2014 Lilac Court coronation
The Spokane Lilac Festival Association held their coronation event to choose their Royal Court from the fourteen girls who entered the competition to serve as a Lilac princess or the queen. Seven girls were selected from the fourteen entrants and Kaylee Pearson, of Ferris High School, was selected as the 2014 Lilac Queen Sunday, Jan. 26, at the Bing Crosby Theater.
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2013 Lilac princesses Katie Heitkemper, left, and Michelle Tatko pass out programs before the coronation program started Sunday.
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Sara Stuhr of Northwest Christian School is applauded as she is introduced as one of the 14 candidates for the 2014 Lilac Queen and her court.
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Mackenzie Claeys gives her two-minute speech during the 2014 Lilac coronation event Sunday at the Bing Crosby Theater. Claeys was one of seven chosen to serve on the Lilac Royal Court.
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The 14 candidates for the 2014 Lilac Queen and her court take the stage Sunday at the Bing Crosby Theater. From these, seven were chosen for the Lilac Royal Court.
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Rebekah Fields, from Valley Christian School, gives her two-minute speech during the competition Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, at the Bing Crosby Theater. She was among seven chosen to serve on the Lilac Royal Court.
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Kaylee Pearson, from Ferris High School, gives her two-minute speech before being chosen as the 2014 Lilac Queen at the Bing Crosby Theater.
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From left, Rebekah Fields, Chelsea Evans, Kaylee Pearson, Madisen DeGeest, Elsie Story, Mackenzie Claeys and Majestic Tschabold step forward to take their place as the 2014 Lilac Royal Court, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, at the Bing Crosby Theater.
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Kaylee Pearson, center, is is given the tiara, and flowers of the 2014 Lilac Queen after she was announced the winner Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, at the Bing Crosby Theater. Six other girls chosen from 14 candidates are the Lilac Royal Court,
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Kaylee Pearson, center, is announced as the 2014 Lilac Queen as, from left, Rebekah Fields, Chelsea Evans, Madisen DeGeest and Elsie Story look on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, at the Bing Crosby Theater. The other girls are on the Lilac Court, along with Mackenzie Claeys and Majstic Tschabold (not pictured.)
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Kaylee Pearson, center, is announced as the 2014 Lilac Queen as, from left, Rebekah Fields, Chelsea Evans, Madisen DeGeest, Elsie Story, Mackenzie Claeys and Majestic Tschabold look on Sunday.
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Kaylee Pearson, from Ferris High School, takes her seat as the 2014 Lilac Queen.
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Chelsea Evans, Madisen DeGeest, Mackenzie Claeys, Kaylee Pearson, Bekah Fields, Elsie Story and Majestic Tschabold pose for pictures as the the 2014 Lilac Association’s Royal Court at the Bing Crosby Theater. Pearson was chosen as queen.
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Majestic Tschabold, from Medical Lake High School, waves excitedly to someone in the crowd after she was selected to be a princess on the 2014 Lilac Royal Court.
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