Submitted by Katelyn Gustafson, 2024-25 Syttende Mai Queen
WOODVILLE, WI – Hi Woodville! This past weekend, the 5th, 6th and 7th of July 2024, was a fun one!
On Friday the 5th, we all (the Princesses and I) decided to get together and touch up some of our floats. We did some repainting and cleaning, and we had decorations for the 4th of July weekend!
Saturday the 6th, we went to Hudson for their Booster Days Parade. Booster Days is Hudson’s Annual Fourth of July Celebration that lasts four days, the 4th through the 7th. We went to the Queen’s Tea, at Pier Five Hundred, where we had an amazing breakfast. We went through their busy Booster Days Parade and then had some yummy Cold Stone Ice Cream afterwards.
Sunday, the 7th, we went to Balsam Lake’s Freedom Fest, (sponsored by the Balsam Lake Chamber of Commerce), where we dressed up our Leif Erickson Viking and the rest of the float. The Queen’s Tea was great; we had lunch and talked with some familiar Sparkle Sister Courts.
During the parade, the announcer told our driver to stop, so that he could give us the First-Place trophy for “Best Float.” We ended up being the “Most Patriotic” this weekend!
