Following the Cotton Festival Youth Pageant held Saturday, September 16, at the Northside Civic Center, several Evangeline Parish festival queens were invited to attend the first annual Princess Tea with the Queens event sponsored by the Acosta Foundation and held at the Aswell House. The Acosta princesses and festival queens had a wonderful time hanging out, coloring and enjoying the refreshments. Each princess received a tiara and decorated a picture to place on a poster for the parade float, as they will get to ride in the Cotton Festival parade. Director Connie Lamke said Dr. Chuck Aswell asked the foundation to keep the tradition of assisting with the Cotton Festival alive, and the foundation is happy to do that. During Cotton Festival weekend, the queens will once again spend the weekend at the Aswell House as they enjoy the festival and pageant activities. The tea was a big success and Lamke hopes to grow the event each year. In the above photo, Queen Cotton LXVIII Amber Borne presents a tiara to one of the princesses in attendance as Teen Boggy Bayou Queen Chloe Childers, Boggy Bayou Queen Faith Billiot and Teen Tournoi Queen Jillian Frederick look on. See more photos from the tea on Page 9B. Look for more on the Youth Pageant in the Sunday, September 24, edition of the Ville Platte Gazette. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)
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