Orientation meetings are optional but suggested.  At an orientation meeting, you will receive a packet of paperwork (which is also available on this website) and an overview of what to expect when participating in our pageant.   We can answer questions you have and give you guidance on how to fill out the paperwork and meet all requirements.    The tentative dates are listed below.  Watch this page for details and possible changes!  (Remember, the deadline to be fully signed up is November 1st, 2005.)   Please call to indicate that you are coming and to confirm that the location has not been changed.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, 2005 - 2PM

The 10/1/05 meeting will be held at the Sanders' office:

817 Willow Branch Avenue, Jacksonville, FL  32205

(904) 384-3578

DIRECTIONS:  From I-95, take I-10 West. Then take the McDuff exit. At the end of the McDuff exit, take a left onto McDuff (underneath the overpass).  Next, take a left onto Rosselle (which comes up pretty quickly). Then take a right on Cherokee. Cherokee is only one block long, and at the end of that you'll turn right on Gilmore. Gilmore curves to the left becoming Willow Branch Avenue (which is our street).  We are on the left hand side at 817 Willow Branch Avenue. It is a house renovated into an office, so it does look like you are in a residential area. Enter at the white door at the drive way.

DIRECTIONS From Roosevelt (17) / Orange Park:   Take Roosevelt (or 17) toward I-10. Just before you get to the up-ramp to I-10, turn left at the light at McDuff. You will pass a fire station on the right. At the first light, you will turn right (which is also named Roosevelt, as it was the original "old end" of Roosevelt before the up-ramp was developed). You will see straight ahead of you a stop sign. Come up to that stop sign and that is the intersection of Roosevelt, College, and Willow Branch. Take a left at the stop sign onto Willow Branch. You will go over railroad tracks and pass a building marked "Metro." Follow Willow Branch down a couple of blocks.  We are at the corner of Myra Street and Willow Branch Avenue (the street sign is in the corner of our lot). We are on the right hand side at 817 Willow Branch Avenue. It is a house renovated into an office, so it does look like you are in a residential area. Enter at the white door at the drive way.
 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22ND, 2005 - 2PM

The 10/22/05 meeting will be held at the Sanders' new home:

996 Woodbridge Hollow Rd. N., Jacksonville, FL  32218

(904) 696-1344

DIRECTIONS:  From I-95, Take I-95 North to the Dunn Avenue/Busch Drive exit.   Take a left onto Dunn Avenue (underneath the overpass).  Immediately get in the right hand lane, and turn Right onto Harts Road.   Follow Harts Road down to the Newport subdivision and turn left onto Bertha Road.   Follow Bertha until you get to your first right, and take a right on Forestdale.   After that take your first right again onto Woodbridge Hollow Rd. N.    Once on Woodbridge, you will go over a road with bridge-like railing on the sides.   Then you will see 996 Woodbridge (our location).

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