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Drum roll please — and your 2011 Maple Leaf Queen is — Ann Flanigan. The aspiring novel writer, used a stirring violin performance of Sarabande in G Minor Sunday evening at Carthage R-9 Auditorium to win this year’s Maple Leaf Queen.
“I feel great, and I have a lot of respect for the other girls in the pageant,” Flanigan said. “They are all excellent and have a lot of talent. I want to thank the judges and everyone.”
Flanigan was crowned after a day of pageants at the auditorium, starting with the Little Miss and Little Mister runoffs at 4 p.m. and culminating with the five-candidate queen pageant at 7 p.m.
The girls were scored in four categories — a pre-show interview, a “School Days” performance involving a commercial about Carthage and Maple Leaf, a stage modeling competition and a talent competition.
The judges, Corine Probert, Shelly Capps, and 1998 Maple Leaf Queen, Kacey Dotson, decided Flanigan will preside over the remaining Maple Leaf activities this week with the help of Ashley Hijoe, the first runner up, and Mickenzie Brock, the second runner up.
The three winners all received scholarship help from Hometown Bank that will help them toward their college dreams.
“It helps them start off college and helps get their foot in the door,” said Maple Leaf Pageant Chairwoman Trisha Lines.
“The reason to start the program was to get these magnificent ladies started in college.”
A total of five girls, including Megan Hall and Taylor Herbst, were vying to succeed Morgan Sneed, the 2010 Maple Leaf Queen, on the throne of Carthage's week-long family festival.
“I think all of the ladies are beautiful, beautiful people inside and out,” Lines added. “I was excited about the caliber of contestants we had this year. Ann is beautiful, and I love listening to her playing the violin. She is a very talented young woman and will be a great model for Carthage.”
Flanigan, daughter of Matt and Tracy Flanigan, hopes attend the University of Missouri-Columbian, School of Journalism and Columbia Law School.
“Maple leaf is such a wonderful tradition,” said Flanigan. “To be a teenage girl that represents that tradition is a huge honor.”
The three members of the court will preside or be present at activities throughout the week and ride in Saturday's Maple Leaf Parade.
Joining them will be the 2011 Maple Leaf Princess Allie Lambeth, the Maple Leaf Junior Miss Shayla Breanne Cliffman, the Little Miss Layla Ann Jones and Little Mister Justice Waldo.
Those titles were also handed out in pageants earlier on Saturday.
Drum roll please — and your 2011 Maple Leaf Queen is — Ann Flanigan. The aspiring novel writer, used a stirring violin performance of Sarabande in G Minor Sunday evening at Carthage R-9 Auditorium to win this year’s Maple Leaf Queen.
“I feel great, and I have a lot of respect for the other girls in the pageant,” Flanigan said. “They are all excellent and have a lot of talent. I want to thank the judges and everyone.”
Flanigan was crowned after a day of pageants at the auditorium, starting with the Little Miss and Little Mister runoffs at 4 p.m. and culminating with the five-candidate queen pageant at 7 p.m.
The girls were scored in four categories — a pre-show interview, a “School Days” performance involving a commercial about Carthage and Maple Leaf, a stage modeling competition and a talent competition.
The judges, Corine Probert, Shelly Capps, and 1998 Maple Leaf Queen, Kacey Dotson, decided Flanigan will preside over the remaining Maple Leaf activities this week with the help of Ashley Hijoe, the first runner up, and Mickenzie Brock, the second runner up.
The three winners all received scholarship help from Hometown Bank that will help them toward their college dreams.
“It helps them start off college and helps get their foot in the door,” said Maple Leaf Pageant Chairwoman Trisha Lines.
“The reason to start the program was to get these magnificent ladies started in college.”
A total of five girls, including Megan Hall and Taylor Herbst, were vying to succeed Morgan Sneed, the 2010 Maple Leaf Queen, on the throne of Carthage's week-long family festival.
“I think all of the ladies are beautiful, beautiful people inside and out,” Lines added. “I was excited about the caliber of contestants we had this year. Ann is beautiful, and I love listening to her playing the violin. She is a very talented young woman and will be a great model for Carthage.”
Flanigan, daughter of Matt and Tracy Flanigan, hopes attend the University of Missouri-Columbian, School of Journalism and Columbia Law School.
“Maple leaf is such a wonderful tradition,” said Flanigan. “To be a teenage girl that represents that tradition is a huge honor.”
The three members of the court will preside or be present at activities throughout the week and ride in Saturday's Maple Leaf Parade.
Joining them will be the 2011 Maple Leaf Princess Allie Lambeth, the Maple Leaf Junior Miss Shayla Breanne Cliffman, the Little Miss Layla Ann Jones and Little Mister Justice Waldo.
Those titles were also handed out in pageants earlier on Saturday.
