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Vol. 119 No. 37 In our 119th year!
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
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ROYAL TRIO: The three finalists for the Bavarian Festival Princess crown are, left to right, Olivia Miller, Megan Weiss and Kinzlee Karst. They will make up the 2025 Court and represent Frankenmuth at area and state festivals and events from June 2025 to June 2026. (Photo courtesy/Rummel Studio)
Three finalists selected for Bavarian Festival's 2025 Princess Court
One of the first tasks at hand for the Frankenmuth Civic Events Council (CEC) is a very important one.
With the 66th annual Frankenmuth Bavarian Festival less than three months away, the selection of the three finalists to become the next Bavarian Fest Princess took place last Saturday, March 15, in the Swiss Rooms of the Bavarian Inn Restaurant.
Through a panel of eight judges, the 2025 court members are in alphabetical order:
Kinzlee Karst, the daughter of Jeff and Sheri Karst; Olivia Miller, the daughter of James Miller and Tamara Miller; and Megan Weiss, the daughter of Brent and Amanda Weiss.
While the Bavarian Festival was founded in 1959, the CEC has been the caretakers of the annual event since 1962 and founded the Princess Program in 1963. The festival moved from downtown Frankenmuth to Heritage Park in 1970, and nearly 10 years ago, returned to downtown, with most activities taking place in Edwin Zehnder Park.
Darcy Nickless-Berry is the Princess Program coordinator, with Juli Burns the co-coordinator.
The panel of judges have ties to the Bavarian Festival or are major sponsors. This year’s judges were 2018 Court attendant Lindsey (Pierce) Buckley, 2004 Court attendant Christine (Mossner) Matzke, Princess Program sponsors (Emilie B’s) Katie Zehnder Weiss, Bavarian Festival sponsor (Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth) John Buckley, CEC Secretary Stephanie McNeill, 1989 CEC President Mike Fassezke, CEC Treasurer Bethany Burnett, and Jeanna Rogner with the Frankenmuth Noon Rotary Club.
The judges were paired up, two to a small room, and interviewed each candidate for 7-8 minutes. The candidates rotated through the process. In the end, the judges collaborated to come up with the three finalists. .......
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