Mikki Young

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Mikki Young
Nashville 2004 International DECA Competition

• TR 400-450
• Jaya Manickam
• November 7, 2004

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Index

• Personal Information
• DECA Description
• Description of International
• DECA Timeline
• DECA Participation Chart
• Girls
• 700 a.m. On the road
• Presentation
• Opryland Hotel

• Downtown Nashville
• Wildhorse Saloon
• Wildhorse Saloon
• Bullride
• General Jackson Cruise
• Baseball Game
• Raman Noodles
• Pillow Case 1
• Pillow Case 2
• End Slide

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Mikki Young

• Freshman at Western Mi. University
• DECA Member 2003-2004
• State Competitor at Dearborne
• 1st place finish at State Level
• International Qualifier 2004
• Placed 3rd overall at International Level

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Internationals 2004

• DECA is an association of Marketing Students who
  compete in different areas of business. This past
  year, I attended a Marketing program through a
  local tech school in my county. As a group, me
  and two other girls, Ashley and Katie, put
  together Chapter Awards. This project is a
  scrapbook that showcases our entire groups
  progress and involvement in DECA. Through fund
  raisers, charity work for MDA and Cystic
  Fibrosis, and numerous group activities, our book
  came together. All of us attended District
  competition at Ferris State and 24 students
  medaled. Going on to state at Dearborn, we had 8
  students medal for Internationals in Nashville,
  TN. We were on our way!!!

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Internationals

• By making it to International Level of DECA
  competition means you have joined an elite few
  (1/14 DECA students) who persevere and make it.
  At this years competition, students from Guam,
  Toronto, Panama, and Germany were in attendance.
  A fun trend at Nationals was pin collecting. Each
  state has an individual design and each student
  can buy and trade for any state they can barter.

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DECA Timeline

• October 12-18 DECA week
• January 6 District Competition, Ferris State
• March 12-14 State DECA Dearborn, MI
• May 1-4 - International DECA Competition,
  Nashville, TN

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Total Number of DECA Participants at Each level
of Competiton
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Katie and Mikki
Heres the girls.
Ashley and Mikki
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This is the morning we left for Nashville.me and
Kyle were still really tired!
Everyone be here at...7am...ahhh
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Here is that magical Plaque that sent us all to
Nashville. This was the crowning moment for the
weekend.
Complete with kisses for good luck
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This is from presenting. Here we are proudly
showing off our work
This is the day of the big competition.
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Opreyland Hotel
This is where the main competition took place.
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Down town Nashville!
The Batman Bellsouth Building
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Wildhorse Saloon
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Here is our fearless leader, Vaughn, who looks to
have found a new DECA member for next year.
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Save a Horseride a Mechanical Bull!!!
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Heres Steve
General Jackson River Boat Cruise
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Baseball anyone??
1, 2, 3 strikesYOUR OUT!!!
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Just for the recordRAMAN! Here we are, the last
night of fun, and all we can do is eat noodles.
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Warning No pillow cases were harmed in this
process!
Lets just say that on the way homeSteve (left)
and Kyle (right) found pillow cases to entertain
them.
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And for the end of the pillow case files, Steve
provided the highway patrol with his KKK version
of Dog sticks head out the window. He did manage
to scare an older couple into driving a whole lot
faster!
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This is the END...
As our trip came to an end, we all agreed that it
was way too long and exhausting. With the dramas
and excitement of the competition behind us, we
could now go back to our regular lives and onward
for me to Western.