MENDOTA – The Mendota Area Chamber of Commerce is seeking candidates for the upcoming Sweet Corn Festival Mini Royalty Pageant. Plano Molding Company of Mendota will be sponsoring the Sweet Corn Festival Mini King & Queen Pageant.  Advanced registration is necessary for the pageant.

The 2021 Mendota Sweet Corn Festival Mini King and Queen will be selected on Saturday, Aug. 14. The Pageant begins at 10 a.m.

Mini-Royalty contestants should meet behind the First State Bank Stage at 8:45-9 a.m. for check-in.  A parent will be able to stay with the child. Judging will take place from 9-9:45 a.m.

Co-chairpersons for the event, Tina McPheeters and Michelle Barkman, have announced that the 2021 Mini King & Queen will each be presented with $50 in Chamber Gift Certificates from sponsor Plano Molding Company.

Contest rules are as follows:

• Candidates must be a resident of the Mendota Elementary School District and meet one of the two following criteria:

* Candidates must be 5 years of age on or by the date of the contest or entering kindergarten. 

* Due to COVID-19 last year, candidates 6 years of age on or by the date of the contest or entering first grade will also be allowed to enter the contest.

Parents may register their children for the Mini-Royalty Contest by filling out a registration form and statement of intention.  Forms for the pageant may be obtained from the Mendota Area Chamber of Commerce office, Graves-Hume Public Library, Mendota Swimming Pool and on-line at www.sweetcornfestival.com.

Please return forms by mail or bring to: Mendota Area Chamber of Commerce, 800 Washington St., P.O. Box 620, Mendota, IL 61342 by Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. No applications will be accepted after that date.