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Balloon Festival This Weekend NOTE: Sussex Beat is a mix of news, analysis and commentary by Eric Magill, publisher of Sussex County Online.
Photo: Miss Delaware 1999, Kama Boland, at the Sea Witch Festival last fall in Rehoboth.
The contestants are vying to replace Kama Boland, the 1999 winner. This year's winner will represent Delaware in the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City on Oct. 14, 2000. Tickets range from $15-$25 each night. The pageant begins at 7:30 p.m. both nights.
Balloons will fill the skies of Milton this weekend for the 11th annual Delmarva Hot Air Ballon & Crafts Festival. Expected to draw 18,000 people, the event benefits the American Diabetes Association and helps send local children with diabetes and their families to awareness camps. Hours are noon-9 p.m. today, June 9, 2000, and 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, June 10. Cost is $3 per car. The highlight of the event is the 80-foot hot air balloons. Weather permitting, the best time to watch them is at 5:30 a.m. for the morning flight or 5:30 p.m. for the evening landing. The Balloon Glow, the lighting of the balloons, will be at 8:30 p.m. each night. Tethered balloon rides will be available for purchase. More than 150 craft, art and antiques dealers and 20 food vendors will be on the festival grounds, which will be centered at the Milton Family Practice at 424 Mulberry St. Entertainment includes First State Force, a band of police officers from throughout the state, at 6 p.m. tonight, and country singer Randy Lee Ashcraft and the Salt Water Cowboys starting at 7 p.m. Saturday. A benefit auction of antiques, crafts, artwork, and gift certificates will be held from 4-6 p.m. tonight. The Milton Volunteer Fire Dept. will also hold a 3-day carnival in conjunction with the festival for children.
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More information on the Miss Delaware Pageant, including photos of all of this year's contestants and a history of the pageant, is available at http://www.missdelaware.org. The Miss America pageant's web site is at http://www.missamerica.org. Local News Index | News Index |
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Six young women from Sussex County will be among the 18 contestants in the annual Miss Delaware Pageant at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center on Friday, June 9, 2000, and Saturday, June 10.
