Patricia Lehman - Miss Sacramento 1951, Miss California 1951, National Finalist at Miss America 1951
You may remember Patricia Lehman (known today as Pat Blucher), as the school teacher who became Miss Sacramento, Miss California and a National Finalist in the Miss America Pageant in 1951-52. A lifelong musician, Pat attributes much of her success in the Miss America Program to the pageant's talent component. To this day, Pat still performs her Miss America piano medley of classical, swing and jazz music. Pat taught for 40 years in the Sacramento Unified School District where she often lead the student's choir and organized talent shows. After retiring with Sacramento Unified, Pat joined the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society which provided her with the opportunity to play with other musicians for the first time. Over the years, Pat has played with Sacramento's No Name Jazz and Dance Band, the Absolute Jazz Band, the Black Tuesday Jazz Band, theMusicats Jazz Band, the Dixon Firehouse Philharmonic Jazz Band and has performed regularly as part of the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee. Pat regularly performs with her own Jazz Band, Pat Blucher and the Jazzin' Gents, which performs regularly at the Straw Hat Pizza in Rancho Cordova. Married for 51 years to Lester Blucher, Pat has two sons, enjoys spending time with her three grandchildren, and welcomed her second great-grandchild in September 2012.
You may remember Patricia Lehman (known today as Pat Blucher), as the school teacher who became Miss Sacramento, Miss California and a National Finalist in the Miss America Pageant in 1951-52. A lifelong musician, Pat attributes much of her success in the Miss America Program to the pageant's talent component. To this day, Pat still performs her Miss America piano medley of classical, swing and jazz music. Pat taught for 40 years in the Sacramento Unified School District where she often lead the student's choir and organized talent shows. After retiring with Sacramento Unified, Pat joined the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society which provided her with the opportunity to play with other musicians for the first time. Over the years, Pat has played with Sacramento's No Name Jazz and Dance Band, the Absolute Jazz Band, the Black Tuesday Jazz Band, theMusicats Jazz Band, the Dixon Firehouse Philharmonic Jazz Band and has performed regularly as part of the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee. Pat regularly performs with her own Jazz Band, Pat Blucher and the Jazzin' Gents, which performs regularly at the Straw Hat Pizza in Rancho Cordova. Married for 51 years to Lester Blucher, Pat has two sons, enjoys spending time with her three grandchildren, and welcomed her second great-grandchild in September 2012.
Angela LaBrasca - Miss Sacramento 1952
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Joyce Burger - Miss Sacramento 1953
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Delsa Keaton - Miss Sacramento 1954
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Judy Niederloh - Miss Sacramento 1955
Judy Niederloh graduated from El Camino High School in 1955.
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Delsa Keaton - Miss Sacramento 1954
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Judy Niederloh - Miss Sacramento 1955
Judy Niederloh graduated from El Camino High School in 1955.
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Joan Beckett - Miss Sacramento 1956, Miss California 1956, Top 10 at Miss America 1956, Preliminary Swimsuit Award at Miss America
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Lorna Anderson - Miss Sacramento 1957, Miss California 1957, 3rd Runner-Up at Miss America 1957
Lorna Anderson (known today as Lorna Brown) has played the accordion since the age of nine. The daughter of Swedish immigrants, her talent at the Miss America Pageant was "Dark Eyes" on the accordion. Always performing as a soloist, Lorna is now refreshed to be playing with a live professional band, The Polka Dots, enjoying the authentic polkas and waltzes of the early to mid-1900's. Lorna has appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and was selected in 1957 as the "Fighting Lady" for the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown- where she played the accordion for 3,000 men. Lorna is a retired educator with 18 years in the San Juan Unified School District in Sacramento, and 4 years with the Leonia and Saddle River School Districts in New Jersey. She also retired from real estate after 10 years as a real estate broker, specializing in exclusive golf resort properties in Pinehurst, North Carolina. She now resides in Salisbury, N.C. View Lorna's website at www.polkadotsband.com
Credits: salisburyartists.org, polkadotsband.com, csus.edu
Lorna Anderson (known today as Lorna Brown) has played the accordion since the age of nine. The daughter of Swedish immigrants, her talent at the Miss America Pageant was "Dark Eyes" on the accordion. Always performing as a soloist, Lorna is now refreshed to be playing with a live professional band, The Polka Dots, enjoying the authentic polkas and waltzes of the early to mid-1900's. Lorna has appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and was selected in 1957 as the "Fighting Lady" for the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown- where she played the accordion for 3,000 men. Lorna is a retired educator with 18 years in the San Juan Unified School District in Sacramento, and 4 years with the Leonia and Saddle River School Districts in New Jersey. She also retired from real estate after 10 years as a real estate broker, specializing in exclusive golf resort properties in Pinehurst, North Carolina. She now resides in Salisbury, N.C. View Lorna's website at www.polkadotsband.com
Credits: salisburyartists.org, polkadotsband.com, csus.edu
Sandra Soliday - Miss Sacramento 1958
(An excerpt from The Sacramento Bee, 1982)
Sandy Soliday, 41, has been running her own diamond brokerage the past three years. It's a profession she prefers to the acting career she once pursued. "It didn't take too long to find out acting wasn't what I wanted to do," she says. "I wasn't cut out for it. It takes a certain kind of personality that I just didn't have." Now Sandy Staines, she went to Sacramento State College, where she majored in drama and art. She graduated in 1964, modeled for a couple of years and then simply grew bored with it. "Modeling was a good experience, though," Staines said, "and so was being Miss Sacramento. It is something that would give any girl a great deal of confidence. it puts you in a position where you have to exude confidence even if you're not. Eventually you become confident." After teaching art for a few years, Staines began buying and selling diamonds. Then she started her business, Diamond Finders, in Carmichael. She is married to building designer Bill Staines and has two children.
(An excerpt from The Sacramento Bee, 1982)
Sandy Soliday, 41, has been running her own diamond brokerage the past three years. It's a profession she prefers to the acting career she once pursued. "It didn't take too long to find out acting wasn't what I wanted to do," she says. "I wasn't cut out for it. It takes a certain kind of personality that I just didn't have." Now Sandy Staines, she went to Sacramento State College, where she majored in drama and art. She graduated in 1964, modeled for a couple of years and then simply grew bored with it. "Modeling was a good experience, though," Staines said, "and so was being Miss Sacramento. It is something that would give any girl a great deal of confidence. it puts you in a position where you have to exude confidence even if you're not. Eventually you become confident." After teaching art for a few years, Staines began buying and selling diamonds. Then she started her business, Diamond Finders, in Carmichael. She is married to building designer Bill Staines and has two children.
Patricia Ann Williams - Miss Sacramento 1959
Time Magazine reported that she was the first African American to ever wear the local crown.
She was 18 at the time she was crowned and a secretarial student who sang "Lover Come Back to Me" At the local competition. In the Time Magazine article, it says that she went "numb" with astonishment upon hearing herself acclaimed the winner.
Time Magazine reported that she was the first African American to ever wear the local crown.
She was 18 at the time she was crowned and a secretarial student who sang "Lover Come Back to Me" At the local competition. In the Time Magazine article, it says that she went "numb" with astonishment upon hearing herself acclaimed the winner.
