Submitted by Syttende Mai Queen Katelyn Gustafson
WOODVILLE, WI – Hello Woodville! I hope everyone had a happy 4th of July! This weekend, July 5 and 6, 2025, First Princess Addisyn Wichelman and I attended the Hudson Booster Days Parade, and the Balsam Lake Freedom Fest Parade.
Saturday was a rainy one in Hudson. We attended the Queen’s Tea, held at Pier 500. This four-day event is sponsored by the Hudson Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau primarily at Lakefront Park.
We had some great food and had lots of fun spending time with other Sparkle Sisters. The two of us headed back to the float, where the rain held off long enough for us to decorate. It started to rain again, but stopped for almost all of the parade, but we still left with squeaky shoes.
Sunday was quite the opposite, however. We attended the Balsam Lake Freedom Fest’s Queen’s Tea, where we met their new Royalty and had a short lunch. The Balsam Lake Area Chamber of Commerce sponsored the Freedom Fest three days of events in beautiful Balsam Lake.
After the Queen’s Tea, the two of us headed back to our float to the parade line up and decorate. We walked down to the lake and took some pictures before riding through the Balsam Lake Freedom Fest Parade.
This year, we earned second place in the Balsam Lake Freedom Fest Parade! We had a lot of fun over this full holiday weekend!
