Spotlight on Queen Chronos LXIV Miss Talon Marie Blanchard

QUEEN CHRONOS LXIV, TALON MARIE BLANCHARD, IS THE DAUGHTER OF TINA MARIE AND MICHAEL PHILIP BLANCHARD. TALON IS A 2015 TOP TEN HONOR GRADUATE OF EDWARD DOUGLAS WHITE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE LADY CARDS VARSITY VOLLEYBALL AND TRACK TEAMS AND THE WINNER OF THE WENDY’S HIGH SCHOOL HEISMAN AWARD. WHILE TALON HELD BOTH PRESIDENTIAL AND EXECUTIVE POSITIONS IN STUDENT COUNCIL THROUGHOUT HER HIGH SCHOOL CAREER, SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES, NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY, DRAMA CLUB, HOMECOMING COURT, PROM COURT, AND THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARS. TALON’S INTEREST IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION LEAD HER TO THE MEMORABLE 2012 NATIONAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP FORUM OF MEDICINE. CURRENTLY, QUEEN CHRONOS IS A JUNIOR AT NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY, MAJORING IN NURSING, AND IS EMPLOYED BY THIBODAUX REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AS A PHLEBOTOMIST. AS A LEGACY, TALON IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF DELTA ZETA SORORITY. DELTA ZETA HAS ALLOWED HER TO EMBRACE PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT SHE LOVES THROUGH VARIOUS SERVICE PROJECTS AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, WHILE ALLOWING HER TO HOLD POSITIONS OF PLEDGE CLASS STANDARDS REPRESENTATIVE, HEAD OF STANDARDS, AND CURRENTLY, JUNIOR CLASS SLATE REPRESENTATIVE. DUE TO HER SORORITY INVOLVEMENT, SHE WAS CHOSEN TO SIT ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE PANHELLENIC ASSOCIATION WHERE SHE SERVED AS RECRUITMENT COUNSELOR FOR THE 2017 RECRUITMENT SEASON. THE LOVE TALON HAS FOR HER SORORITY IS RIVALED BY HER LOVE FOR NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY, WHICH SHE PROUDLY DISPLAYED AS 2016-2017 ORIENTATION TEAM LEADER. NICHOLLS ALLOWS HER TO CONTINUE TO PRACTICE HER FAITH THROUGH THE CAMPUS MINISTRY OF COLONEL CATHOLICS AND GIVES HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY THE SPORT THAT MOLDED HER INTO THE PERSON SHE IS TODAY-VOLLEYBALL-THROUGH INTRAMURAL ATHLETICS. SHE HOPES TO STAY IN THE THIBODAUX AREA TO SERVE, VOLUNTEER AND CONTINUE HER NURSING CAREER IN THE TOWN THAT HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN HER HEART. TALON WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE HER REIGN TO HER RECENTLY DEPARTED FAMILY MEMBERS, HER GRANDFATHER MR RONALD BLANCHARD AND HER NANNY JAMIE BETH SWANNER.

TALON IS HUMBLED AND HONORED TO REPRESENT THE KREWE AS QUEEN CHRONOS LXIV.