Onion Festival Queens

March 31--  This year's Vidalia Onion Festival Queen was selected at the annual festival pageant sponsored by the American Business Women's Association.  Left to right, are Miss Photogenic Erica Moore, 1st Runner-up Somayah Murphy, Miss Vidalia Onion Kay-Lyn Tatum, 2d Runner-up Megan Caraway, and Miss Congeniality Thea Mullis. (Photo courtesy Kathy Bradford, The Advance)

Left to right, 1st runner-up Lindsey Lothridge, Junior Miss Ramie Partin and 2d runner-up Kerry-Lynn Knight.

Left to right, First runner-up Abigail Lynn, 2d runner-up Ashlyn Belding, Miss Spring Onion Madison Hart, 3d runner-up Destinee McBrayer and Most Photogenic Sommer Wiggs.

Left to right, Most Photogenic Demy NeSmith, 1st runner-up Addison Wingate and Malia Newsome, 2d runner-up.  Miss Onion Sprout Maggie Wright not present for photo.

Left to right, first runner-up Ivy Martinez, Miss Onion Seed Hannah Dean, 3d runner-up Hailey McBrayer.  Second runner-up Jayla Phillips not present for photo.

Next, pictures captured from the Children's Parade that was held Thursday Evening.

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Next we have the "Cook - Off" - Good Eats with Vidalia Sweets! 

Welcome the Blue Angels to Vidalia, Georgia

Onion Festival Rodeo Feature High School Entries

Madelyn Budley (above) is one of 200 high school age participants in this year's rodeo at the Rocky Creek Saddle Club. She goes to Harris County High School in Hamilton, Georgia. Her high school is the only one in Georgia that has a GHSA Rodeo team. She travels all over the South to participate in her 3 events.

Vidalia Onion Run

Men's 10k winner--Potiphar Nkhoma- 36:27               Women's 10k--Karen McNeany--50:15

          Men's 5k--Adam Ross--18:53               Women's-Amy Bartholomew--21:42--New Record!

Men's Fun Run--Lee Humphrey--5:23                        Women's--Allison Edenfield--6:45