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Shawna Siver Distinguished Young Woman 2018 |
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April 29, 2018 |
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photographs are present within this article, also
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 A new Bonners Ferry Distinguished Young Woman
was selected at last night’s annual DYW program,
with its “Under the Big Top” show theme.
Shawna Siver was named as the 2018 – 2019
Distinguished Young Woman of Bonners Ferry; she
succeeds Hannah Sims who is now ending her term
of service representing Bonners Ferry. Shawna
now begins a year that promises to be a busy one
for her.
Hundreds were in attendance at last night’s
Distinguished Young Women program, which was
held at Becker Auditorium at the high school.
The evening began with a performance of the
national anthem, sung by Kianna Higgins, Ada
Bonnell, and Rayan Naylor. This was followed
with an invocation offered by Pastor Stan
Christopherson.
Under the Big Top then burst onto the stage, as
Ringmaster McKenzie MacDonald (who also served
as the evening’s Mistress of Ceremonies) led the
group of Forget-Me-Nots (participants from last
year’s DYW program) in an energetic and colorful
dance performance of The Greatest Show, a hit
song from the recent hit movie The Greatest
Showman. Ms. MacDonald, a 2014 graduate of
Bonners Ferry High School, is currently a senior
at the University of Idaho, where she serves as
ASUI Undergraduate Student Body President. She
was once a DYW participant herself, in the
Bonners Ferry DYW program of 2013. (Also in her
resumé: formerly a reporter for NewsBF). By
acclamation, her work throughout the evening as
Mistress of Ceremonies was considered to be very
well executed.
Following the Forget-Me-Nots, the 2018 DYW
participants entered the stage, and danced to
Run Away and Join the Circus, a song by
Tricity Vogue. Each of the nine
participants introduced themselves to the
audience, took a moment to mention and thank
their sponsors, and in keeping with the “Under
the Big Top” theme, each delivered a useful and
informative fact about the circus. To give you
an idea, one such fact was that the first circus
actually held under a Big Top was back in 1825.
This year’s 2018 DYW participants are:
• Emily Blackmore, sponsored by the Masonic
Organizations
• Shawna Siver, sponsored by Bonners Ferry
Eagles Aerie #3522
• Lindsey Christopherson, sponsored by Chapter
A.P. PEO
• Jazmyne Lederhos, sponsored by Knights of
Pythias
• Rachael Robinson, sponsored by Veterans of
Foreign Wars
• Hannah Beazer, sponsored by Bonners Ferry Rod
Benders
• Jerzie Pluid, sponsored by Beta Sigma Phi
• Stormy Fahey, sponsored by American Legion
Auxiliary
• Ashley Guttin, sponsored by Moyie Shrine Club
Following their introductory performance, the
nine DYW participants then launched into a
fitness routine. This rigorous routine included
dance and calisthenics, where the young women
did more pushups than probably most of the rest
of us can manage. At the end of this impressive
physical fitness performance, they still found
the energy and stamina for each participant to
do a brief spotlight solo workout routine.
 Throughout the evening, reigning DYW Hannah Sims
and the DYW Runners-up from last year joined MC
McKenzie MacDonald onstage to help introduce
each act and to engage in humorous repartee.
While Ms. MacDonald was in full Circus
Ringmaster regalia as Mistress of Ceremonies,
her Forget-Me-Not
assistants appeared as circus participants, such
as Hannah Sims who was costumed as a fortune
teller, and Haley Wenk who was a bearded lady.
Next up on the Under the Big Top showcard was
the talent show part of the evening. Each DYW
was introduced in turn as “having run away to
join the DYW circus, here now to perform her
talent . . . “ Those talents were:
• Emily Blackmore: Dance to All I Do is Dream of
You
• Shawna Siver: Vocal Solo Unholy War
• Lindsey Christopherson: Contemporary Dance
Tightrope
• Jazmyne Lederhos: Vocal Solo This Is Me
• Rachael Robinson: Slam Poetry Text Me Back
• Hannah Beazer: Piano Solo Bumble Boogie
• Jerzie Pluid: Vocal Solo Never Enough
• Stormy Fahey: Creative Movement Sounds of
Silence
• Ashley Guttin: Speed Painting Hound Dog
A consensus based on comments from those in
attendance seemed to be that the talent
performances were all very good at this year’s
program.
The young women next appeared in their formal
dresses for the Self Expression part of the
program. Each participant in turn took a few
moments to answer the question “What is your
personal feeling about taking a risk?”
At this point, the judges were dismissed to
deliberate, and reigning DYW Hannah Sims stepped
onto the stage to give her farewell. Ms. Sims
performed on the piano a song from Phantom of
the Opera, “All I Ask of You.”
Following Ms. Sims’ performance, the stage was
then filled with 26 Young Misses. The Young
Misses are local area sixth grade girls who the
DYW participants mentor throughout the weeks of
the DYW program, and with whom they participate
in various activities. Many of the Distinguished
Young Women participants mentioned during the
evening that working with the Young Misses was
one of their favorite parts of their
participation in the DYW program. The Young
Misses now had the opportunity to take the stage
themselves and put on part of the Under the Big
Top show.
Next up were the Forget-Me-Nots once again, with
their amazing circus performance they called
“Oddities from Around the World.” With Haley
Wenk serving as their announcer, the Circus
Forget-Me-Nots put on a special Magic Show, a
Hula Hoop Show, a powerful performance of
strength from the Strong Sisters, and a special
display of juggling skills from the Siamese
Twins of Timbuktu. Somehow, each performance
ended in a bumbling finish, but the audience was
reassured by Ms. Wenk at the end of each segment
not to worry, “the next act will be better.”
The culminating event of the evening was up
next, and each DYW was accompanied back on stage
by her father, to await the results of the
judges deliberations. Before those announcements
were made, the fathers made one more trip across
the stage, each dad sporting a bright red circus
clown nose.
The Scholarships and Awards for this year’s 2018
Bonners Ferry Distinguished Young Women are as
follows:
• Shawna Siver, 2018-2019 Distinguished Young
Woman, awarded a $2,600 DYW Scholarship.
• Jerzie Pluid, First Runner-up, awarded a
$1,900 DYW Scholarship.
• Ashley Guttin, Second Runner-up, awarded a
$1,500 DYW Scholarship.
• Shawna Siver, Interview Award, awarded a $850
DYW Scholarship.
• Hannah Beazer, Talent Award, awarded a $850
DYW Scholarship.
• Emily Blackmore, Scholastic Award, awarded a
$950 DYW Scholarship.
• Shawna Siver, Scholastic Award, awarded a $850
DYW Scholarship.
• Jerzie Pluid, Fitness Award, awarded a $850
DYW Scholarship.
• Ashley Guttin, Self-Expression Award, awarded
a $850 DYW Scholarship.
• Emily Blackmore, Be Your Best Self Award,
awarded a $850 DYW Scholarship.
• Stormy Fahey, Spirit of Distinguished Young
Women, awarded a $850 DYW Scholarship.
In addition to the scholarships listed above,
each award winner received also gift baskets and
/ or gift certificates from local area
merchants, families, and for one award, a gift
basket from the Bonners Ferry DYW Committee.
Judges for the evening were:
• Raina Delema of Sandpoint, an Assistant Vice
President and Branch Manager for Washington
Trust Bank. She is a past Junior Miss
participant, and currently serves on the
Distinguished Young Women of Sandpoint’s
Executive Committee.
• Shelley McGregor of Pullman, Washington. Owner
with her husband of Dissmore’s IGA in Pullman.
She has worked with the DYW program for over 25
years.
• Amber Prins, an optometrist from Sandpoint.
Originally from Priest River, and served as
Priest River’s Junior Miss in 2008, now serves
on the Sandpoint DYW committee.
• JT Thompson of Coeur d’Alene, works as a
financial administrator at North Idaho College.
He has served as a program judge for four years
for the Sandpoint Distinguished Young Women
program.
• Melanie Trost of Priest River, who works as a
math and science teacher at Priest River Junior
High School and is the 8th grade volleyball
coach. She was Priest River’s Junior Miss in
1988, and has served as judges’ chairman for 20
years.
As is usual, many individuals, families, local
businesses, and organizations donated time,
talents, efforts, money, merchandise, materials,
publicity, and more to support the DYW program
and its many activities, to help make the DYW
Style Show and its Scholarships and Awards
program possible, and to fund the various DYW
scholarships.
The Coordinator for Bonners Ferry Distinguished
Young Women, AndraKay Pluid, commented on our
local DYW program. "The Bonners Ferry DYW
Committee is very proud of all nine participants
from this year's program. All of these young
ladies are very talented and distinguished, and
we loved seeing them grow and improve through
this process. We are so thankful for this
community that supports DYW and allows us to
help provide this experience to young ladies
each year. We feel this year's program was a
great success and certainly a night to
remember."
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