The 2004 Cole Camp Future Fair King and Queen contest was held on Sunday afternoon, August 8 in the L.C. Schnell Auditorium. The children that entered this contest are:

• Rebecca Arms - age 4
• Savannah Lauren Dieckman - age 6
• Austin Gregory Merlin Berendzen - age 5
• Alyssa Marie Oelrichs - age 5
• Blake Anthony Kreisel - age 4
• Torie Gates - age 4
• (J.J.) James Bowlin - age 4
• Josilyn Harms - age 5
• Taylor Leann Carrico - age 4
• Kaylynn Zimmershied - age 6
• Caitlin Brandt - age 4

The entries were all decked out in their best dress and behavior for the afternoon.

All of the boys and girls did very well, and in the end there were three boys and three girls choosen for the Future King and Queen finalists. The actual Future King and Queen will be announced Thursday evening just before the Grand Parade.

The three finalists for Future King are:

• Austin Berendzen
• Blake Kreisel
• (J.J.) James Bowlin

The three finalists for Future Queen are:

• Savannah Dieckman
• Alyssa Oelrichs
• Kaylynn Zimmershied

The following are pictures that were taken during the first 2004 Cole Camp Fair event - that of the Future King and Queen contest.

The Future King and Future Queen contest is sponsored by the Prairie Jaycees and Diana Gerken is the chairman of this event. Robert (Coach) Farrington was the Master of Ceremonies for the afternoon.

Diana Gerken

Coach Farrington

These are the 11 contestants as they were introduced by Robert (Coach) Farrington, who served as Master of Ceremonies for the afternoon.

Rebecca Arms	Savannah Dieckman
Austin Berendzen	Alyssa Oelrichs
Blake Kreisel	Torie Gates
(J.J.) James Bowlin	Josilyn Harms
Taylor Carrico	Kaylynn Zimmershied
Caitlin Brandt	The 11 Contestants

The 2003 Future King and Queen were on hand to monitor the actions of the 2003 contestants - they did very well.

2003 Future King and Future Queen

Each contestant was asked a couple of questions as part of the contest. "What is your favorite clothes when you go shopping?" was answered mostly with "shoes" or "boots", and gave shrugs, a couple of "yes", but mostly "no" when asked if they would marry someone with a beard (girls), or if they would grow a beard like Coach had. The "beard" worn by Coach may have been more than the kids could visualize, but they did great anyway.

"The Beard"

The entertainment consisted of Taron Luetjen singing, Glenda Gilbert and Chad Harms singing, and the Company B from Versailles doing several dance and acrobatic pieces. Great job by all.

Taron Luetjen	Glenda Gilbert and Chad Harms
Company B of Versailles	Company B of Versailles

After a short wait, the finalists were announced - three boys and three girls, one couple to become the Future King and Queen of the Cole Camp Fair.

Future Queen Finalists	Future King Finalists

The pictures of the 2004 Cole Camp Queen contest, also held August 8th at 7:30 p.m. at the L.C. Schnell Auditorium may be found by selecting here.