Meet the Cast of our 2021 Show

Jill is a 5th generation Dallas Native, where she grew up in Oak Cliff, graduating from David W. Carter High School. She also attended Dallas Baptist College and Texas A & M Commerce, where she received a BS in Recreation/Education/Physical Education. She started employment with the City of Dallas in 1972 and retired as the Events Manager in 2015. Jill did have a couple of breaks in service with the City. In 1987-1990, Jill taught tap and jazz at the Elementary Arts Magnet School, Sidney Lanier. She also moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she worked at a retirement community and she received a degree from the University of Colorado Springs in gerontology. But Dallas called her back home where she completed her final years of employment with the City of Dallas. During her employment with the City of Dallas, Jill received the Customer Service Award for the City, the Professional Achievement Award, and the Director’s Trophy. Jill also was the Customer Service Trainer for the City Manager and trained over 13,000 employees about the importance of Customer Service. Jill also spoke at many local, state and national conventions during her employment with the City of Dallas. Jill, however, did not retire, she re-wired and she worked for both the City of Lewisville and the City of Rowlett, conducting their senior programs to include mostly wellness programs. In 2019, she was employed at CC Young Senior Living, where she was the Wellness Director. Jill is now doing what she loves best. Jill is a public speaker and a musician. She played the flute with the Mesquite Symphonic Orchestra and plays with her church orchestra at First Baptist Forney. Jill is also Ms Texas Senior America, 2015 and went on to Ms Senior America and was in the top 10. Jill was also Ms Texas Senior USA, 2016 and also placed in the top 10. She won the coveted Ms Congeniality at both pageants. Jill also serves on the board of the Ms Texas Senior America Pageant and is currently the President of the Cameo Club. Jill is a member of Christian Women in Media and the American Association of University Women. Jill enjoys tapping weekly with Class Act Tap Company and joined their ranks in 2015. Jill also twirls weekly with a group of twirlers over 55 and the group is called Twirl Fun and More. Jill has been instructor Jazzercise for 42 years and she served as a national trainer for 8 years and she was in charge of the Junior Jazzercise Program for Texas for 5 years. Jill has a passion for the Spectacular Follies and has been in 8 productions. She adores performing with her mother, famed speaker and actress, Rosemary Rumbley. Jill is married to Ken Beam and they have been married for 34 years. They have 2 children and 4 grandchildren. Jill and Ken love golfing together and hanging at their lake house. Jill’s philosophy of life is: Life has no remote so get up and change it!

This is Jill’s 10th year in the Follies Family. She began musical theater performances in 9th Grade in Des Moines, Iowa. She continued on stage in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and now in Dallas. She sang 19 seasons with the Dallas Symphony Chorus and has been seen locally in productions with RCT Theater and Family Music Theater.

At 63, I am the 2019 Ms. Texas Senior America. The pageant champions healthy aging, wellness and mental well-being. The contestants exemplify the “positive image of aging”.

I have a B.S degree in Electrical Engineering Technology. I worked 38 years in the technology field (at 2 major companies). I spent 30 years in various forms of engineering management. During that time, I had the opportunity to mentor, develop and empower many of my employees and others. I recently retired from Abbott Laboratories after 30 years of service.

At 59, I decided to define 60 for myself and not let 60 define me. I became serious about working out and completely changed my eating habits. I started attending boot camp classes 4 to 5 times a week and became stronger. I began losing the weight and in 4 months, I lost 30 lbs. and was in the best shape of my adult life. The transformation was phenomenal! I became the role model of others. Three years later, I continue to work out, eat healthy and inspire others.

I became a certified Health Coach in 2018. The certification supports my platform of Health and Fitness. I understand the challenges and control that food have on people. Unfortunately, many diseases that people suffer from are because of lifestyle choices (e.g. diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases, joint problem, etc.). Modification to our eating habits and incorporating light exercises (walking) can make significant health and wellness improvements. My goal is to educate and encourage people to make better choices to improve their health and confidence.

My platform also empower and encourages people to step outside their comfort zone and stretch themselves to live their best life. We should live our lives intentional and purposefully. We were not created to live an average life. We were created to be so much more, but we have to overcome fear to become our best selves.

My goal over is to enrich the lives of others. I want to inspire and empower people to become healthy and live their best lives. I want to let them know that failure is impossible when they stretch themselves. Those are lessons learned that can be applied to future endeavors. Regardless of the choices we’ve made or our age, it’s never too late to begin living our best life!

After winning the title, I have accomplished so many first: Motivational Speaker, Interviews, featured on the cover of Celebration Magazine, United Way Board of Director, published co-author of 2 books (one is on the best seller’s list), I started my website (electronic magazine) and others.

At 63, my life has improved tremendously because I kicked open the box, I had created for myself. I’m stretching myself in ways I never would have considered 5 years ago. I am living my best life!

I would love to speak or appear at your event. There is no fee for my appearance. My contact information is below:

Joyce Brown
(972) 400-7045
joyceMTSA19@gmail.com