Former Junior Royalty
and Their Courts
1951 - 1975
1976 - 2000
2001 - 2025
1927 - 1950
Maifest Royalty
1927 Mary Jo Becker (Weatherby)* and William R. Stuckert*: Court of Roses
1928 Mary Louise Stone (Rankin)* and Frank Wood, III*: Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella
1929 Nancy Green (Scheffler)* and Paul J. Lemm, Jr.*: Court of Violets
1930 Milly Ann England (Schaer)* and Clint Giddings Anderson*: Story Book Court
1931 Ruby Schroeder (Stevenson)* and Eugene Whiddon*: Toyland on Parade
1932 Alma Wood Ferguson* and Ernest Reichardt, Jr.*: As Told in a Garden or Fete of Flowers
1933 Marian Wiese (McCord)* and Hoffmann Reese, Jr.*: Court of Sunflowers
1934 Elizabeth Hacker (Hunt)* and Robert Pennington*: Court of Feathery Kingdom
1935 Ann Hohlt (Ramsey)* Queen of the Court of the Months and Thomas H. Giddings* King of the Zodiac: Flowery Kingdom of the Months
1936 Janice Holleman (Hensen)* Queen of the Bluebonnets and Robert L. Schoenvogel* King of Texas Wildflowers: Court of the Bluebonnets
1937 Betty Sloan (Hay)* and William Schell*: Court of the Rainbow
1938 Mary Pat Amsler (Hansen)* and Arthur Earl Mgebroff*: Blossom Time Court
1939 Frances Ann Navratil (Bredthauer) and Arthur Al Geick: Fairyland Court
1940 Patsy Jean Koon (Sprayberry) and Sims Allen Buckley: Mother Goose Land
1941 Hester Lockett (Gregory-Kirkham) and Allan Hunter Hohlt: Court of Candyland
1942-1947 No Royalty: World War II
1948 Laura Cherry Stinnett (Purcell) and Reese B. Lockett, Jr.: Dreamland Court
1949 Suzann Seidel (Jones) and R. William Spinn*: Court of the Garden of Flowers
1950 Carol Linda Phillips (Vogt) and Fred S. Murchison*: Storybook Land
1951 Ann Stinnett (Farrell) and James Beard, Jr.: Toyland
1952 Judy Irene Thielemann (Woolley) and Norman Winkelmann: Rainbow Rhapsody
1953 Kathyrine Reese Jones (Simank) and Charles Simank*: Sweet Land of Liberty
1954 Sally Stuckert (Van Dyke) and Teddy Low: The Garden of Tulips
1955 Carol Lynn Voelkel* and Bryan Greenwade*: Court of Love Land
1956 Gene Beazley (Katsberg) and Hub Ewen Baker, Jr: Court of Sunshine
1957 Ann Lea Winkelmann (Russell) and Leslie Lee Doleschal: Court of Holidays
1958 Joan Hasskarl (Smith) and H. E. Pflughaupt*: Court of Little Land
1959 Marjorie Ann Routt (Young) and Richard Hal Moorman, IV: A Garden of Happiness
1960 Cassandra Utesch (Ehlert) and William J. Ehlert, Jr.: The Land of Make Believe
1961 Sue Tomachefsky (Raup) and Skipper Schroeder: Court of Childhood Measures
1962 Jo Lynn Picone (Smith) and Gary Sonnenburg: Court of Dreamland
1963 Julie Giddings (Pieper) and Matthew Austin Routt*: Court of Happy Hours
1964 Cornelia Margaret Wilder and Randal Clayton Reed*: Texas Jubilee
1965 Karen Utesch (Boardman) and Paul Ashley Ehlert: Court of Maifest Memories
1966 Sharon Lynn Knight (Mitchell) and John Frederick Hasskarl: The Land of Let’s Pretend
1967 Ann Lea Schwartz (Bishop) and James Victor Southern and Barbara Denise Smith (Jarquhar), and Thomas Charles Southern: The Court of Constellations
1968 LeFayne Hodde and Thomas Mabry Schlenker: Court of Playtime Pleasures
1969 Jennifer Hall (Eckermann) and Matthew William Spinn: Court of Never Never Land
1970 Adelia Boehm (Brannen) and Mark Whitehead and Kathryn Boehm (Fannin) and Michael Hahn*: Court of Homeland Memories
1971 Kay Lyn Schwartz (Murphy) and Craig Allen Ahrens: With a Song in My Heart
1972 Mary Kathleen Garnett (Kolkhorst) and Duke David Stark*: Court of Living Literature
1973 Jane Elizabeth (Betsy) Barnhill (Newman) and Adam Fletcher Young: Merry Maytime
1974 Julie Anne Hrachovy and Matthew Claude Garnett: This Land is Our Land
1975 Jennifer Moser (Poston) and Kyle Alden Picone: The Wonderful World of the Young
1976 Jennifer Leigh Barkman and Stacey Lynn Schulte (Walters), and John David Lueckemeyer* and Neal Andrew Hahn: Happy Birthday America
1977 Rachel Kelley Tate (Cangelosi) and Dan Lamar Vernon: Around the World in Music
1978 Heather Van Dyke (Thielemann) and Phillip Alan Winkelmann: Garden of Tulips
1979 Anne Marie Prigge (Hooks)* and Christopher John Steinbach: Court of Magical Parades
1980 Valeri Ann Dietz (Klein) and Ted Cook Barnhill: Court of Happy Heroes
1981 Mary Allison Moser (Peck) and Kevin Alcee’ Picone: A Dreamer’s Holiday
1982 Gretchen Johanna Steinbach (Clepper) and Justin Brad Tomachefsky: Court of Friends and Neighbors
1983 Margaret Katherine Dippel (Voelter) and Chad Anthony Haydon: Court of a Small World
1984 Ashley Allison Draehn (Gumbert) and Charles Braden Schubert: The Land of Our Favorite Things
1985 Jill Elaine Jones (Moore) and Jason Paul Williams: Court of Magical Wonderland
1986 Carrie Anne Appelt (Richardson) and Tiemann Henry Dippel, III: Texas Our Texas
1987 Rachel Ann Boettcher (Hughes) and Rhett Derek Draehn: Time Odyssey
1988 Sarah Melissa Bullock (McIntryre) and Bryce Cullen Pflughaupt: A Springtime Symphony
1989 Jennifer Louise Simms (Hinnant) and Christopher Yeats Collie: An Adventure in Dreamland
1990 Candice Leigh Appel (Kemper) and Corby Wade Alfred: A Carousel of Memories
1991 Sally Elizabeth Schoenvogel (Bradley) and David Allen Box: Once Upon a Time in the Enchanted Kingdom
1992 Caroline Elizabeth Appel (Long) and Gregory Paul Simms: Court of Seasonal Splendor
1993 Sunni Lynn Sonnenburg (Winkler) and Kurt Andrew Alfred: Journeys in Sunny Days and Starry Nights
1994 Catharyne Sue (Cayte) Betts (Neil) and Trey Schoenvogel: A Celebration of Imagination
1995 Cathleen Cook (Redus) and Derrick Andrew Box: A Circus Spectacular
1996 Anna Sue Ehlert (Molyneux) and Adam Borchardt O’Malley: An Adventure Down the Yellow Brick Road
1997 Johanna Leigh Holtkamp (Becker) and Shane Andrew Sonnenburg: Cinema Sensations
1998 Haley Anne Urquhart (Green) and Chip Ehlert: Adventures in Wonderland
1999 Julianna Christine Stark (Wanek) and Paul F. (Rocky) LaRoche: Celebrating the Century
2000 Madalyn Elaine Guelker and William Harvey (Will) Betts, III: Imagine the Possibilities
2001 Jenalee Larkin Alexander and Thomas Cook Newman: Daring Daydreamers
2002 Hailee Jane Mertz (Lancon) and Wesley Steve Westbrook: Court of Games and Giggles
2003 Erin Katherine O’Malley and Jared Brad Tomachefsky: Festive Fantasies
2004 Mary Kate Walters (Sain) and Robert Stark, Jr: Magical Maifest Memories
2005 Cecilia Elizabeth (Bess) Newman and Garrett Michael Altman: Toontown Fest
2006 Claire Marie Reue (Breitschopf) and Caleb Scot Mertz: Court of Jubilant Journeys
2007 Miriam Kelley Cangelosi and Dillon Kyle Thielemann: Court of www.Maifest2007.fun
2008 Lois Kate Kolkhorst and George Walter Barnhill Newman: The Toy Store
2009 Sally Caroline Cangelosi and Jackson Palmer Bartay and Rachel Ann (Annie) Cangelosi, and Winston Charles Walters: Court of Candyland
2010 Addison Rhea (Addie) Thielemann and William Hunter Tomachefsky: Hooray for Parades!
2011 Savannah Lea Bartay and Britt Michael Rogas: Magnificent Movie Memories
2012 Katherine Nancy (Kate) Roberts and Jacob (Jake) Robert Kolkhorst: A Make Believe Adventure
2013 Hannah Claire Mertz* and Travis Vernon Bartay: Under the Big Top
2014 Piper McCall Puckett and Jackson Edward Van Dyke: Maifest Mystery Madness
2015 Emma Kate McIntryre Kennedy & Grant Edward Rogas and Elizabeth Tilley & Benjamin Brooks Rogas: Maifest Express: Season Ticket to Fun
2016 Ellie Brooks Van Dyke and Austin David Cone: TV Land
2017 Victoria Taylor Dippel and Samuel Clay Clepper: A Ticket to Ride
2018 Swayzee Grace Huckert and Charles Atwood Kenjura: The Great Outdoors
2019 Isabelle Hyatt and Jack William Rogas: Once Upon a Storytime
2020 Harper Joy Huckert and Tiemann “Ty” Henry Dippel, IV: Game Night
2021 Dinah Grace Sue Neil and John Paul Kenjura: It’s a Small World
2022 Talyn Presley Sulik and Evan Ross Dippel: Lights, Camera, Action! Maifest 2022
2023 Virginia Kate Priesmeyer and Luke Robert Hyatt: The Enchanted Tree House
2024 Caroline Adele Kenjura and Tyler Henry Hopkins: Up, Up, & Away: Across the USA
View the Past Senior Royalty and their Courts
Save the Date!
May 8,9th 2026
We’re excited to announce that Maifest 2026 will return to Mother’s Day weekend, May 8th and 9th.