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Patricia Wins Ms. Senior California Crown

On September 10th, 2006 Patricia, representing Santa Barbara and having prevailed in the regional contests, swept away both the panel of judges and the live audience with a flawless rendition of Chopin's familiar "Polonaise in A Flat" at the state competition held at the Rose Theater in Westminster California and was crowned

Ms. Senior California

She will now represent the great state of California in the upcoming Ms. Senior America National Pageant to be held on November 9-11 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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During the summer of 2004 Patricia, at age 67, took time out of her busy schedule to bicycle across America to raise funds for the Patricia Starr Endowment at Santa Barbara Community College.

This endowment provides scholarship grants to deserving music students. It was a long and arduous undertaking that involved cycling as much as 120 miles per day for 50 days and covered a total of 3,622 miles.

Click here to see day by day coverage of the trip.

In addition to being an accomplished concert pianist, with recent performances in venues like Las Vegas & Laughlin Nevada, and     Beverly Hills,

Patricia also plays trombone and, as a solo pianist, recently performed the Warsaw  Concerto for piano and full concert band with Santa Barbara's own..

 Prime time band.

 Ms. Senior Orange County

    In 2005 Patricia won the title of Ms. Senior Orange County in the  Ms. Sr. America Pageant.

 She also was second runner up in the state contest for Ms. Sr. California.