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 Grande Parade
Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Starting Time: 6:00 p.m.
2010 Grand Marshal: Madeline Utley
We were honored to have serving as our 2010 Grand Marshall, Madeline Utley. She served the Village of Millersport as its Clerk-Treasurer and Fiscal Officer for 40 years.
Units: Approximately 150
Participation: Pre-festival registration, INVITATION ONLY.
Description: The Millersport parade is an annual Event to open the Sweet Corn Festival starts at Millersport High School and travels north on Lancaster Street in Millersport and turns east onto Chautauqua Boulevard finishing on the Lions Community Park in front of the Main Entertainment Pavilion. Featuring 16 High School Bands and a variety of other units.
Chairman's email: paradeandqueens@sweetcornfest.com
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Queen and Court
2009 Queen Queen Kendra Heistand - (Liberty Union)
Kendra is the daughter of Stacy Heistand of Baltimore, Ohio. She attends Liberty Union High School where she is active in the marching band as captain of the colorguard, concert band, pep band, track, basketball cheerleading, Yearbook, Teen Institute, FCCLA, Leo Club, Foreign Language Club and the National Honor Society. Kendra is active in her community as a tutor at Liberty Union Elementary School, Operation Evergreen, Operation Christmas Child, letters for Soldiers, and with the Diabetes Walk. She plans to attend Miami University next year to major in Early Childhood Education.
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2009 First Runner-Up Stephanie Metzger - (Sheridan)
Stephanie is the daughter of Tom & Marilyn Metzger of Somerset, Ohio. She attends Sheridan High School where she is active in marching band, concert Band, jazz band, pep band, show choir band, Book Club, and the National Honor Society. She is an active member of St. Joseph’s Parish serving as a volunteer in the Sunday School program and with the annual church picnic. Stephanie plans to attend college next year majoring in Early Childhood Education.
2009 Second Runner-Up Shannon Lowery - (Watkins Memorial)
Shannon is the daughter of James & Theresa Lowery of Pataskala, Ohio. She attends Watkins Memorial High School where she is active in the marching band, pep band, jazz band, quiz bowl, Tri-M Society, and a member of the National Honor Society. She teaches pre-school, has been active as a Girl Scout and has completed an mentorship with the Ohio Department of Health. Shannon plans to attend The Ohio State University majoring in Molecular Genetics and go on to complete her Masters and or Ph.D.
Chairman's email: paradeandqueens@sweetcornfest.com
2010 SWEET CORN FESTIVAL Queen & Court Rules:
Takes place Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. on the Main Entertainment Pavilion. Each of the 18 area high schools select a young lady to represent them in our pageant. These young ladies participate in our Wednesday Grand Parade along with their high school band. On Thursday of our festival, they begin their path through the judging process with closed doors individual interviews beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the Lion's Club house. These interviews are conducted by 5 judges from outside the geographical area of these 18 high schools. Neither the judges nor the young ladies know who the other group is until 5:00 p.m. on Thursday of the festival. Following the closed door interview and the group walk through, the young ladies are then escorted onto the Main Entertainment Stage for public interview one at a time while continuing to be observed by the judges. following the completion of the on stage interviews, the judges retire to the Club House to tally their score sheets and determine our Queen, 1st and 2nd Runners Up.
The judging is based on 20% Activities, 15% Interview Questions, 15% Personality, 20% Speaking Ability, 15% Stage Presence, and 15% Overall Appearance.
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