Indiana's Largest Four Day Festival Poetry, Art & Music

Queen Pageant

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Sunday, September 15, 2019 @ 6:00 P.M.
Greenfield-Central High School Greenfield, Indiana

APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, August 30, 2019

RULES AND REGULATIONS SPONSORED BY
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  1. Each contestant must be a female and at least 17 years of age by date of pageant and cannot have had her 20th birthday
    as of September 1st.
  2. Contestants must be unmarried, never have been married, cannot have a child, be pregnant, or be suspended or expelled from school at the time of the Riley Festival Queen Pageant and during the Festival.
  3. An entrant must be a resident of Hancock County, Indiana, or attend a Hancock County High School for at least one full school year.
  4. Each contestant will be judged on interview, poise, personality and application forms. Forms need to be typed or printed completely and neatly; mailed, emailed in .pdf format or hand delivered by deadline.
  5. Contestants must be present at these functions: Workshop, Rehearsals, Preliminary Judging and Pageant.
    • We ask that you have your parent(s) or guardian attend the last hour of the day to discuss pageant information and then be part of the pizza party on workshop day. TIME 4:00 PM
  6. Provide an active email address (could be your parents address); most correspondence will be via email.
  7. Only contestants and committee members will be allowed at Preliminaries.
  8. No one, except committee, will be allowed backstage with contestants during preliminaries and pageant.
  9. Contestants will be responsible for their own clothing, which includes interview attire, formal gown, personal choice outfit and opening number. The Riley Festival or Riley Festival Queen Pageant Committee is not responsible for lost or stolen items.
  10. The Queen and her Court will be expected to attend all activities during the Riley Festival and events associated with their reign.
  11. The Queen must be available to participate in key events of the Riley Festival including Riley Open House, Opening Night Ceremony, Children’s Parade of Flowers, James Whitcomb Riley Breakfast, Riley Festival Parade, etc. If the queen is not available for these events she will be required to relinquish her crown and all prizes awarded.
  12. Riley Festival Queen Pageant monetary awards will be as follows: Queen - $1,000; Princess- $500; 3 Court members - $250 each, and Miss Congeniality- $150. Area businesses provide a variety of additional prizes.
  13. The Queen Pageant winner must be willing to compete in the Indiana State Festivals Association Contest which will be held in January 3 & 4 2020. If the Queen does not qualify for the State Pageant, the next qualified court member will compete.
  14. To compete in the IN State Festival Assoc. State Scholarship Pageant, the Riley Festival Queen must meet all requirements as set by the IN State Festival Association pageant rules and regulations. IN State Festival Association rules require that contestants be at least 17 years of age.
  15. The Riley Festival Queen must be accompanied to the IN State Festival Association Conference by a Riley Festival Board member and a female chaperone (Mother, Grandmother or Chairperson).
  16. Previous Riley Festival Queens are not eligible to enter this contest.

The calendar of required events for the Riley Festival queen candidates are as follows:

Sunday, September 8

  • Workshop** 12:00 - 5:00 PM Greenfield-Central HS

Thursday, September 12

  • Rehearsal** 6:00 - 9:00 PM Greenfield-Central HS

Sunday, September 15

  • Preliminaries** * 10:00 AM Greenfield-Central HS
  • Queen Pageant** 6:00 PM Greenfield-Central HS

** Required Pageant Event *Time may be altered depending on the number of contestants.

Riley Festival Office, 312 E. Main Street, Greenfield, IN 46140, Telephone: 317-462-2141
E-Mail: info@rileyfestival.com

Queen application can be downloaded and mailed or emailed into our office. See addresses above. Keep this cover sheet for your info.

Application

QUEEN PAGEANT APP 2019

  • Date Format: MM slash DD slash YYYY
  • Please list parents/guardians names as you would like for them to be listed in the newspaper and pageant program:
  • Contestant AND parent (or guardian) must indicate with their initials that they have read and understand the rules and agree to abide by them.
  • Date Format: MM slash DD slash YYYY
  • Date Format: MM slash DD slash YYYY
  • Completed application pages, (1) original 3”x 5” head and shoulder photo, (1) baby/childhood photo must be received by 4 pm by U.S. mail, e-mail in .pdf format or personal delivery on or before FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2019. THE FIRST 25 APPLICANTS WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PAGEANT, the # of applicants may be changed at the discretion of the Riley Festival Queen Pageant committee.
  • THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WILL BE USED BY THE PAGEANT EMCEES AND JUDGES (We can accept no more than 2 additional pages to this form typed in no smaller than 10 pt font.)
  • ***Thank you for entering the Riley Festival Queen Pageant sponsored by KEIHIN. We know you will enjoy your experience and new friendships gained. We look forward to meeting you at the workshop as we kick off the 2019 Riley Festival Pageant commemorating Riley’s poem: "The Old Swimmin' Hole”.