Riley Festival Queen Pageant

Sunday, September 17, 2017 @ 5:30 P.M.
Greenfield-Central High School Greenfield, Indiana

APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

RULES AND REGULATIONS SPONSORED BY
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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 .
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.
An entrant must be a resident of Hancock County, Indiana, or attend a Hancock County High School for at least one full school year.
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.
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 beginning of the workshop for the first hour to discuss pageant information.
Provide an active email address (could be your parents address) most correspondence will be via email.
Only contestants and committee members will be allowed at Preliminaries.
No one, except committee, will be allowed backstage with contestants during preliminaries and pageant.
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.
The Queen and her Court will be expected to attend all activities during the Riley Festival and events associated with their reign.
The Queen must be available to participate in key events of the Riley Festival: Riley Open House, Opening Night Ceremony, Children’s Parade of Flowers, James Whitcomb Riley Breakfast, Riley Festival Parade and at least 2 of the 3 evenings of the festival. If the queen is not available for these events she will be required to relinquish her crown and all prizes awarded.
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.
The Queen Pageant winner must be willing to compete in the Indiana State Festivals Association Contest which will be held in January 2017 (exact date TBA). If the Queen does not qualify for the State Pageant, the next qualified court member will compete.
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.
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).
Previous Riley Festival Queens are not illegible to enter this contest.

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

Sunday, September 10

Workshop** 12:00 – 5:00 PM Location TBA

Thursday, September 14

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

Sunday, September 17

Preliminaries** * 10:00 AM Greenfield-Central HS
Queen Pageant** 5:30 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 submitted from our website—Keep this cover sheet for your info

pdf_icon 2017 Riley Festival Queen’s Pageant Downloadable Application

Application

Name*
First Middle Last
Prefferred Name
Address*
Street Address Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code
Phone
Cell Phone*
Email*
T-Shirt Size*
School*
Grade (2015-2016)*
Age*
Birthdate*
Please list parents/guardians names as you would like for them to be listed in the newspaper and pageant program:
Parents
Guardians
Person(s) with whom you reside
Contestant AND parent (or guardian) must sign indicating they have read and understand the rules and agree to abide by them.
Contestant Signature*
Contestant Signature Date*
Parent (Guardian) Signature*
Parent (Guardian) Signature Date*
Completed application pages, (1) original 3”x 5” head and shoulder photo, (1) baby/childhood photo must be received by 4:00pm by U.S. mail, e-mail in .pdf format or personal delivery on or before Friday, September 1, 2017. Please email applications to info@rileyfestival.com.
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.)
1. List Clubs and Organizations in which you have participated during school ( high school/college) Include year for each:*
2. List Honors and Achievements during school (high school/college). Include year for each:*
3. List Local and Community Services you have performed during school (high school/college). Include year for each:*
4. List Hobbies, Talents and Special Interests:*
5. Future Plans (Please complete in paragraph form):*
6. Why have you chosen to participate in the Riley Festival Queen Pageant? (Please complete in paragraph form)*
7. What would be a community give back event that you would host during your reign? Please write out your idea as well as how you would carry out the event. For example, organizing a dog 5K to benefit the Humane Society, or holding a book drive at the Library to donate to an organization.*
**This will be an actual event that the Queen and royalty will carry out during the year upon board approval.
***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 2016 Riley Festival Pageant commemorating Riley’s poem: “INDIANA”.

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October 5 - 8, 2017

Riley Festival Queen Pageant

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