Of all the busy 4-Hers and organizers circling the Bartholomew County 4-H Fairgrounds, few have schedules as full as the fair queen and her four-member court.
Queen Madelyn Steinwedel and her court — Taylor Smith, Emma Wischmeier, Sarah Hayes and Madison Engelau — were crowned at a June 24 pageant. During the nine-day county fair, they represent and support 4-Hers at shows, competitions and other events around the fairgrounds.
On Wednesday, for example, their activities included cat and small critter judging, Kids Day on the midway, sheep shows, a pedal tractor pull, and a musical performance by 2016 fair queen Bailey Meyer.
If the schedule allows, all court members may be at a particular event. But with multiple activities happening at the same time, they sometimes have to split up to have someone at each major activity.
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