Junior royalty shines during Little King & Little Queen Pageant

Posted on October 15, 2014

By ANGELA M. CASTELUCCI / Staff writer

Judges were given a daunting task at the 59th annual Florida Forest Festival’s Little King & Queen Pageant Saturday night—select a new royal court from among 25 oh-so-charming junior competitors.

Each young boy and girl danced, twirled and waved his or her way across stage to loud applause and cheers. The sky was the limit when it came time to wow the audience with presentations of what they wanted to be when they grew up and the selections were as varied and colorful as the children themselves. There was a tadpole catcher, several “animal doctors,” an astronaut and a little lady who wanted to be a “sailor so I can hunt mermaids because mermaids are real!”

PHOTO: Aubriana Vann and Preston Denmark, center, were crowned this year’s Florida Forest Festival little king and queen during ceremonies held Saturday, Oct. 11, at Forest Capital Hall. First runners-up were (right) Marshall Slaughter and Melissa Sunderland; second runners-up (from left) were Colin Stiles and Mabry Johnson.

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