Ul4-Uncaster Farming, Saturday, July 18, 1998
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
The latest fashions modeled
with flair awed the audience
gathered for the Capitol Region
Fashion Revue held last week in
Harrisburg.
After months of planning, fit
ting, stitching, and ripping parti
cipants from Lebanon, Lancaster,
Dauphin, Adams. Cumberland,
Franklin, and York counties com
peted at the county level where
they were selected to attend the
regional competition. Eight senior ’
participants from the regional
competition achieved the honor to
advance to state competition,
which is to be held at the Penn State
Campus in Aug. These eight will
compete against other regional
winners across the state.
The finalists selected to repre
sent the region at the state competi
tion include the following:
• Jesse Murren, 17-year-old son
of Terrence and Patricia Munen of
New Oxford (Adams County) used
his tailoring skills to stitch a sports
coat, dress shirt, and corduroy
pants. He used a combination of
three patterns to achieve the classic
look he wanted. Corduroy fabric
was used for the pants, cotton for
the shirt, and brown tweed wool
pendelton for the jacket
• Danielle Sanderson, daughter
of Craig and Juanita Sanderson of
Carlisle (Cumberland County),
stepped out in style with a three
piece suilt featuring a loose-fitting,
lined, below the hip jacket with
Junior Division blue ribbon winners Include Cara Her
shey, Lindsay Shirk, Shannon Stauffer. Kadle Orris, and
Alyson Jacques.
Senior Division blue ribbon winners Include Katie Ranck, Jackie Shaw, Heatner
Frost, Meghan Bishop, and Elisa Ranck.
Regional Fashion Revue Winners Ready For
State Competition
fold-back facings, princess easm,
flaps, and a two-piece effect
sleeves with button trim. The semi
fitted lined top is sleeveless and has
princess seams. Fabric chosen for
the jacket and top is Frise made in
Italy. The skirt is 100 percent wool.
To add a couture touch, lace was
attached to the edge of the skirt lin
ing, which was a signature feature
of Jacqueline Kennedy’s skirts
when she was first lady.
• Tanisha Seibert modeled a
unique lined, velvet cape and satin
gown for her tenth-year project
Tanisha redesigned a basic cape
pattern by adding a scallop hem
line, satin at the bottom and a neck
line and an inverted back pleat She
trimmed her cape in cording that
she dyed to match the fabric.
The satin gown features chiffon
straps and drapes on the bodice.
She also designed the special
appliqueed beaded woric to add
sparkle to the outfit She is the
daughter of Edward and Barbara
Seibert of Hershey (4-H member of
Lebanon County).
• Melanie Snyder, daughter of
Vickie Snyder of Halifax (Dauphin
County), topped a summer
princess-seamed dress with a fully
lined jacket for her winning entry.
The semi-fitted navy blue linen
jacket falls just above the hip and
features long sleeves, extended
shoulders, and a notched collar.
The fitted vertical striped dress in
navy, beige, and white linen fea
tures an invisible back zipper and a
kick pleat
• Tanya Aument daughter of
Senior Division gold ribbon winners will advance to state competition Include
Tanisha Seibert, Carrie Singleton, Danielle Sanderson, Melanie Snyder, Tanya
Aument, Kandance Baum, Holly Hoover, and Jesse Murren.
Thomas and Donna Aument of
Quarryville (Lancaster County),
stitched a three-piece outfit of navy
pin-stripped gabardine. The jacket
topped a blouse with short kimono
sleeves and pull-on pants with elas
tic casing and side seam pockets.
• Holly Hoover, daughter of
Marty and Lois Hoover of Ephrata
(Lancaster County),, modeled a
polyester challis dress. The long
sleeved dress has anavy blue back
ground with pff white flowers
accented with an off-white collar.
• Carrie Singleton, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Singleton of
Leola (Lancaster County), stitched
a forinal gown of satin and organ
za. The lined gown has a close fit
ting bodice with'a raised waist, a
slightly flared skirt and a button
loop closing at the back. The solid
light pink polyester satin had a
sheer overlay and scarf from
polyester organza.
Two alternates were also
selected as substitutes in case the a
gold ribbon winner cannot attend
the competition. These are Katie
Ranck, daughter of Ronald and
Bonita Ranck of Leola (Lancaster
County), and Jackie Shaw, daught
er of James and Patricia Shaw of
Spring Grove (York County).
In addition to the alternates,
other blue ribbon winners in the
senior division included Heather
Junior Division gold ribbon winners are Linsey Fackler,
Melissa Graeff, Matthew Richard, Madline Snyder, and Emi
ly Grieggs.
Frost, Cumberland County; Megh
an Bishop, Adams County; and
Elisa Ranck, Lancaster County.
Junior 4-H members also com
pete at the regional competition but
do not advance to state competi
tion. Junior gold ribbon winners,
which are the highest award given
include the following: Linsey
Fackler, Dauphin County; Melissa
Graeff, Lebanon County; Matthew
Richard, Franklin County; Mad
line Snyder, Dauphin County; and
Emily Grieggs, Dauphin County.
Junior blue ribbon winners
include the following: Cara Her
shey, Lancaster County; Lindsay
York Society 26
York County Farm Women
Society 26 celebrated its 32nd
anniversary with a luncheon at
Perkins Restaurant at Camp Hill
with 14 members present
The group was organized May
10. Athena Beshore and Mary
Conley are charter members still in'
the group and Louise Pennay is an
associate charter member.
President Athena Beshore con
ducted the business meeting.
Shirk, Lebanon County; Shannon
Stauffer, York County; Kadie
Orris, Cumberland County; and
Alyson Jacques, Cumberland
County.
The purpose of the 4-H Fashion
Revue is to build self-confidence
and poise, develop skills in plan
ning, selecting appropriate pat
terns, fabric, and accessories to
complement them, develop good
posture, grooming, and punctuality
habits, complete applications
clearly, and submit them on time,
acquire knowledge and skills in
planning, presenting, and partici
pating in competitions.
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Members will entertain Group
13 on Aug. 4 at a picnic.
Julie Yost and Carol Beane from
The Special Kids Network gave a
report and passed out information
tm special health care needs for
Pennsylvania children.
Athena Beshore had a May
birthday.
Martha Yost and Jan Sechler
were hostesses for May. Nine
members attended the Spring Ral
ly at Reiveredge recently.