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Name:
Francesca Simone
Date of Birth:
6/12/1985
Title: Miss Rhode Island 2008
Hometown: North Smithfield, Rhode
Island
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Education: |
Boston Conservatory
2009 – Masters of
Music in Vocal
Performance
Providence College 2007 –
Bachelor of Arts in Vocal
Performance
St. Mary Academy, Bay View 2003 |
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Platform Issue:
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Alzheimer's
Disease Awareness |
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Scholastic/Career
Ambition: |
To complete my
Masters of Music
Degree in Vocal
Performance at the
Boston Conservatory
in May of 2009, and
continue my
education by
obtaining my DMA in
Vocal Performance. I
hope to one day
become a leading
soprano at the
Metropolitan Opera. |
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Talent: |
Classical Vocal
– "Nessun Dorma" from Turandot |
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Scholastic Honors: |
Dean's List;
Sigma Alpha Iota
International Honor
Society; Who's Who
Among Young American
Professionals;
National Honor
Society; Rhode
Island Honor
Society; Who's Who
Among American High
School Students.
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Leadership Roles: |
Founder of
"Families of
Alzheimer's Carrying
the Torch" (F.A.C.T.);
Active Minds, Boston
Conservatory; RI Music
Educator's Association
Adjudicator; Tour Guide and
Student Ambassador, Providence
College Music Department;
Sectional Leader and Conductor,
Junior Providence Singers and
Treble Choir; Tutor of Music
Theory, Providence College;
Vocal Coach; Adopt a Choir
Mentor, Ponaganset Middle
School; Opera Providence
sponsorship and fundraising;
Double Reed Ensemble Founder,
Providence College; Learn to
Skate Instructor, Franklin
Blades; Amnesty International,
Secretary. |
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Accomplishments: |
President's
Volunteer Service
Award; Congressional
Award for Volunteer
Public Service;
Federal Emergency
Management Agency
(FEMA) 2007; Recipes
to Remember, Author;
2nd Runner-Up Miss
RI 2007, 1st
Runner-Up, Miss RI
2006; Kelly Jo Roarke
Talent Award, Miss RI 2006 and
2007; Soloist, Moscow and St.
Petersburg Conservatories 2007;
Commencement Soloist, Providence
College 2007 Ceremony; The
Telephone, Comic Opera: Lucy,
Lead Soprano; A Game of Chance,
Comic Opera: First Knitter, Lead
Soprano; Handel's Messiah,
Soprano Soloist; 10 mile Breast
Cancer Walk for a Cure. |
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Interesting Facts: |
I recently
donated 10" of my
hair to Locks of
Love. I sing at Morville
House in Boston, a residence for
low income elders. I am
performing in my first
professional collaboration with
the Rhode Island State Festival
Ballet. I sang at Notre Dame
Cathedral in Paris and in Rome
for Pope John Paul II. I
volunteered at RI Hospital in
the Animal Research Unit,
witnessing laparoscopic surgery
and assisting in the
preoperative preparations of the
animals. I was a member of the
United States Figure Skating
Association and the
International Skating Institute
of America, earning three
consecutive gold medals at the
World Championships in 1997. I
am a member of the Mt.
Washington Observatory,
Beethoven Society of America,
American Handel Society, Mozart
Society of America, and Schubert
Society USA. I studied violin,
oboe, English horn and piano. |
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Employment: |
Assistant,
Business Office,
Boston Conservatory. |
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Marketing Plan: |
As Miss Rhode
Island I will work
to raise awareness
of Alzheimer's
disease primarily
through the Rhode
Island Chapter of
the National
Alzheimer's
Organization and its
fundraisers,
symposiums, and
committees. I will
further the local
chapter's efforts to
educate the public. As Miss Rhode
Island, I will have
the opportunity to
continue my
participation in
events as a state
spokesperson. I will
contact Rhode Island
legislators and
health care
organizations to
advocate for
additional funding
for research as well
as create a specific
email for family
members of
Alzheimer's patients
who wish to contact
me to discuss their
concerns. The title
of Miss Rhode Island
will allow me to
help initiate public
policy and to
encourage all Rhode
Islanders to join in
the fight to find a
cure for a disease
that has already
claimed 24,000 Rhode
Island residents and
4.5 million
nationwide.
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Legacy: |
I will be
remembered as a Miss
Rhode Island who
fought passionately
for and advocated
awareness and action
against a tragic and
deadly disease. I
will be remembered
as a Miss Rhode
Island who had a
lifelong dedication
to her state and
platform, working
relentlessly for
both. My wish is
that through the
title of Miss Rhode
Island and my
association with the
Miss America
Organization, I will
be someone, who, in
some small way, made
a difference in the
lives of the
suffering patients
of Alzheimer's and
their families. |
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Why I should be Miss
Rhode Island this
year: |
One of my
primary reasons for
pursuing the Miss
Rhode Island title
is the scholarship
award so that I can
complete my Masters
in Music and then a
DMA in Vocal
Performance. I have
a deep respect for
the title as a
native Rhode
Islander and have
idolized Miss Rhode
Island and Miss
America since I was
a toddler. The
respect and exposure
that the title
carries will allow
me to promote my
platform as well as
my classical art
form. I am ready to
accept the challenge
of being Miss Rhode
Island and have
through my actions
represented the core
values of the Miss
America Program. |
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