Evening star., 1949-04-28
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Blossoms Greet
App|efestivaI
Growing OF Queen
BY sorkley TO Be
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WINCHESTER Va April % ~-
0occ weather and Angls Aass-
sons prevailed tstas "a the 2ana
Shenandoah Appae haozsosn fvsss-
val scs under ~ay wAh Tire eeFe-
nation ey vAes rr~ssaent n&Fklsv
ef Mlss MaFgFei Thers as queen
Of the fess scheduled 10 high laxhs
ths event
Mature ec-cperased fng tlls nFst
time IN several yeArs ey Sapnis-
ink blossoms and socd weather
The sun shons intsFmlttentiv
and egiak hfreae blew down
from the surrounding naountatna
The temperature wss expected 10
reach the middle sos and rain
sas not forecast TomoEros as-
eoroins 10 the forecast, wsli es
perfect" day
Coronation Set fer I'M
Miss T"horx, 81 daughter nt t,as
ieelAndie Minister 10 ths United
States already wss rrigning sa-
pieme in the land OF the apple.
although her erosning was net
10 take place until pm, sEsTs
in y eoiortul ceremony ai the
Handley High school
Festival ofheials expected Mr..
Barkley TO arrive IN the early
afternoon and return 10 the Ma
tons Capital xhortly after The
coronation ceremony. he Il sehsd.
uled 10 speak In Philadelphia to.
night
Greetings from the American
Minister to Iceland. Richare p.
Buuiek. we're sent 70 the festival
yesterday
Mr.. Buirtck, IN sending the
greetings. noted thai his wife. the
former Miss Gretchen Daniel cf
staunton. and George Reese pub.
lie Affairs osyieer at the legation.
are both vrRiniarr
The designate arrived
Tuesday. and aimee has been the
honor guest Of q number of par
ties, Her court includes prln-
cesses and attendants selected hy
schools and organizations In the
four States Of the Appalachian
apple region Maryland,
West Virginia and rennkylvanls
a. well as the District,
Miss Thors' crownins wilI 30
followed by the presentation Of q
pageant entitled "Forerunners~-a
Pageant Of Sprtnstime. In which
more than 900 Winchester school
children will participate.
The pageant had It's dress re-
hearsal yesterday with more than
5000 persona present.
Written By Superintendent.
Written by Garland n. 0uaries.
superintendent OF Winchester
schools. and produced by The
teachers and students. the pa ageant
has ~ It's theme The Bounties
Of Nature~-,hs Oft OF God
On the esplAnade Of ths high
school appear four groups Of
dancers symbolixing winter night.
Dressed In black and grey. they
dance until ''Auroras children
clad In gold costumes and houne-
inE golden balls. pranee out snd
chase them away. Then follows
In quick succession, dancing ehf.
dren clad ~ The bud. The bloom
and an apple blossom wedding.
Other parts OF the pageant sfsow
scene In an English court,
American pioneers with q covered
wagon. Gay Ninsties dances and
drill by boys dressed a. mem.
bers OF the armed forces.
To BE Repeated Tsmerrev.
/ The pageant will be- repeated a.
] 10 Am. tomorrow. and Of lis con
ciusion Queen Shenandoah ~iii
meet the marshal Of the Grand
parade-Comedian Bob Hope.
| The parade over the tran Of
the pink petals wili get under
way NJ i3:+o pm. tomorrow. With
Marshal Hope In the role taken
last year by an Acquaintance as
his-Bing Crosby.
| The Evening star station.
WMAL-Tv, viii isiesise the %.
rade In the nrst such pressntA-
ton Of the event.
! Two other teleyisinn rnllsssnnss
also viii be marked. The fnai
s5-miie relay viii be the lonxsss
single relay ever used and the TO
mile span between here and Wash
ingion viii establiah q record for
mlcro-wave relay Transmission ef
. single program.
The fremen'H and Murnmsra
parade. followed by fireworks o.
the Handley Bowi. are ehedulsd
for tonight.
( Other events Of the festival
when the towns normal $4,000
population viii be increased 20 an
estimated 200 900. viii include Toe
Princess Ball tonight and The
Queens Ball tomorrow night Beth
events will be at thx Armory ard
Johnny Longs orehestra viii
will fslsx