Looking for the next Apple Blossom Cotillion Queen

2017 Apple Blossom Queen Katherine Moulton.  Photo by Marie LaPlante

High school senior girls in the communities served by Springfield Hospital and Springfield Medical Care Systems are invited to participate in the 62nd annual Apple Blossom Cotillion. One of them will join the select group of Apple Blossom Queens.


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Looking for the next Apple Blossom Cotillion Queen | November 17, 2017 High school senior girls in the communities served by Springfield Hospital and Springfield Medical Care Systems (SMCS) are invited to participate in the 62nd annual Apple Blossom Cotillion. One of them will join the select group of Apple Blossom Queens. This special community event continues to be both a unique tradition and a rite of passage for area young people. Girls present themselves with and without their escorts and are interviewed by a panel of judges. Applications are available at www.springfieldmed.org and at area schools. Applications must be received by Monday, Dec. 4. The master of ceremonies for the 18th consecutive year is Director of Development for SMCS Larry Kraft. For information, call Kraft at (802) 885-7644, or lkraft@springfieldmed.org. The director of the 2018 Cotillion is Madison Moreau. While relatively new to the local area, she has been studying and teaching dance for more than 15 years. Her choreographic pieces were featured at Hampshire College, where she was a student, and she worked for the Basketball Hall of Fame as a choreographer. She also volunteered with the Good Company Theater, a nonprofit community organization in Granby, Connecticut, before moving to Springfield, Vermont. Proceeds from the event are used for the Dr. E. Sherburne Lovell Health Career Award and to benefit Springfield Hospital and the 10 community health centers of SMCS. An orientation for all parents and participants, including elementary school, is at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 7, at Dressel Gymnasium at Riverside Middle School. Weekly rehearsals for high school couples start immediately after that orientation. Rehearsals for elementary school participants start Sunday, Feb. 25. It all culminates with performances Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5.