The Camellia Festival was a great event filled with blooms from all over Semmes. There were a ton of variations displayed along with beautiful tablescapes featuring camellias, and camellia artwork. Thank you to the Semmes Woman’s Club for providing the refreshments for this event. Thank you to the Semmes Boys and Girls Club for allowing the City to use their facility, moving the festival to it’s original location of the Old Semmes High School Gym.

Over the weekend at the Camellia Festival, the Semmes Camellia Maids held their first Camellia Pageant. This pageant was something done throughout the history of this event years ago and was the perfect start to an annual tradition. It was a fabulous event with many beautiful participants. The Camellia Maids acted as the EMCEEs, helped with registration, organized the participants, crowned the winners, judged the photogenic category, and even got to choose a Camellia Maid Choice Award. We are so proud of our Camellia Maids and look forward to this pageant next year.

Congratulations to the following Pageant Winners!

Overall Winner- Kinslee Boles, Camellia Maid’s Choice- Baylor Tuinder, Photogenic Winner- Kaitlynn Roper, Photogenic Runner Up- Saylor Moss

0-3 Age Category

Winner- Saylor Moss, Runner Up- Collins Marie Anderson, Prettiest Smile- Rylee Midgette, Prettiest Hair- Scarlett Kitrell, Prettiest Eyes- Saylor Moss

4-6 Age Category

Winner- Caroline Hall, Runner Up- Abigail Draper, Prettiest Smile- Ava Sanders, Prettiest Hair- Bristyl Tuinder, Prettiest Eyes- Charlie White

7-10 Age Category

Winner- Kinslee Boles, Runner Up- Kaitlynn Roper, Prettiest Smile- Kathryn Draper, Prettiest Hair- Evan Hunt, Prettiest Eyes- Bayler Tuinder

11-14 Age Category

Winner- Sloane Dyess, Runner Up- Blakely Tuinder, Prettiest Smile- Blakely Tuinder, Prettiest Hair- Sloane Dyess, Prettiest Eyes- Sloane Dyess

Help Semmes FFA members travel to the state and national FFA conventions year by purchasing fresh strawberries in our annual Strawberry Fundraiser!

This is a great opportunity for you to support your local FFA chapter AND enjoy fresh, in-season strawberries. Our FFA members will be taking pre-orders for strawberries until February 2. Delivery is scheduled for the week of March 4.

If you'd like to place an order, you may use the google form below or place an order with a member! https://forms.gle/Uqhu1DceGFS8kwht9

Just a few answers to FAQ about the strawberries:

•fundraiser is sponsored by the Florida Farm Bureau

•1/2 flat contains 4 1lb clam packs $14

•full flat contains 8 1lb clam packs $25

•they are from Hinton Farms in Florida

•they’ll be picked in one day and shipped the next day

•they are shipped in a refrigerated truck and are highly perishable, so they will need to be picked up ASAP

•you will be able to pick up from the ag building (across from greenhouses) the day they are delivered during school hours and after school

We greatly appreciate the support!!