Guest Post - Olivia Goodley

 Olivia Goodley shares her experience as the 2013 Little Miss Henry County Fair Queen:

Olivia Goodley 2013 Little Miss Henry County Fair Queen

This past year as the 2013 Little Miss Henry County Fair has been very interesting and so much fun! It started with an exciting fair week and I got to pass out trophies and ribbons. We got to ride fun rides like the ROCK-O-PLANE and eat lots of yummy fair food.

I spent a lot of the summer going to other pageants and getting to be in parades. I took lots of pictures and made many memories with Lauren VanDeVelde, Lauren Matson and Kelli.  I also got to do some things with the runners up too. I loved spending time with Brooke and Caroline, Kiersten and Jolee, and Jordan and Molly.  They were awesome and made me laugh a lot!

In parades we got to throw out candy or just wave. There are all kinds of parades, and some are cold, some can be very hot or they can be perfect. Some are during the day and some at night when you can light up your cars.  

Other fair pageants are hot or cold, and even in gyms; the pageants that are in gyms are hot, hot, hot!!!

We went to state pageant, Queen Lauren did AWESOME. Me and Jr. Lauren got to share a room it was a blast. We even went to the pool.

We helped collect and deliver toys for the Toys for Tots program. I donated the bike I won at the pageant.  I hope some little girls is loving that now that it is warm out.  I also was lucky to get many new dresses from the mall and online.  Trivia night was tricky, tricky, tricky and very fun.

Throughout the whole year, my pageant director, Kelli took me, Lauren and Lauren to fun places together. It has been amazing!  I am looking forward to a few more parades and also crowning the new Little Miss Henry County Fair in June.  

Olivia Goodley

2013 Little Miss Henry County Fair

Guest Post - Lauren Matson

Lauren Matson, has written a guest post on her experience as 2013 Jr Miss Henry County fair queen.

Lauren Matson
 Jr. Miss Henry County Fair 2013

Representing Henry County as the 2013 Jr. Miss this past year has truly been an amazing experience.  Although it has been packed with events, parades and pageants, I can hardly believe that my year is almost over. I will forever cherish the wonderful people I have met and the relationships I’ve made. If I had to pick, fair week would be my favorite. From sharing fun moments with my court to eating loads of fair food, it was a week I wish I could relive every day. Throughout the summer I attended many other pageants and parades with my Miss Lauren, Little Miss Olivia and pageant director Kelli. I was able to participate in the Younkers Community Days event to raise money for the pageant and Princess Academy, where I had the opportunity to meet young girls and teach them important life skills. At the end of the summer, Lauren and I attended the Illinois State Fair. This was a fun-filled day of meeting other county queens and again, we ate tons of fair food!  A highlight of my year was going to cheer on Queen Lauren with Olivia and many family and friends at the state pageant in January. It was quite an experience to watch as Lauren and 71 other fair queens competed in this amazing event. We could not be more proud of Lauren!  My last few months will include more parades, community service events and fundraisers, and our county pageant in June that is inching its way towards us. It will be a great night to watch all the young girls and ladies compete and crown the 2014 queens. Though my year is coming to a close, the memories will last forever as well as the friendships I’ve made with my queen sisters. I’ve been blessed to be able to enjoy such an experience!