The 18th annual Strawberry Festival Queen Program along with the 16th annual Junior Royalty Contest will take place Saturday at Crawfordsville High School.
The Strawberry Festival Queen Program has been a longstanding tradition in Crawfordsville as the program focuses on empowering contestants to reach their best self while enhancing interview, leadership and overall professional development skills.
Twenty-seven high school girls will compete for the title of the 2023 Strawberry Festival Queen title and 11 children will compete for the titles of the 2023 Strawberry Festival Prince and Princess.
Queen contestants (in alphabetical order) are: Macie Allen, Mady Bush, Courtlyn Carpenter, Cambryia Cutcliff, Mikaylin Figg, Hilary Haltom, Ada Hutson, Brooklyn Kerns, Emma Leonhardt, Veiona Lopez, Isabella Mattingly, Peri McClaskey, Addison Meadows, Grace Moseley, Vanessa Pineda-Sanchez, Mercedes Randles, Kylee Reeves, Cadence Richmond, Riley Sanders, Kayla Sankey, Guinevere Schmitzer-Torbert, Violet Shaw, Clair Simpson, Kelsey Thompson, Ellie Walker, Grace Weatherford and Emily Weliver.
The program will award a queen, first runner-up, second runner-up and Miss Congeniality who will reign of the Strawberry Festival, which is June 9-11 at the Lane Place. Other awards include a photogenic award, a mental attitude award and a humanitarian award.
Queen contestants are collecting items for Kids Count and whichever contestant has the most donations in her name, will receive the humanitarian award. The community is invited to bring donations the night of the program. Items needed include: new markers, crayons, pencils, coloring books, play doh, sensory toys, sponges, plastic silverware, straws, toothbrushes, tooth paste, kid’s cups, baby wipes and sanitizing wipes. The program will also accept new or gently used puzzles, board games, card games, blocks and legos.
Tickets will be sold at the door and are $7 (cash only) for anyone age 6 and older.
The Strawberry Festival Queen and Junior Royalty San is directed by Jessica McClamroch. Committee members are Jayde Anzola, Mary Davis and Jewel Johnson. Sponsors for this year’s program include: PNC Bank, Perry Equipment, John’s Trophys & Awards and JNAVISUALS.
Stay updated with the program by following The Montgomery County Strawberry Festival Contest on Facebook or on Instagram at the_strawberry_festival_queen.
