February 16, 2010 - by Jodi Hiatt

The 2010-2011 April Friesner Memorial Royalty Pageant will be held Saturday, March 20th at 7:00 pm at the MPHS Auditorium. Tickets are $10 or $5 for students at the door with a valid school ASB card. We have 9 young ladies running for Senior Royalty and 13 young ladies (all 6th graders) running for the Junior Royalty.

The Senior candidates will have their first public appearance tonight at the Maryfest Board of Directors meeting. They will also speak at the Marysville City Council, Marysville Noon Rotary and help out at various non-profits. On Wednesday, March 3rd, we will have "media" night. The North County Outlook and the Marysville Globe have been invited to come and meet all the candidates, both Senior and Junior Royalty.

The Junior Candidates will speak in front the Maryfest Board of Directors on Monday, March 8th. That is the only public appearance they will have. After they have been evaluated by the MSF board, the top 6 will be announced at Royalty Pageant and they will continue on through the pageant. All 13 will be introduced pageant night.  

By the time all the judging has been completed the Senior Candidates will have been judged by approximately 30 different judges and the Junior candidates by approximately 15 different judges.

A  reception will be held immediately following the crowning to congratulate the new royalty.

Our sponsors this year and we gratefully thank them, are: Marysville Floral (flowers), NW Hair Academy(will be styling the Senior Royalty candidate's hair), The Tux Shop (Tuxs for the Escort and Master of Ceremonies), Creative Hands (providing crowns), Ted Wright of Coldwell Banker Real Estate (sound system), Marysville Performing Arts Centre (choreographer) and North County Bank (providing a secure place to put all ballots until pageant night).