Pear Festival and Bass Bowl Pageant

I've been putting this off far too long.

Pear Festival

On Saturday September 29th was the Pear Festival! I got the chance to appear in the parade with my wonderful driver Bill in his beautiful car. It was a different experience than my first parade because there was so many more spectators and parade entries. I had a hard time waving to both sides of the street without looking silly. People continually wave at me in the typical pageant wave and ask me to wave back. I always get a laugh out of it!

2012 Bass Bowl Pageant

Sunday October 14th, we crowned the new Bass Bowl Queens and Kings. This year was different from last year because we crowned the kings too!

The Bass Bowl was created to raise money for Clear Lake High School and Kelseyville High School athletics. These 2 schools have been rivals for decades. The Bass Bowl is the football game between these schools and brings along school spirit and community involvement. Last year CLHS took home the trophy which stands tall in the office of the school.

The Bass Bowl Pageant was created for students of the schools to earn scholarship money while having fun and being introduced to the pageant world. Last year, I competed in the pageant as an alumni and won the CLHS title. It was a lot of fun to support my old high school!

Brianna and I last year after we won. Want to see more pics from last years pageant? Click here!

This year, as Miss Lake County, I had the pleasure of being a judge for this show. It was so different being on the other side to judge rather than be judged. I enjoyed judging because I know how scary it is to get up in front of a crowd and perform. All the kids who competed blew me away and were so hilarious!

All the judges for the night

We had a few special guest entertainers there such as K-Town and my sweet teen Julie Ann Mather. The night was filled with laughs and lots of fun. The Bass Bowl Committee raised money for each of the schools athletics and at the end of the night, voting closed for the "Kiss My Bass" Fundraiser. Rob Ishihara, the coach of Kelseyvilles football team, had to kiss a small bass caught from our very own Clear Lake.

Rob as he kisses the fish!

The winners were finally announced afterwards. The winning king and queen for KHS are Johnmark and Maleah. The winning king and queen of CLHS are Brandon and Shawna. Congrats to the winners who will receive scholarship money for school!

KHS Bass Bowl Queen Maleah with Julie Ann and I

CLHS Bass Bowl Queen Shawna and I

The Bass Bowl Court at the Bass Bowling Fundraiser

Want to see all the pictures for that night and what our new reining court is up to? Click here to visit the facebook page of Bass Bowl.