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The 71st Annual Flaming Foliage Festival weekend came to an official beginning Friday afternoon as the Queen contestants arrived at K&L Auto Sales in North Bend for registration. Above, Abigail Harper is representing Bellefonte High School.
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As the contestants arrived in Renovo Friday they were asked to have a photograph taken. The photos will be used to select Miss Photogenic. Here Johnsonburg’s Jenna Morgan smiles at FFF photographer Ray Rathmell as he captures the moment.
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The 71st Annual Flaming Foliage Festival weekend came to an official beginning Friday afternoon as the Queen contestants arrived at K&L Auto Sales in North Bend for registration. Above, Abigail Harper is representing Bellefonte High School.
KEVIN RAUCH/THE EXPRESS
As the contestants arrived in Renovo Friday they were asked to have a photograph taken. The photos will be used to select Miss Photogenic. Here Johnsonburg’s Jenna Morgan smiles at FFF photographer Ray Rathmell as he captures the moment.
The FFF Hostesses were asked to make all the contestants and escorts feel welcome when they arrived in Renovo, and they willingly jumped right in. Hostesses, from left, Sara Kepler, Carlie Gentzyel, 2020 Laurel Representative Tessa Cowfer and hostess Hailee Pollock grab small gifts to pass out as their peers arrived Friday afternoon. The festival includes a gigantic street parade on Saturday afternoon and the coronation of the 2019 Flaming Foliage Queen on Sunday afternoon at Bucktail Area High School.