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Erin Foley Tidehaven High School Shelley Anderson El Maton Matagorda County Slide 2 BEGAN AS BAY CITY RICE CARNIVAL *Pictures of first Rice Carnival on Courthouse lawn-1901 Slide 3 Took over festival in 1941; created pageant BAY CITY LIONS CLUB HOSTS RICE FESTIVAL/PAGEANT Slide 4 First Queen- Aubin Cox, 1941 Connie Cole- only Queen to retain title. (1960, 61) RICE FESTIVAL QUEEN HISTORY *Jeanette Williams Queen 1949 Slide 5 Ten contestants ran for the title FIRST RICE FESTIVAL PAGEANT HELD IN 1941 *Original Queen Contestants 1941 Slide 6 1948 RICE FESTIVAL QUEEN CANDIDATES Slide 7 FIRST CROWN CREATED BY SAM RICHARDSON Worked 72 hours straight to complete it Slide 8 QUEEN CANDIDATES RIDE ON FLOATS IN PARADE *Queen and her court in Rice Festival Parade Slide 9 CREATED LITTLE MISS/MISTER PAGEANT Slide 10 RICE FESTIVAL QUEEN AND FIRST PRINCESS Slide 11 PAGEANT RECENTLY CELEBRATED 67 TH ANNIVERSARY *2012 Rice Festival Queen and Princess *All of the Rice Queens over the years Slide 12 RECENT PICTURES *2011 Rice Queen, Chazmin Franklin, and her court *2012 Rice Queen, Danielle Thomas, and her court Slide 13 www.rootsweb.ancestry.comwww.rootsweb.ancestry.com Matagorda County Museum www.iluvwaves.comwww.iluvwaves.com CREDITS Slide 14 www.rootsweb.ancestry.comwww.rootsweb.ancestry.com www.bananaboatbytes.comwww.bananaboatbytes.com Matagorda County Museum Bay City Tribune REFERENCES