Former Senior Royalty
and Their Courts
1926 - 1950
1951 - 1975
1976 - 2000
2001 - Pres.
1877 - 1899
1900 - 1925
Volksfest Queen
1877 Bettie Engelke (Tristram)*
1878 Augusta Minkwitz*
1879 Selma Engelke (Reichardt)*
1880 Louise Hoffman (Schuerenberg)*
Maifest Royalty
1881 Frankie Foote* and Robert Tarver*
1882 Annie Spencer (Cochran)* and Albert G. Hayes*
1883 No Maifest held, per the April 11, 1883, Brenham Daily Banner
1884 Emily Harris* and Eugene Muse*
1885 Ida Bassett (Botts)* and William Lusk*
1886 Lizzie Lindermann (Hoffman)* and G.B. Bryan*
1887 Nettie Pampell (Lockridge)* and Honorable Ben S. Rogers*
1888 Nannie Clemons (Dallas)*, The White Rose Queen, Eula Gee (Gantt)*, The Red Rose Queen and R.E. Pennington*, Attorney: “The War of the Roses”
1889 Nettie Estes (Fischer)* and P.H. Swearingen*, Science teacher
1890 Ethel Muse (Gillespie)* and Thomas A. Holland*
1891 Three Flowers: Lillian Lindermann (Meyer)*, White Lilly Ella Werner (Searcy)*, Blue Violet Jessie Shepard (Compton)*, Red Rose
1892 Thomas A. Holland* and Lillian Engelke (Wangemann)*
1893 Hettie Harrison (Curry)*, Queen Isabella and Judge E.P. Curry*, Christopher Columbus: Firemen’s “Columbian” Mayfest, 400th Anniversary of Columbus’ Discovery of America
1894 Hester Abbott (Smith)*, Queen of All Elements and Charles L. Wilkins*, Prince of All Elements; Julia Epstein*, Queen of Air; Dora Schwendener*, Queen of Fire; Mattie Campbell*, Queen of Water; Ellen Langhammer*, Queen of Earth
1895 Alice Roberson (Lockett)* and Tom Rivers*: Operetta
1896 Hattie Simon* and Henry Grote*: The Toy Shop Operetta
1897 Julia Epstein* and Judge E.P. Curry*
1898 Bertha Becker (Wilkins)* and John Watson*
1899 Mary Stone (Nicholson)* and William Lusk*
1900 Julia Epstein* and Frank A. Dever*
1901 Lillian Lindermann (Meyer)* and Thomas A. Holland*
1902 Alita Gardner (Vann)* and Tarver Wilkins*
1903 Susan Shepard (Becker) and Alita Gardner (Vann)
1904 Elise Lockett (Williamson)* and Heber Stone, Jr.*
1905 Macadee Barnett (Mayfield)* and Fred L. Amsler*
1906 Julia Salley (Hover)* and John E. Pace*
1907 Theresa Dee Ross (Carroll)* and Dunbar Affleck*
1908 Florence Seward (Dennison)*, The Lone Star Queen; Bertha Schuerenberg*, Germany; Louise Giddings*, Sunny Spain; Ethel Tucker*, Merrie England; Olga Van Hutton*, Icy Russia; Annie Marek*, Mexico; Corrine Huettig*, Japan; Minnie Seelhorst*, The Stars & Stripes of Uncle Sam’s Domination and Frank Shepard: Court of Queens of the Nations
1909 Minnie Lee Gehrmann (Sampley)* and Frank Shepard*
1910 Lila Shepard (Rasberry)* and L.E. Rasberry*
1911 Louise Stone* and Earl Dallas*
1912 Florence Simmons (Becker)* and Frank Gehrmann
1913 Susie Lipscomb (Knolle)* and William Tucker*
1914 Edna Buck (Eversberg)* and Eugene Eversberg*
1915 Gladys Baumgart (Hoffmann)* and Oscar Hoffmann*: The Evolution of Cotton
1916 Margaret Bozman (Bagley)* and Arthur Hohlt*
1917 Mattie Reeves Wood (Ferguson)*, Patriotic Queen and Nelson Rodesney*: Patriotic
1918-1920 No Royalty: World War I
1921 Willie Mae Knolle (Hasskarl)* and Will J. Embrey*
1922 Ida Mae Baumgart (Ruland)* and Giddings Stone*
1923 Hester Smith (Lockett)* and Reese Lockett*: Court of Jewels
1924 Martha Grote (Schmid)* and Wallie Schmid*
1925 Mary Sommer (Low)* and Theodore A. Low, Jr.*: Court of Maytime
1926 Erette Reese (Red)* and Edwin Hacker*: Court of Wild Flowers
1927 Margaret Routt (Miles)* and Dr. S.E. Stafford*: Colonial Court
1928 Bernice Becker* and Edwin Searcy*: Spanish Garden Scene
1929 Ruth Hasskarl (Robertson)* and Smith Mercer*: Sweethearts on Parade
1930 Flora Ann Williams (Stuckert)* and Dan Williams, Jr.*: Court of Forget-Me-Nots
1931 Mary Edna Carroll (Lee)* and Charles Allen DeWare, Jr.*: Court of Light
1932 Bo Peep Seelhorst (Fisher)*, Queen of May and Franklin Fisher, King Cotton: Court of Cotton
1933 Annie Louise Tiemann (Seidel)*, Queen of the Garden of Roses, and Lorenz Seidel*, King of the Garden: Court of Roses
1934 Lillian Louise Adams (Wilder)* and Frank Wood, III*: Court of Jewels
1935 Mary Seidel (Ziesemer)* and Henry W. Hughes*: Court of The Modern Age
1936 Minerva Inez Reese (Rymer)*, Texas, Queen of States and Clint Giddings Anderson*: The Court of the Texas Centennial
1937 Maurine Barnes (Harrison)* and Harold E. Pflughaupt*: Court of Songs
1938 Elvera Dallmeyer (Muery)* and Sam Muery, Jr.*: Court of the Universe
1939 Dorthea Hasskarl (Niemeyer)* and Hoffmann L. Reese, Jr.*: Court of Crinoline Age
1940 Nancy Green (Scheffler)*, Queen of All Flowers and Tom A. Adams, Jr.*: Maytime
1941 Ruth England (Rennels)* and Ernest N. Reinchardt, Jr.*: Court of American Youth
1942-1947 No Royalty: World War II
1948 Frances Ann Navratil (Bredthauer) and Charles Albert Mast: Court of Freedom Presents “America the Beautiful”
1949 Sudie Lu Shaer (Stark) and Fred Becker: Court of the Deep South
1950 Betty Byrom (Foerster) and Allan Hunter Hohlt*: Stars in the Summer Sky
1951 Joanne Steinbach (Zuch) and John Cline*: The Land of Romance
1952 Nell Dyer (Capriotti) and William Irwin Navratil*: Court of Melody
1953 Gloria Greenwade (Nix) and Joe Ervin Snodgrass*: Court of Showboat Time
1954 Sylvia Langston (McCall) and John Williamson Barnhill, Jr.: Court of Maytime
1955 Marian Byron (Hayes) and William F. Henze, Jr.: Court of Memories
1956 Bess Guggolz (Rice) and Herbert Louis Steinbach: A Night in Old Spain
1957 Diane Schoenemann (Moore)* and Fred Murchin*: The Court of Friendship
1958 Rebecca Seidel (Flowers) and Franklin Fisher, Jr.: Court of Jewels
1959 Patricia Ann Maddox (Hensen)* and Eugene LaFleur*: Court of Hearts and Flowers
1960 Kathyrine Reese Jones (Simank) and Charles Simank: Court of Festivals
1961 Myra Kunkel (Overton) and William Judge Rabb: Court of the Romantic South
1962 Carol Lynn Voelkel* and Charles Mewis: Court of the Roaring Twenties
1963 LeGrand Jones (Spradley) and Fred Sander: Court of A Night in Blue Hawaii
1964 Cathy Coates (Buchanan) and Hub Ewen Baker, Jr.: Court of Gaiety
1965 Jody Freeman (Leifeste) and Billy Barnett: Kingdom of Diamonds
1966 Deanna Dippel (Alfred) and David Atkinson: An Enchanted Evening
1967 Ella Buchanan (Lossow) and Patrick Cole: Moonlight Serenade
1968 Marjorie Ann Routt (Young) and Ben Edward Boettcher*: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1969 Sue Tomachefsky (Raup) and Michael Schomburg: Moonlight and Roses
1970 Christie Barnes (Webb) and Paul LaRoche III: Kingdom of Celestial Realms
1971 Charlyn Gail Rosenbaum (Schoenvogel) and Charles Walter Schwartz: Court of Enchanted Reveries
1972 Mary Ruth Giddings (Wenske) and Thomas Hodnett Swygert, Jr.: Court of Serendipity
1973 Kathie Pomykal (Boehnemann) and Charles Ray Hahn: Court of Utopia
1974 Elizabeth Jane Winfield (Rigney) and Robert Schaer Stark: Court of Medieval Enchantment
1975 Karen Boehnke (Thornton) and Richard Joseph O’Malley: Court of Nostalgia
1976 Ann Lea Schwartz (Bishop) and Delbert “Bubba” Stark, Jr., Commander in Chief: Maifest 1776
1977 Cheri Kay O’Malley (Addicks) and Kevin Ray Lehmann: Court of Romance
1978 Catherine Lynn Tabor (Jury) and Joseph Anthony Garnett: The Mystical Court of Game and Chance
1979 Regina Ellermann (Holtkamp) and David Scott Higgs: Court of Shooting Stars
1980 Kay Lynn Schwartz (Murphy) and Kevin Matthew O’Malley: Court of Musical Memories
1981 Tamara Kay Lehmann and Robert Kyle Gaskamp: Court of Maifest Potpourri
1982 Rebecca Lynn Tate (Ehlert) and Henry Julius Boehm, III: Court of Oriental Splendor
1983 Lois Winkelmann (Kolkhorst) and John Williamson Barnhill, III: Court of Showboat Time
1984 Jenifer Claire Damon (Hungate) & Mark Wesley Spinn and Julia Deanne Damon (Wolff) & John Frederick Hajovsky: Court of Fun and Fantasy
1985 Lea Ann Boeker (Bartay) and Ross Oscar Sommers: Court of Fantasy Flight
1986 Teresa Elizabeth Boehm (Cole) and Jason Andrew Young: Court of Festivals
1987 Susan Dyan Lueckemeyer (Lancaster) and Scott Michael Baehren: Court of Majestical Alps
1988 Stephanie Dawn Schulte (Pennell) and James Eric Moser: Court of Memories
1989 Jenifer Jean Hermann and Brent Ross Gaskamp: Court of Mystical Dreams
1990 Anne Catherine Hamrick (Tarwater) and John Andrew Schulte: Court of Araby
1991 Sara Beth Williams (Hardy) and Jarvis Wade Van Dyke: A Celebration of Renaissance Royalty
1992 Dana Katherine Neal (Hext) and Michael Chad Gerke: A Celebration of the Age of Discovery
1993 Julie Elizabeth Bullock (Wunz) and Kelley Martin Hughes: That’s Entertainment!
1994 Addie Estefana Rexroad (Braziel) and Bradley Scott Tegeler: Music, Music, Music!
1995 Kathryn Adele Kenjura (Hall) and Kevin Lane Schubert: Hooray for Hollywood
1996 Sarah Elizabeth Seidel (Brieden) and Kristopher Scott Ehlert: Sea Paradise
1997 Courtney Cook (Holm) and John Bolling Schaer, III: Viva Las Vegas
1998 Amy Elizabeth Boettcher (Ging) and Kyle Norman Kokemoor: Starry Nights and City Lights
1999 Caroline Cook (Maxwell) and Joshua Robert Hyatt: A Medieval Quest
2000 Jenny Marie Wehmeyer (Schaer) and Michael Henry Hopkins, Jr.: The Rhythms of Life
2001 Sarah Kathryn Rothermel (Teeter) and Jared Alexander Jones: 2001: A Timeless Journey
2002 Hanna Beth Houston and Jackson O’Malley: Cruise Hawaiian Style
2003 Stephanie Lane Holtkamp (Koehler) and Benton William Schulze, IV: Parties of a Lifetime
2004 Jodi Winkelmann (Lyons) and Tyler Kennedy Wackman: An American Salute
2005 Brittany Ann Tiaden (von Rosenberg) and Devin Voelter: Passports to Postcards
2006 Kristen Gail Westbrook and Chase Morgan Schulze: Waltz Across Texas
2007 Brooke Leigh Higgs (Kaminski) and William Severin Witte: Music and Memories Throughout the Decades
2008 Margaret Lorriane Crowson (Melton) and Jared Christopher Tiemann: Visionary Voyages
2009 Victoria Elizabeth Lehrmann and Marshall Wilson Haley: The Best is Yet to Come
2010 Elizabeth Anne Stark and Jacob Gene Lange: Spotlights and Showcases
2011 Jane Cornelia (Corrie) Newman and Guy Richard Buls: Once in a Blue Moon Bash
2012 Janie Susan Cangelosi and Clayton Cash Conway: Music Revolution MMXII
2013 Tatum Carli Westerfeld (Lackey) and Dallas Riley Wooten-Gonzales: Live From New York; It’s Maifest 2013
2014 Caroline Rosemary Webb and Caleb Scott Rodenbeck: Celebrations Across Texas
2015 Gretchen Madison West (Yeager) and Halen Scott Tilley: Brenham Maifest 125 Our Hometown Rocks!
2016 Hannah Elizabeth Damon and Colson Charles Altman and Madison LeAnne Tomachefsky: It’s Our World, What’s Your Story?
2017 Gracie Kate Westerfeld and Jacob McFaddin Pyle: Fly Me to Paradise
2018 Caroline Miller Cone and Noah Lee Ragonis Sara Ann Guiberteau and Stephen Parker Puckett: Maifest 2018 Our Excellent Adventures
2019 Chloe Katherine Hamilton and Willis Kirkpatrick Webb: Glamour and the Great Outdoors
2020 Annie Elizabeth Clepper and Cole Alexander Ragonis: Maifest 2020 The Great Jungle Journey
2021 Clara Ashley Hamilton and Carter Houston McVean: British Invasion
2022 Moli Ragonis and Blake Cutter Jones: And the Award Goes to… Maifest 2022
2023 Lauren Ruth Hook and Ashton Kiel Behrens: Musical Memories
2024 Ashley Ribbon Jones and Lucas Cash Flynn: Viva Las Vegas
2025 Emmerson Taylor Behrens: Summer of a Lifetime
View the Past Junior 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.