Wednesday's Internet Edition, August 27, 2008.
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| SCOUTING OUT FUN – Four members of Hamilton Boy Scout Troop 311 volunteered their time Saturday to help Ham-ilton Civic Theatre board members move costumes and other properties from storage to the Ross Street Theater. HCT is undergoing a major organization of costumes and props and will have an air-conditioned rummage sale Sept. 4-6. Pictured are scout members, above, Luke Yates, Colin Ferris, Kyle Fer-ris and Jamie Foust. Below, in the end, the scouts simply could not resist some of the costumes and props and quickly assumed new identities |
Twenty Hamilton beauties had entered the Dove Festival pageant by the early deadline, according to Hamilton Cham-ber of Commerce Manager Steve Almquist, who said he expects that many more con-testants to enter by the final deadline of Aug. 15 at noon.
The pageant will be held on Saturday, Aug. 23, at 6 p.m. in the Chandler Craig Auditorium at Hamilton High School.
Tiaras, which are on display at the Kaboodle, as well as tro-phies, sashes and other awards, will be awarded in six divisions – Sweetheart (ages 3-4), Little Miss (5-6), Junior Miss (7-9), Duchess (10-12), Princess (13-15) and Queen (16-18).
Each contestant will model an evening gown/fancy dress on stage, and all contestants except for Sweetheart division will have personal interviews on the day of the pageant. The Sweethearts will be asked on-stage questions during the pag-eant.
Each contestant will be evaluated by out-of-town judges on modeling, appear-ance, interview questions and photographs. Each division will also honor Most Photogenic and Miss Congeniality, and the Dove Festival Queen will re-ceive a $500 scholarship. For-mer Dove Festival queens Can-dace Stroud and Harmony Thompson are co-chairs of this year’s pageant.
Vendors will set up around the square Friday evening and early Saturday, according to the chamber office.
Gunfighters will stage shootouts on the courthouse square near the stage at 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Dove Festival Day, Satur-day, Aug. 30.
The day will also feature a donut-eating contest with pro-ceeds to benefit the Tiffany Cole Memorial Scholarship Fund. Preliminaries will be held a week ahead of time, with finals set for 9 a.m. Aug. 30 at the Donut Shop, just after the Dove Festival 5K, which will begin at 8 a.m. The 5K is spon-sored by the Hamilton Wellness Center, and more information can be obtained by calling 386-1670.
The outdoor gallery on Henry Street will be dedicated at 9:30 a.m., just prior to the parade, which will begin at 10 a.m. Mark Sepolio is this year’s parade chairman.
Entertainment will kickoff on the stage at 11:30 a.m. fea-turing Abbi Clair, followed by Clepper-George at noon.
The Master Gardeners will host a dedication at 12:30, and there will be a ribbon cutting at the new Pecan Creek Park at 12:45 p.m.
A pickling contest is set for 1 p.m., with winners to be an-nounced at 3:45 p.m.
Danny Bingham will take the stage at 2 p.m., followed by local band Southern Under-ground at 4 p.m. and Gospel Singing at 5:45 p.m. Almquist is handling the entertainment, and Ann Tatum is chairing the gospel singing.
The Dove Festival Rodeo will be held Friday and Satur-day at Circle T, and a dance will be held there on Saturday.
Also in the works are a quilt show in the Fine Arts Building sponsored by the Woman’s Council, a softball tournament in the new park and a puppet show presented by Hamilton Civic Theatre. Saundra Lenge-feld is chairing the quilt show, and Ryan Polster the softball tournament.
In addition to being the 37th annual festival, Hamilton County is celebrating its ses-quicentennial, and the chamber is celebrating its 60th year.