Petty Named 51st Annual
Dairy Festival Queen, Saturday Night

 

by: Bobby McDonald

 

New Royalty.....Queen Bailee Petty is flanked by left to right, Brooke Lancaster, Kristin Ramsey, and Alissa Welch, following
Saturday night's nameing of the queen and her court.

 

It was a "packed" crowd in the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center, on Saturday night, to witness the culmination of a week's worth of activities, celebrating the 51st Annual Hopkins County Dairy Festival. Saturday night's Talent and Beauty Pageant was the final event and featured the naming of the young lady that will represent Hopkins County as the official ambassador for the next year. When the votes were finally tallied, following a number of songs by vocalist, Mike Dodd, it was seventeen year old Bailee Petty, daughter of Mike and Kara Petty, that was named the new queen. Petty will be a senior at Sulphur Springs High School in the fall and had presented a tap dance and vocal number to the 1930's classic, "Puttin' On The Ritz," earlier in the talent segment of the program.

The "blue-eyed, brunette," has been selected by her classmates to serve as the Senior Class President at SSHS for 2010-11 and is a member of the HKK, National Honor Society, Student Council, Key Club, and the Drama and Theater Department. She lists among her future plans law school and politics. However, she "wowed" the audience during her evening gown presentation with an introduction that stated "no matter how far her endeavors took her, Hopkins County would always be home!"

 

Changing of the guard......50th Dairy Festival Queen, Katelyn Cody, crowns,
Bailee Petty, the 51st Annual Hopkins County Dairy Festival Queen, amidst
a shower of red, white and blue balloons.

 

 

 

 

First runner-up honors went to Alissa Welch, seventeen year old daughter of Amanda Motes, who presented a piano piece for her talent portion of the contest.

Second runner-up honors went to Kristin Ramsey, daughter of Michael and Tawnette Ramsey, who presented a dramatic and musical number for her talent segment.

Third runner-up was Brooke Lancaster, who presented a musical monologue for her talent and is the daughter of Jerry and Cindy Lancaster.

Megan Salters won the Miss Congeniality, chosen by her peers in the contest.

 

 

 

Kristin Ramsey was presented with the $500.00 Stephanie Longino Davison Scholarship
for the talent segment of the program.

 

 

 

 

   

Alissa Welch, left, was presented with the Ticket Sales Award, and Caitlyn Nix, right, won second in that portion of the contest.

 

Early in the evening, Caitlyn Nix, was awarded the Sweepstakes award for
her float, in this year's Dairy Festival Parade.

 

Austin Chaney and Reese Ragan were awarded first place in
the Mini-Float Competition, for their parade entry.

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