2005 Mother Lode Round-Up

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2005 Mother Lode Round-Up Queen

Kim Silva is our Mother Lode Round Up Queen for 2005. A Sonora High School Graduate, Kim attended Columbia College and plans to finish her associate of science degree in the Modesto Junior College dental hygiene program.

Kim will represent the Tuolumne County Sheriff's Posse at this years Mother Lode Round-Up and will keep a busy schedule representing them at other events throughout the coming year. Kim won the horsemanship and appearance categories of the competition to secure her title. Some of the prizes Kim won were a saddle, matching horse breast collar for her saddle, tiara, trophy buckle, and use of a horse trailer for the year. She also received a $2,000 scholarship toward completing her degree. Congratulations Kim! It's going to be a fantastic year!

The 2005 Mother Lode Round-Up Parade was again a huge success. It was a day of brilliant sunshine and warm temperatures. Of the 168 separate entries, these 37 were honored as best-of-class:

Class 1	The Tuolumne County Cup	Onstage Dance Studio
Class 2	The Mother Lode Round-Up Sweepstakes	Reily Wivell and Emilie Shadle
Class 3	Commercial Floats	Onstage Dance Studio
Class 4	Service Clubs Walking	Sonora Parent Nursery School
Class 5	Special or Comic Floats	1st Guns of the Chosen Few
Class 6	Color Guards, Walking	Somerville Junior ROTC
Class 7	Best IndividualCharactor of Characters, walking	Sonora International Jousting Championships
Class 8	Specialty or Novelty Acts Senior	Mother Lode Shrine Clowns
Class 9	Specialty or Novelty Acts Junior	Randi Murray's Dance Studio
Class 10	Best Pooper Scooper Entry	Matuca Bros., E Crapus Vitus, search & Rescue and Pizza Co.
Class 11	Special or Unique Musical Groups	Bobby Freeman Mobile Music and Song
Class 14	Drill Teams	Curtis Creek Mustang Band and Drill Team
Class 15	Best Military, Group or Individual	American Legion, Smyth Bolter Post 58
Class 16	Fire Department Entry	Sonora Vol. Fire Dept Eureka Engine Co #1
Class 17	Horseless Carriage, Antique or Classic Auto	Hayles and Symons & Tuolumne County Historical Society
Class 18	Car Clubs	Northern California Dodge Brothers & Sisters Group
Class 19	Motorcycle Clubs	Sierra Saints Chapter of the Christian Motorcyclists
Class 22	Mounted Groups Junior( to age 18)	The 4H Horse Project Group
Class 23	Mounted Groups, Senior	Back Country Horsemen, Mid Valley Unit
Class 24	Plain Western Mounted	Mark Alexander
Class 25	Sheriff's Posse (open)	Monterey County Sheriff's Mounted Posse
Class 27	Novelty-Fiesta Costume Jr	Heidi Mc Adams
Class 29	Novelty-Fiesta Mounted Group	Bustle and Beaus
Class 30	Fancy Dressed, Junior (to age 18)	Justine Yarborough
Class 31	Fancy Dressed, Senior	Candy Graham
Class 32	Fancy Parade Horse	Calaveras Gold Dust Horses
Class 33	Matched Pairs	Reiley Wivell and Emilie Shadle
Class 38	Future Horseman (ages 1 - 8)	Hailee Pettit & Duster
Class 37	Horse-Pony Drawn Vehicles	Country Doctor Davey Wiser