Pekin Marigold Festival

This year the Little Miss & Mr Marigold Pageant was held Sunday, July 31st at Avanti's Dome. All proceeds from the 2011 pageant benefited Pekin Area Easter Seals. Winners from the pageant will appear on the 2012 Easter Seals Telethon with a check presentation. Pageant winners include the following: Baby Miss Marigold: Addison Mcclesky Tiny Miss Marigold: Rylie Whitman Petite Miss Marigold 3 Years Old: Ruby Sayers Petite Miss Marigold 4 Years Old: Isabelle Tunyuck Little Miss Marigold 8 Years Old: Madisyn Maquet Junior Miss Marigold: Kierstin Smith Pre-Teen Miss Marigold 10-11 Years Old: Kelen Mcdaniels Pre-Teen Miss Marigold 12 and Up: Breonna Barney Baby Mr. Marigold: Landon Derosa Tiny Mr. Marigold: Jaden Thorne Little Mr. Marigold: Austin Watts Overall Marigold Supreme: Piper Nelms Lifetime Marigold Queen: Kadryn Hemmer

The Pekin Hospital is sponsoring a nursing mothers/changing station tent.  The tent will afford privacy to nurse or to change our littlest festival attendees.  The tent will be located by the iTV-3 Kids’ Experience.

Congratulations to Maddi Carr, the 2011 Miss Marigold Queen. She was selected from 9 contestants on Saturday at the Subway Miss Marigold Pageant. Maddi is the 36th Miss Marigold Queen. Also, congratulations to 1st Runner-Up Falynn Lannert, 2nd Runner-up Tori Hunt and to all of the Marigold Court members: Brooke Agunod, Katelyn Neel, Sydney Nelson, Lindzey Wheeler, Brittany Bozarth, and Sara Bergstrand. Everyone did an amazing job at Saturday Night's pageant and our community is very proud of all of you! All of the contestants received scholarships, including a $2,000 scholarship for Miss Marigold.  You can see pictures from the pageant and rehearsal at:  http://picasaweb.google.com/PekinChamber

The 2011 Marigold Festival program books are available at various locations throughout Pekin, and at the Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce.  You can also look at them online at:  http://www.pbiprinting.com/flash/view_flipbook.php?quote_id=2963

Registration forms and information are now available for the Pekin Marigold Festival 5K Run.  Click the link below to download everything you'll need to know! http://www.pekinchamber.com/Marigold2011/2011Festival5KRun.pdf