It’s state fair time and in Minnesota that means the crowning of the 53rd Princess Kay of the Milky Way. She will be named the evening before the Minnesota State Fair opens, Wednesday August 23, at the Minnesota State Fair band shell.
Princess Kay of the Milky Way serves as the official goodwill ambassador for Minnesota’s nearly 5,400 dairy farmers who provide wholesome products to dairy consumers. Princess Kay is either a dairy farmer’s daughter, an employee of a dairy farm, or the daughter of a dairy farm employee. Midwest Dairy Association’s Minnesota Division sponsors the program to help communicate with people about the dairy industry and its products.
Rebekah Dammann of Lester Prairie in McLeod County is the reigning Princess Kay. She will pass on the crown to one of 12 county dairy princesses vying for the 2006-2007 title. One of Princess Kay’s first official duties is to sit in a rotating cooler for nearly eight hours on the opening day of the State Fair while her likeliness is sculpted out of a 90-pound block of butter. The 11 other contestants will have their likenesses sculpted in butter throughout the remaining days of the fair. Associated Milk Producers, Inc. of New Ulm makes and provides the butter.
You can see photos of the candidates and their bios here.
3 Comments on “Princess Kay of the Milky Way”
My father,Howard T.Ryan, was instrumental in the early days of the ADA,My grandmother made the “Butter Dress” for “Princess Kay of the Milky Way” in our kitchen,I was able to sit in the dugout with the Twins as a young boy,I was just wondering if any one remembers my dad, Howard, if so please send me a note,he has since passed on,allthough my mother still is with us,I also was the little boy who painted the “Butter Balls”yellow,that were thrown out out by the governor on “Dairy Days”,Thank you,David Ryan
My father,Howard T.Ryan, was instrumental in the early days of the ADA,My grandmother made the “Butter Dress” for “Princess Kay of the Milky Way” in our kitchen,I was able to sit in the dugout with the Twins as a young boy,I was just wondering if any one remembers my dad, Howard, if so please send me a note,he has since passed on,allthough my mother still is with us,I also was the little boy who painted the “Butter Balls”yellow,that were thrown out out by the governor on “Dairy Days”,Thank you,David Ryan
My father,Howard T.Ryan, was instrumental in the early days of the ADA,My grandmother made the “Butter Dress” for “Princess Kay of the Milky Way” in our kitchen,I was able to sit in the dugout with the Twins as a young boy,I was just wondering if any one remembers my dad, Howard, if so please send me a note,he has since passed on,allthough my mother still is with us,I also was the little boy who painted the “Butter Balls”yellow,that were thrown out out by the governor on “Dairy Days”,Thank you,David Ryan