ST. JOSEPH \u2014 Nearly 40 contestants between the ages of 6 and 15 competed Sunday, Oct. 25, for the titles of Blossomtime Bud Prince and Princess, Miss Jr. Teen and Miss Teen Blossomtime.<\/p>\n
According to a news release on the pageant, held at the St. Joseph High School Auditorium, the theme for the show was \u201cAll Aboard the Circus Express.\u201d The pageant was emceed by Lindsay LeValley and the pageant sponsor was Power-In-Motion.<\/p>\n
Winners for their respective pageants are:<\/p>\n
Miss Jr. Teen Blossomtime is Kodi Jones, 11, of Bridgman. She is the daughter of Matt and Kaci Jones. She participates in Science Olympiad and cheer, and enjoys horseback riding, crocheting and drawing.<\/p>\n
Miss Teen Blossomtime is Emberly Russell, 13, of Bangor, the daughter of Andrew and Stefanie Russell. She is an Altar Server for St. Basil\u2019s Catholic Church, participates in cheer, soccer and enjoys designing her own dresses.<\/p>\n
Bud Princess is Sophia Smith, 9, of Hartford, the daughter of Adam Smith and Kendall Cozart-Smith. She enjoys doing arts and crafts, drawing, going on road trips & camping with her family, gymnastics, and dancing.<\/p>\n
Bud Prince is Colten Blair, 7, of Niles. He is the son of Joe and Sarah Blair. He enjoys playing floor hockey, basketball, swimming, riding dirt bikes and camping.<\/p>\n
Court members crowned on October. 25 were:<\/p>\n
Miss Jr. Teen Blossomtime first runner-up is Everleigh Kivela, 11, of St. Joseph and is the daughter of Scott and Rachel Kivela. She participates in gymnastics, cross country, is member of the Interact Club, and enjoys playing tennis, golf and basketball.<\/p>\n
Miss Jr. Teen Blossomtime second runner-up is Josephine Bishop, 11, of St. Joseph and is the daughter of Nathaniel and Gabrielle Bishop. She participates in sideline cheer, flag football, basketball, Builder\u2019s Club and Wyldlife.<\/p>\n
Miss Teen Blossomtime first runner-up is Aubrey Dunn, 14, of Stevensville and is the daughter of Ryan and Andrea Dunn. She has academic highest honors, is a member of student council, and participates in track, tennis, and flag football.<\/p>\n
Miss Teen Blossomtime second runner-up is Caroline Weber, 15, of Watervliet and is the daughter of Kyle and Melissa Morlock. She is president of Interact Club and student council, and participates in softball, basketball, volleyball, Yearbook, and the Berrien County Junior Rifle Sportsman Club.<\/p>\n
Miss Teen Blossomtime Miss Congeniality is Brooklynn Grubb, 13, of Berrien Springs and is the daughter of Ronny Grubb and Danai Peterson. She is the class president, on the high honor roll, and participates in softball, volleyball, competitive cheer and yearbook.<\/p>\n
Bud Princess first runner-up is Janet Andrews, 8, of Hartford and is the daughter of Tyler and Sara High. She enjoys being an all-stars catcher for softball, participates in sideline cheer, competitive cheer, and showing animals at the Berrien County Youth Fair.<\/p>\n
Bud Princess second runner- up is Ellie Clement, 9, of Stevensville and is the daughter of Jason and Lauren Clement. She enjoys playing soccer, the piano, learning Jiu Jitsu and going to the beach.<\/p>\n
Bud Prince first runner-up is Parker Davis, 9, of Coloma and is the son of Kevin Davis and Samantha Davis. He enjoys playing baseball, football, wrestling, fishing and card games.<\/p>\n
The Blossomtime Festival Bud Prince and Princess, Miss Jr. Teen and Miss Teen is a tradition that began in the 1930s. These young titleholders will take an active role in the festival by serving as grand marshals of the Youth Parade and riding on the Bud Prince and Princess\/Jr. Teen\/Teen Float in the Blossomtime Grand Floral Parade on Saturday, May 8, 2027. They will also participate in many other Blossomtime events, including the Youth Coronation Ball, the Blessing of the Blossoms, attending many community pageants and being introduced on stage at the Mr. Blossomtime Pageant on April 11, 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. JOSEPH \u2014 Nearly 40 contestants between the ages of 6 and 15 competed Sunday, Oct. 25, for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[1106,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-386552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-features","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}