Tri Delta Is Kentucky Derby Festival Queen

Football Fan · #1 05-07-2014, 12:10 AM

Centre College senior, Julia Springate, is the 2014 Kentucky Derby Festival Queen. Julia is a biology major at Centre and studied abroad in Scotland. She has served on the Centre College Student Senate and volunteered at the Harvest Hope Food Pantry.

Julia is a native of Louisville, Kentucky.

OneHeartOneWay · #2 05-07-2014, 09:42 AM

If you're not from Louisville/Kentucky, you may think the Kentucky Derby Queen is a pagent, but it is actually a pretty big deal 'round these parts.

5 Princesses are selected based on an extensive interview process and their resumes, and they serve as the Kentucky Derby Festival's "ambassadors" for lack of a better term. They do months worth of work, and the Queen is selected by spinning the wheel at one of the annual balls. The 5 princesses are almost always (I said almost!) Greek. A quick Facebook search showed one was a DZ at UofL, but I wasn't able to determine the others. It's a big honor to be a Derby Princess, and congrats to this year's Queen!

http://discover.kdf.org/join-the-fun/royal-court/

Cheerio · #3 05-07-2014, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by OneHeartOneWay

If you're not from Louisville/Kentucky, you may think the Kentucky Derby Queen is a pagent, but it is actually a pretty big deal 'round these parts.

5 Princesses are selected based on an extensive interview process and their resumes, and they serve as the Kentucky Derby Festival's "ambassadors" for lack of a better term. They do months worth of work, and the Queen is selected by spinning the wheel at one of the annual balls. The 5 princesses are almost always (I said almost!) Greek. A quick Facebook search showed one was a DZ at UofL, but I wasn't able to determine the others. It's a big honor to be a Derby Princess, and congrats to this year's Queen!

http://discover.kdf.org/join-the-fun/royal-court/

Recalling a member of Chi Omega (1959) and a member of Alpha Omicron Pi (2006) have been past Kentucky Derby Queens.