After many months of prepara• winner's name (which has been fund may be set up for future tion and training, a sold-out house kept secret) will be announced. scholarships. awaits the 12 Blossom Pageant The five overall finalists will be Special guests for the evening contestants this Saturday evening named by the judges and each will be the visiting royalty from at CenUe Stage. asked an impromptu question. other Okanagan and B.C. com• The evening begins at 6:45, Miss Congeniality will be named munities including Armstrong, with Lowell Marchant acting as and then the big moment arrives New Denver, Penticton, Merritt, master of ceremonies. After when names of the Queen, Winfield, Parksville, Oliver, inu-oductions and greetings, the Princess and first runner-up are Peachland, Keremeos, Westbank, candidates will give their prepared announced. Revelstoke, Prince George, Chase speeches, alternating with greet• Local merchants have been very and Kelowna. ings from visiting royally. generous with gifts and cash The five talent finalists (Buffy donations this year. Organizer The young ladies will be hosted Paul, Jennifer Traupe, Wendy Darlene Forsdick said the mone• at a buffet Saturday and those who Marsich, Dawn Hoffert and Jackie tary donations will provide a stay overnight will enjoy a conti• Bone) will give encore perfor• scholarship for the Queen this nental breakfast Sunday morning mances, after which the talent year and, hopefully, an ongoing at the home of Darlene Forsdick. LISA DOWSON JACKIE BONE SALINA PETSCHULAT MISS TEEN TOWN MBS FIRE DEPARTMENT MISS ACTION FESTIVAL Lisa was bom in Vancouver, but A year of college in This Edmonton native has at• moved to Summerland when she Saskatchewan is in the future for tended seven schools in Alberta was nine. She enjoys aerobics and Jackie, who would like to be a and B.C. before coming to SSS. sports, working in the school of• teacher/counsellor or maybe a She would like to return to fice and meeting new people. She psychiatrist. She enjoys working Alberta to get a degree in psy• would like to take some mod• at the hospital as a candystriper chology. Salina likes reading, elling training and maybe travel and loves children. Jackie has writing, grasshockey, cycling and to Greece. She has green eyes, and blonde hair and blue/green eyes. being with friends. She has dark brown hair. blonde hair and dark blue eyes. SUZANNE HAVERKAMP BUFFY PAULL MISS FALL FAIR MISS ROTARY DAWN HOFFERT Suzanne would like to be a MISS KIWANIS Buffy has lived in Summerland lawyer or follow a career in the most of her life and enjoys skiing business field after graduation. This Summerland native likes and Softball in her spare lime. She plans to move to Vancouver swimming, drawing, listening to After graduating she would like to or Toronto. She enjoys both music and reading. She has defi• pursue a career helping disabled snow and water skiing and likes nite plans to pursue an education children. She has blonde hair and to write poeU-y and sketch. She and career in psychiauy. She has hazel eyes. has brown eyes and brown hair. light brown hair and brown eyes. JENNIFER TRAUPE CIIRBTA-LEE MCWATTERS MISS lOOF MISS FIGURE SKATING SUZANNE LINDSAY Jennifer was bom in Edmonton Figure skating, reading, riding, MBS STUDENT COUNCIL and moved to Summerland in aerobics, and acting are just a few 1986. She would like to pursue a of Christa-Lee's favourite acdvi- Suzanne says she would some• career as an elementary school lies. This blue-eyed blonde has no day like to teach art at the college teacher. She enjoys doings things definite plans for graduation but is or university level. Meanwhile, for people, likes working with thinking about becoming a drama she enjoys skadng, working out children and being with friends. teacher, and perhaps attending and being with friends. She has UVic. brown hair and green eyes. TRINA YOUNG MISS LIONS WENDY MARSICH MISS KINSMEN Trina transferred to SSS after living in Lumby for 8 years. She This Summerland native has would like to attend Okanagan light brown hair and brown eyes. College and takes some psychol• She would like to Fmd a career as ogy courses, especially a teacher or counsellor. She en• investigating the area of dreams. joys reading, sports and sewing Trina likes to read, jog, ride her clothes. horse and play soccer. She has blonde hair and green eyes. TEENA ERICKSON MISS EAGLES Summer is Teena's favourite time of year when she can enjoy activities such as waterskiing and swimming. She would like to work with speech or hearing dis• abled children. This Summerland native has green eyes and light brown hair. ine candidates' well presented The retiring royal pair paid oib- talks sparkled with humour as ute to Darlene Forsdick who well as more serious thoughts, serves as chaperone. Heather and The climax of the well staged and added to the challenge facing Jennifer said that she swiftly be• 1989 Blossom Pageant Saturday the six judges from Penticton: Jo came their friend as she accompa• night was the naming of Miss Summerfelt, Audrey Dewar, Ann nied them on the many visits Kiwanis, Dawn Hoffert as Blos• Block, Barry Tawse, Brian Hen• throughout the year to different som Queen and Miss Teen Town derson and Herman Hordel. communities. Lisa Dowson as Princess for the After auditor Jess Gauthier of The well run pageant program coming year. Lloyd and Company had tabulated was MC'd by Lowell Marchant Wendy Marsich, Miss Kinsmen, the results, five finalists were an• with Don Bowen on lights and was named Miss Congeniality as nounced: Wendy Marsich, Paul Susheski doing the sound. well as the Runner-up who could Suzanne Lindsay, Buffy Paull, A new feature of the Royalty be called on in the coming year to Dawn Hoffert and Lisa Dowson. program this year is the estab• assist in the Royalty team. While the other seven candidates, lishment of a scholarship fund Jennifer Traupe, Trina Young, which will be available to Royal• Christa-Lee McWattcrs, Teena ty members who decide to go on Erickson, Jackie Bone, Suzanne to further education. Haverkamp and Salina Petschulat, Visiting Royalty members looked on, the five finalists were from different communities who each given an impromptu speech were on stage for the first part of topic as the final challenge before the program came from Arm- the big announcements. s&ong. New Denver, Penticton, One of the announcements Merritt, Winfield, Parksville, awaited by the capacity crowd in Oliver, Peachland, Keremeos, Centre Stage Theatre was the Westbank, Kelowna, Chase. name of the winner of the Talent Revelstoke and Enderby. Competition held earlier this It was explained that even more spring, which up to that time had might have been present, except been a .secret. Buffy Paul's enter- that the Pageant in Salmon Arm taining monolog on was being held on the same 'Housekeeping' was named the WENDY MARSICH evening. winner. The other enuies by the Following the Pageant the can• Runner-up, finalists included Jackie Bone's Miss Congeniality didates and Royalty formed a re• lip-sync song with sign language, ceiving line as the audience left. New this year was the organiza• a mime skit by Jennifer Traupe, The attention then turned to the tion of the Pageant along the an art display by Dawn Hoffert Queen's Ball which was held in lines of the MisS Interior and and a monolog by Wendy Mar• the Rec. Centre banquet room. Miss Canada Pageants which it sich. was explained will be an advan• In her opening remarks. Cham• tage to those who proceed to them ber of Commerce President Ruth from the Summerland competi• McCague noted that each of the tion. candidates were 'winners' thanks Later this year, retiring Blossom to the Gaining they had received Queen Heather McPhillamey will over the six months, and was vie for Miss Interior honours. joined by Mayor Bob Shewfelt in Heather, with her Princess Jen• expressing thanks to retiring nifer White, gave an emotional Queen Heather McPhillamey and farewell at the Pageant, reviewing Princess Jennifer White for the their experiences and expressing fine work they have done as thanks for the support they re• Summerland's Ambassadors in ceived over the past year. communities throughout the area. While retiring Queen Heather Among those who assisted with pursues the Miss Interior title, the candidates' Q-aining programs retiring Princess Jennifer is look• were Lowell Marchant in public ing forward to the challenges of speaking, Rita Traupe in deport• being a Rotary exchange student ment and Karen Schier in makeup to Istabul, Turkey. and hair care. The entertaining and smoothly The Chamber Royalty run Pageant program was MC'd Committee was headed by Lowell by Lowell Marchant and featured Marchant with his wife Sharon prepared speeches by the twelve Marchant, Susan Marton, Brenda candidates, performances by the Lemke/Ingram, and Darlene Fors• five finalists in the talent compe• dick. tition, and brief addresses from the 29 Queens and Princesses visiting from other communities. The Pageant was an emotional time for retiring President Ruth McCague paid tribute to both Queen Heather McPhillamey and Princess Jen- young ladles for being excellent Ambassadors for nifer White. Mayor Bob Shewfelt and Chamber Summerland throughout the past year.v Princess Lisa Dowson, Miss Teen Town, is seen ell Marchant announced that the 1989 Blossom just after she was crowned at the Saturday eve• Queen would be Miss Kiwanis, Dawn Hoffert. ning Blossom Pageant. Moments later MC Low• The Pageant was followed by the Queen's Ball. Dawn Hoffert - Miss Summerland Six months of hard work culminated for Miss 1989 from among twelve lovely candidates, tt was Kiwanis Dawn Hoffert Saturday night when she remarked that all twelve were 'winners' through was named Summerland's Blossom Queen for the skills they learned during their training.