By Denise Allan
The Lady of the Lake Society would like to express a huge and sincere thank you to the following people and organizations for their ongoing commitment and support of our program:
Town of Lake Cowichan for the generous donation
CVRD, areas I and F, for the generous donation
Cowichan Lake Chamber of Commerce for the generous donation, and always including the girls in their events.
Linda at the Kaatza Museum for her tour and educating the girls on our town
The Shaker Mill for the lovely luncheon on Parade Day
Kaatza Lakeside Players for their expertise year after year and for the use of the big screen, special thanks to Nathan Kidd, Katie Day, Ella Mister Douglas and Mariah Segee for their hours of help
Country Grocer for the use of the meeting room and the endless photocopying and on-going support
Azam Khan and his team at Vancouver Island Events Catering for the delicious dinner at the Ball
Madison Wise and Amber Eddy for running the concession on Opportunity Night
Miriam Coghlan and Scentsy for sponsoring Miss Congeniality
Rhonda Weber of Remedy Salon for sponsoring Miss Blossom
Arena staff for the endless hours of setting up and tearing down
Hillary Kidd for choreographing the dance and her endless patience
Karen Armstrong from Toastmasters for the hours of training and friendship.
Scarlett Feltrin of Scarlett’s Second Hand Shop for displaying the candidate and Royalty photos
Angie Lundberg of Angie’s Esthetics for sponsoring the Public Speaking Award
Julie McClure and the friends of Catherine Boeckner for sponsoring our talent award
The Lake Cowichan Golden Agers for co-hosting the lovely Strawberry Tea
Indra Johel for the beautiful flowers
Bruce and Jayne Ingram of BRI Security for sponsoring the essay
Lexi Bainas and everyone at the Gazette for the great coverage and continued interest in our program
Thank you as well to our 11 sponsors for 2017, without your support, there would not be a Lady of the Lake Program.
Thank you to our outgoing royalty of Chailyn Jones and Alexis Cage; we are all so proud of you and wish you well in the future.
Congratulations to the New Royalty of Miss Cowichan Lake Lions, Desiree Karlsen, our new Lady of the Lake as well as our Public Speaking Award winner and essay winner, Miss Copper Lane, 1st Princess, Brooklyn Kruk, and Miss B.P.O. Elks, Randi Robertson, our 2nd Princess.
Congratulations also to our two Miss Blossoms, Brianna Mahaney, representing Country Grocer and Shoshannah Ritco, representing Scarlett’s Second Hand Boutique, and to Miss Congeniality, Shalyn Jones, representing Island Savings.
A job well done by all, thank you everyone from all of us involved in Lady of the Lake.
Denise Allan is the chairwoman of the Lady of the Lake Society