Strawberry Festival pageants this weekend

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March 12, 2019

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Come watch as the royalty for the 2018 Strawberry Festival are selected this weekend.

The Junior Royalty Pageant of the 78^th W.Va. Strawberry Festival will be held on Saturday, March 16 at 1 p.m. at the Virginia Law Center of Performing Arts on the campus of West Virginia Wesleyan College. Tickets are $10 for adults and $4 for children 13 and under.

The Teen/Queen Pageant will be held on Sunday, March 17 at 2 p.m. at the Virginia Law Center if Performing Arts. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for kids 12 and under.

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