More kids vying for Royal Court honors this year
Eight girls, two boys will compete for queen, king
Suzy Berry
MEDINA – Last year, with only four girls and no boys in the running, it was all about the queen.
Things will be back to normal this year (seven girls and four boys in 2015) when it comes time to respectively crown the 2017 Medina County Fair king and queen in one of the longest-standing traditions in the fair’s 172 years of history.
Eight girls and two boys, all from Medina County, many with lifetime involvement in 4-H, will compete for the chance to represent the Medina County Fair for not just the entirety of fair week, but for a whole calendar year.
Royal Court superintendent emcee Stuart Neal – who has organized the competition for several years alongside wife Patricia – said he was happy to see the number increased this year.
“It’s always a quality over quantity situation,” Neal said. “We’ve got eight girls and two fellas, really a good group of kids this year.”
Being an active member in the community and impressive scholastically, as well as previous involvement in the fair and 4-H, are crucial factors to be considered for the title.
But looking good on paper is one thing; the contestants must prove themselves in the crowning pageant before a packed pavilion Monday, July 31 at 7 p.m. The event is free.
The competitors will have to answer questions about how would they represent the fair, why do they want to be the face of the fair and what would they do to promote and support it for years to come?
Before the show, they will have already completed a pre-pageant interview with a three-member panel from the Royal Court Committee. That interview will be scored and applied to a separate three-person panel of judges scoring the night of the crowning.
The winner will go on to compete at the state fair level in Columbus this winter, as well as appear at multiple county fairs throughout the state this summer and local parades.
All grade 11 and up, a requirement of the contest, competing this year are: Suzy Berry, of Highland and the Granger Humming Hornets; Morgan Czerwinski, of the Medina County Career Center and the Litchfield Friendly Workers; Claire Doyle, of Wadsworth and the Sharon Flying Horse and Pony Club; Kelsey Chaye Hurley, of The University of Akron and the Guilford Go-fers; Jeremiah A. Kreuder, of Christian Schools International and the Litchfield Friendly Workers; Amelia Mainzer, of Highland and the Hinckley Backyard Buzzards; Fallon Miller, of Medina; Jeffrey Owen II, of Black River and the Homer Highlighters; Brooklyn Sims, of Cloverleaf; and Ashley Stroud, of Black River and the Homer Highlighters.
Judges this year are Medina County Commissioner Bill Hutson, Wadsworth Mayor Robin Laubaugh and Robin McEwn, owner of Studio One 19, a salon and spa in Lodi.
Things will be back to normal this year (seven girls and four boys in 2015) when it comes time to respectively crown the 2017 Medina County Fair king and queen in one of the longest-standing traditions in the fair’s 172 years of history.
Eight girls and two boys, all from Medina County, many with lifetime involvement in 4-H, will compete for the chance to represent the Medina County Fair for not just the entirety of fair week, but for a whole calendar year.
Royal Court superintendent emcee Stuart Neal – who has organized the competition for several years alongside wife Patricia – said he was happy to see the number increased this year.
“It’s always a quality over quantity situation,” Neal said. “We’ve got eight girls and two fellas, really a good group of kids this year.”
Being an active member in the community and impressive scholastically, as well as previous involvement in the fair and 4-H, are crucial factors to be considered for the title.
But looking good on paper is one thing; the contestants must prove themselves in the crowning pageant before a packed pavilion Monday, July 31 at 7 p.m. The event is free.
The competitors will have to answer questions about how would they represent the fair, why do they want to be the face of the fair and what would they do to promote and support it for years to come?
Before the show, they will have already completed a pre-pageant interview with a three-member panel from the Royal Court Committee. That interview will be scored and applied to a separate three-person panel of judges scoring the night of the crowning.
The winner will go on to compete at the state fair level in Columbus this winter, as well as appear at multiple county fairs throughout the state this summer and local parades.
All grade 11 and up, a requirement of the contest, competing this year are: Suzy Berry, of Highland and the Granger Humming Hornets; Morgan Czerwinski, of the Medina County Career Center and the Litchfield Friendly Workers; Claire Doyle, of Wadsworth and the Sharon Flying Horse and Pony Club; Kelsey Chaye Hurley, of The University of Akron and the Guilford Go-fers; Jeremiah A. Kreuder, of Christian Schools International and the Litchfield Friendly Workers; Amelia Mainzer, of Highland and the Hinckley Backyard Buzzards; Fallon Miller, of Medina; Jeffrey Owen II, of Black River and the Homer Highlighters; Brooklyn Sims, of Cloverleaf; and Ashley Stroud, of Black River and the Homer Highlighters.
Judges this year are Medina County Commissioner Bill Hutson, Wadsworth Mayor Robin Laubaugh and Robin McEwn, owner of Studio One 19, a salon and spa in Lodi.