2004 Mother Lode Round-Up

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2004 Mother Lode Round-Up Queen

Miss Meagon Middleton is our 2004 Mother Lode Round -Up Queen. She's sure got some determination! Having sold candy bars to earn her first horse, she had always dreamed of becoming the Mother Lode Round-Up Queen. Meagon worked hard to become not only a great horsewoman but to prove she had all the makings of the 2004 Mother Lode Round- Up Queen. She says she's had an amazing year she'll never forget… Thanks Meagon!

The Round-Up Queen is chosen based on a Judges total scores to pick the winner, but not all the points come from the pageant. Saturday´s event, the Queen´s horsemanship competition, accounts for 30 percent of the total vote in choosing each year's winner.

The 2004 Mother Lode Round-Up Parade was again a huge success. The constant rainstorms of the past few weeks disappeared, giving way to brilliant sunshine and warm temperatures. Of the 168 separate entries, these 34 were honored as best-of-class:

Class 1	The Tuolumne County Cup	E Clampus Vitas, Matuca Chapter 1849
Class 2	The Mother Lode Round-Up Sweepstakes	Country Doctor Davey
Class 3	Commercial Floats	1st Kid's Spot Gymnastic Center 2nd Onstage Dance 3rd Shelz Fitness Plus
Class 4	Service Club Floats	1st Tie: Tuolumne County Sheriff's Search and Rescue and Tuol Co. Special Olympics 2nd Tie: Sonora Red Hat Golden Girls & Korean War Veterans Tuol. Co. Chapter 7 3rd Sonora Elks Lodge
Class 5	Service Club Floats, Junior	1st Girl Scouts of Golden Timbers Association 2nd Christian Heights Assembly, Royal Rangers
Class 6	Service Clubs, Walking	1st Sonora Parent Nursery School 2nd E Clampus Vitus Matuca Chapter 1849 3rd Girl Scouts of Golden Timbers Association
Class 7	Special or Comic Floats	1st Guns of the Chosen Few 2nd Kountry Kids Preschool 3rd. A Ralph's World Party
Class 8	Color Guards, Walking	1st Ahames Color Guard and Marching Patrol 2nd VFW Color Guard 3rd Jamestown Elementary School
Class 9	Best Individual Character or Characters, Walking
Class 10	Specialty or Novelty Acts, Senior	1st Sonora International Jousting Championships 2nd Mother Lode Shrine Clowns 3rd Tuolumne Hot Mama's
Class 11	Specialty or Novelty Acts, Junior (to age 18)	American Sports Acro & Gymnastics
Class 12	Best Pooper-Scooper Entry	Ride Away Center
Class 13	Special or Unique Musical Groups	1st Cross Country Band 2nd American Made Outlaw
Class 14	Majorette, Solo	Tyler Luce
Class 16	Drill Teams	Mustang High Fliers Flag and Drill Team
Class 17	Best Military, Group or Individual	1st Korean War Veterans Association"War Dogs" 203 2nd Christian Heights Church 3rd American Legion, Smyth Bolter Post 58
Class 18	Fire Department Entry	1st Sonora Fire Dept 2nd Columbia Volunteer Fire Dept 3rd Standard Junction Fire Dept
Class 19	Horseless Carriage, Antique or Classic Auto	Northern California Dodge Brothers & Sisters Group 2nd Railtown 1897 State Historic Park 3rd UPS Store
Class 20	Car Clubs	1st Northern California Dodge Brothers & Sisters Group 2nd Antique Automobile Club of Amereica, Mother Lode Region 3rd Mother Lode Volkswagen Club
Class 21	Motorcycle Clubs	Sierra Saints Chapter of the Christian Motorcyclists
Class 23	Color Guards, Mounted Senior	Aahmes Mounted Patrol
Class 25	Mounted Groups, Senior	The Rez Girls
Class 27	Sheriff's Posse (open)	1st Monterey County Sheriff's Mounted Posse 2nd San Joaquin County Sheriff's Posse
Class 28	Silver Mounted (open)	California Pinto Rangers
Class 31	Novelty-Fiesta Mounted Group	1st Shady Ladies of the Mother Lode 2nd Bustle and Beaus
Class 32	Fancy Dressed, Junior (to age 18)	Riley Wivell
Class 33	Fancy Dressed, Senior	Candy Graham
Class 34	Fancy Parade Horse	1st Calaveras Gold Dust 2nd Lady of Renaissance
Class 35	Matched Pairs	Julie Ann and Ruby Peersonius
Class 38	Future Horseman (ages 1 - 8)	Hailee Pettit
Class 39	Horse-Pony Drawn Vehicles	Let'er Buck Western Wear
Class 40	Miniature Horse Clubs	Shady Ladies "Touch of Class"