant will be asked the same extemporaneous question on stage.  Contestants who have not answered will not be able to hear the question or the answers.
 
 
D. AWARDS
 
1.  Miss Tranquility and Lord Calvert will each receive a $1000 scholarship to the post-secondary school of choice.
 
2.  Scholarship monies must be requested in writing within 6 months of the winner’s high school graduation.  Proof of enrollment in a post-secondary school must be provided to receive the scholarship. 
 
3.  The Committe Members reserve the right to allow judges to not award first place in either contest if no contestant receives at least 80 points.
 
 
E. TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
 
September 6, 2007 - Deadline for ALL application materials and fee to be received by 12 midnight at the address listed previously.
 
September 21, 2007 - Orientation for all contestants at the Fair Board Office.  Essay due, absolutely no exceptions.
 
September 23, 2007 -  Time TBA - The Miss Tranquility Pageant and Lord Calvert Contest 
Personal interviews will be held early in the afternoon. The public is invited to attend the program that afternoon where the Autobiographical Speeches will be given, the Extemporaneous Questions will be answered , and the new Miss Tranquility and Lord Calvert will be announced. This will be held in the Main Building at the Fairgrounds.  Contestants are expected to be present all day. 
 
September 26, 2007 through September 30, 2007 - The Calvert County Fair - all contestants are required to be present as described previously.
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