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By Diane Glidewell Austin Brantley.
news@mymcr.net Alyse is 5 years old
and attends T.G. Scott
The Annual Hubbard Elementary. She is the
Alumni Celebration daughter of Alicia Walker,
kicked off on Saturday Shawne Mallory and
evening, April 13 with the Dcolbeyer Galloway and
King & Queen Pageant to was escorted by Jacqueez
choose the young gentle- Galloway. She attends Job
man and lady to reign Chapel A.M.E. Church
over Hubbard Alumni and likes reading, dancing
events for the next year, and playing with family
beginning with the Hub- and friends. She modeled
bard Alumni Association her pageant outfit in the
Parade next Saturday talent competition.
morning at 10 a.m. Austin is one year old
The 2019 queen is Alyse and is the son of Shan-
Mallory; the 2019 king is ika Watts and Rodrick
Friday, April 26th
&
Saturday, April 27th
lOam - 2pm
Spring has sprung & we are bursting at the
seams with donated items.
Lots of bargains including bric-a-brac,
plants, clothes, linens, dog items, furniture, etc.
[ Unique:hand:ma!ae quilt]
I
Save A Pet Sidewalk Sale
At Save A Pet Shelter
430 Maynard Church Rd Forsyth, GA
Fri, April 26th & Sat. 27th 10arn to 2pm
Brantley and was escorted
by Clymeria Watts. He
attends Brown's Cha-
pel Baptist Church and
likes to play ball, watch
TV, sing and play with
friends. For his talent, he
danced to "Baby Shark"
and had a lot of the other
contestants and the audi-
ence dancing with him.
The King and Queen
Pageant is organized
by Annie Evans and
a committee of other
ladies from the Hubbard
Alumni, including Juanita
Pitts, Mable Smith, Janice
Barkley and Mary Chain-
bliss. It is a fundraiser for
scholarships presented
by HAA and is a format
to showcase the talents of
local youth and encour-
age them to practice step-
ping before an audience
with community support
so that they will grow in
their confidence doing so.
It is also an opportunity
for the community to
celebrate positive aspects
of its young people.
Aretha Neal served as
Mistress of Ceremonies,
providing the perfect
example of someone who
is comfortable on a stage
and makes everyone
around her feel comfort-
able as well. Betty Stew-
art, a well-known Forsyth
singer and musician, con-
tributed tremendously to
the appeal of the program
by providing keyboard
selections from prelude
to finale, plus a solo
Deputy Michael Non'is Golf Tournament
Friday May 17 2019
Forsyth Golf Club
400 Country Club Drive- Forsyth GA
4-Person Scramble
8:00am- Registration
9:00am- Tee Time
t"' and 2''J place
prizes jbr 2 flights
Mulligans
Door Prizes
Hole-in-one'Prize
$60 per player
Includes: lunch, green fees and cart
**Limited to flu'.fir, sl 2 1 tecmt, rc islered cmd'l)aM
Deadline for registration is
Friday, May 3rd
Proceeds will benefit the
LJep y Michael Norris Memorial Scholarship"
& C.O.P.S.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT pLEASE CALL OR.EMAIL:
' Michael Bittick - phone: 478-808-5658 or email: m.b tt ck@att net
Participants in the 2019 Hubbard Alumni King & Queen Pageant were, left to right, back,
Christianna Bradley, Aaliyah Smith, Pageant Coordinator Annie Evans; center, Sydnei Per-
kins, Alyse Mallory, A'Caria Davis, Kaitlyn Grayer; front, Austin Austin Brantley. (Photos/
Diane Gild well)
rendition of "The Wind
Beneath My Wings '
"That is so fitting for
this occasion" said Neal.
lot of people in this
room are Wind beneath
someone's wings"
Evans called Stewart
only hours before the
program and asked for
help when the scheduled
musician was unable to
come. Stewart graciously
and deftly assisted. She
provided music for the
contestants' introductory
and promenade walks,
their talent competition,
chimed in with "Baby
Shark" as Austin was
named king and added
"We are the World; we
are the Children" for the
finale.
Other entertainment
included a performance
by the Mt. Airy Baptist
Church Praise Danc-
ers and Haven Mosley
singing "I Look to You '
Annie McCray gave a
challenge that encom-
passed the alphabet from
A to Z, and the audience
participated in singing
".Lift Every Voice and
Sing" and the Hubbard
alma mater.
Other pageant contes-
tants included Aaliyah
Smith, 12, the daughter of
Pakisha Walker and Alvin
O. Smith. She is a student
at Monroe County Mid-
dle School and attends
Mt. Airy Baptist Church.
She performs with the
Mt. Airy Praise Dancers
and demonstrated her
talent by performing with
them at the pageant.
Christianna Bradley, 10,
is the daughter of Della
and Ray Bradley. She
attends Lamar County
Elementary School and
enjoys basketball, soft-
ball, video games and her
puigp . She recited i'Hey,
Austin Brantley, left, and Allyse Mallory are the 2019 Hub-
bard Alumni Association King & Queen. They will begin
their reign by attending the HAA parade and banquet on
April 19 and 20.
Black Child" by County
Cullen for her talent com-
petition, providing some
more inspiration to the
evening.
Kaitlyn Grayer, 6, is
the daughter of Shenika
High and Recho Grayer
and attends K.B. Sutton
Elementary and Wrights
Grove Baptist Church.
She likes cheering, danc-
ing and ballet and dem-
onstrated her cheerlead-
ing ability for her talent
competition, including
a split and a flip of her
tutu as she let the oppos-
ing team know her team
would "knock the whoop-
sies out of you."
POCaria Davis, 6, is the
daughter of Ashley Davis
and the granddaughter .
of Angela Dewberry.
She attends Hubbard
Elementary and St. Paul
A.M.E. Church. She likes
dolls, singing, puzzles and
talking on the phone. She
showed her talent on the
stage as a model.
Sydnei Perkins, 2, is the
daughter of Stekesha Per-
kins and attends Macon-
Bibb Early Head Start and
Kynette United Method-
ist Church. She likes to
sing her ABC's and 123's,
dance and play outside.
She got a little shy on the
stage at talent time, but
was back to show off her
best pageant attire with
the other contestants for
the walk with her escort,
Elijah Stanford, and
finale.
There were trophies and
gifts for all the conies-
tants and Easter eggs for
all the children present.
The pageant was held
in the newly-renovated
Monroe County Schools
auditorium on Brooklyn
Ave which debuted with '
the Teacher of the Year
program on the preceding '
Tuesday. i
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