82-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 12, 2002
The top two winners in the senior division were Candice Marie Mascadenas, right,
leading a Tunis ewe, and Melana Lovell with her Dorset ewe.
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LOU ANN GOOD
Food And Family
Features Editor
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Visitors at the Keystone
International Livestock Expo
(KILE) may be surprised to see a
fashion show interspersed among
sheep, swine, and cattle judging
events, but the traditional event
is a crowd-pleaser.
Called the Keystone Lead
Line, the show is designed to
promote the beauty of wool and
the sheep breeds that produce
fiber for warmth and style.
Contestants select their gar
ments made of at least 80 percent
wool. Bonus points can be earned
Woot'Ctad Exhibitors Attract Manheim Crowd
LOU ANN GOOD
Food And Family
Features Editor
MANHEIM (Lancaster Co.)
The adult division at the Man
heim Farm Show Lead Line at
tracted attention Monday eve
ning when Dr. Zoann Parker,
former state deputy secretary and
county 4-H agent, led a South
down ewe in competition.
Daina Savage, former ag editor
for the Lancaster Intel, also com
peted with a Southdown ewe
lamb.
Two mothers of children com
peting in the event also modeled
wool outfits to promote the wool
industry to Farm Show visitors.
Taking first place in the adult
division was Nancy Martin who
led her daughter Roanna’s Suf
folk ewe in the event. Nancy
wore a 100 percent wool suit.
Parker placed second. She
modeled a white boiled wool
jacket complementing a wool
jumper tailored by her mother. A
twisted woolen yam necklace ac
cented the natural wool of the
Southdown ewe that she led.
if they carded or spun the wool or
stitched the fabric for their out
fits, but the outfit can be pur
chased. Contestants are judged
on how appropriate their outfit is
for their age and build. They are
judged for their ability in control
ling the sheep they lead around
the show ring.
Fabric and styles worn by the
contestants reveal wool’s amaz
ing versatility. Some are made of
hefty worsted wools, but others
are from wool fabrics so light
they are comfortable during sum
mer’s heat.
More than 30 contestants were
placed in one of three divisions
according to their ages. In the
Third place went to Savage
who modeled an elegant black
sheath dress of lightweight Meri
no wool and a fitted plum-col
ored cardigan accented with rose
colored wool detailing. A black
wool scarf from India lent a
splash of decor to the lamb she
led.
In the girl’s division, first place
went to Kelsey Binkley, Conesto
ga. Kelsey had placed first in last
year’s competition at Manheim
and on Saturday, placed second
at the Keystone International
Livestock Expo in Harrisburg,
where she wore the same purple,
gray, and black boulce tweed suit
that she had sewn.
Roanna Martin, second in the
girl’s division, wore navy blue
wool slacks and plaid shawl that
she made herself. Heather Stal
lman, Manheim, wore a multi
colored sweater with wool pants.
She led Nalla, a registered Poly
pay aged ewe, who flaunted a
handbraided wool halter.
Only two 4-H’ers competed in
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senior division, Candice Marie
Mascarenas, Huntsburg, Ohio,
modeled a sophisticated 100 per
cent wool sweater coat from Ire
land. She removed the cable knit
coat to show off a jacket and
trouser outfit that she had tai
lored. Her outfit was accessorized
with a wool hat and leather
gloves.
Candice is a 17-year veteran of
lead line competitions. She has
competed since she was three
years old. Candice was twice
crowned the Ohio Hampshire
Sheep Queen in addition to many
awards throughout her 10 years
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Adult division winners in Manheim Farm Show Lead Line, from left, Nancy Martin,
first; Zoann Parker, second; and Daina Savage, third.
Intermediate winner in the KILE Lead Line is Lindsey
Beatty, leading a Polled Dorset lamb.
Junior division winners are Sarah Skoloda, Suzanna
Macleod, and Emily Butts.