Natalie Burgin this years Florida Strawberry Queen will be promoting SweetBay’s Sweet Kid contest. This contest invites first graders in the local area to submit drawings of strawberries. The winning submission will win a strawberry short cake party for his/her class. In addition, the winning student will get four tickets to this year’s Strawberry Festival and a $25 Sweetbay gift card. The drawings will be on display at each of the participating Sweetbay stores, and shoppers will vote for their favorite.
Natalie will be at the following Sweetbay’s during these times: Alexander location 2:30-3:30 pm, Wheeler St. Location 4pm-5pm, on Monday. Then on Tuesday, Martin Luther King location 2:30-3:30pm, and FishHawk Blvd. 4-5 pm.
This is just one of the events that the Florida Strawberry Queen will participate in this year. So, take the time to meet this year’s queen at your local SweetBay.
This year’s Florida Strawberry Festival Pageant contains 24 contestants. These young women are between the age of 16 and 20 years old and reside in eastern Hillsborough County. The pageant will take place February 6th in the Festival’s Expo Hall to accommodate the large expected crowd. The reigning queen is Lauren Der who is an outstanding young woman. She will be accompanied by her court composed of first maid Sara Beth Newsome, and court members Meghan Cochran, Jocyln Emerson, and Morgan Feaster.