Finalists Selected in the 2021 Feast of the Flowering Moon Queens Pageant

Thirteen girls participated in the pageant for the 2021 Feast of the Flowering Moon. The Queen and court will be crowned on Friday at 6:15pm at the main stage. Pictured left to right, Abby Hammond (Zane Trace); Savannah Johnson (Waverly); Madelyn Schafer (Chillicothe); A’mya Wingfield (Unioto); Bethany McDaniel (Zane Trace); 2019 1st Attendant Anna Ackley; Makhia Tyler (Southeastern); 2019 Queen Kayla Parker; Daisey Parker (Huntington); 2019 2nd Attendant Dantasia Tyler-Withrow; Atlantis Dalrymple (Zane Trace); Kendahl Pollock (Huntington); Madison Dingess (Chillicothe/PRCTC); Rebekah Bennett (Southeastern/PRCTC); Gaby Hawk (Chillicothe); Claira Rutherford (Huntington).

The pandemic cancelled the Feast of the Flowering Moon in 2020, but the first official event took place Saturday, marking the return of the festival now in its 37th year.

The Feast of the Flowering Moon pageant took place at the Majestic Theater on East Second Street in Chillicothe. The Queens Pageant featured 13 contestants, nearly three times the turnout for recent Feast pageants.

Three finalists were selected from the contestants, which will have to wait until Friday night’s crowning ceremony to learn who will be presiding over the Feast for 2021.

Huntington High School classmates Kendahl Pollock and Daisy Parker are joined by recent Zane Trace graduate Bethany McDaniel as finalists. The Queen and her court will be announced at 6:15pm Friday on the main stage on Paint Street.

The rest of the contestants included Claira Rutherford (Huntington), Gaby Hawk (Chillicothe), Rebekah Bennett (Southeastern/PRCTC), Madison Dingess (Chillicothe/PRCTC), Atlantis Dalrymple (Zane Trace), Makhia Tyter (Southeastern), A’mya Wingfield (Unioto), Savannah Johnson (Waverly), Madelyn Schafer (Chillicothe) and Abby Hammond (Zane Trace).

2019 Queen Kayla Parker, 1st Attendant Anna Ackley and 2nd Attendant Dantasia Tyler-Withrow retained their positions through the pandemic and assisted in the pageant.

The 2021 Teen Queen finalists (12-14 year olds) are Sydney Rush (Unioto MS), Reagan Truitt (Unioto MS) and Emily Fisher (Unioto MS). The Teen Queen and attendants will be crowned Friday along with the other divisions in the Princess pageant, Baby Miss (3-4 year olds), Petite Miss (5-6 year olds), Little Miss (7-8 year olds) and Junior Miss (9-11 year olds)