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1 * 2 3 Alert: As of April 30, beaverqueen.swell.gives no longer supports outdated 4 browsers. To continue access, you may need to upgrade your browser. [1]Read 5 more › 6 7 [2] [1713806370] 8 [3] Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association 9 June 1, 2024 | 4pm 10 Duke Park Meadow 11 Menu 12 13 • 14 • [5]Vote for Contestants 15 • [6]Judges 16 • [7]Sponsors 17 • [8]BQP FAQs 18 • [9]About ECWA 19 20 • [10] 21 • [11] 22 • [12] 23 24 Picture of a sticker that has pink illustrations of a peace sign, a heart, and 25 a beaver 26 27 28 29 WHAT IS THE BEAVER QUEEN PAGEANT? 30 31 The Beaver Queen Pageant is Durham’s own special mix of folly, pageantry, and 32 humor. Contestants take on beaver personalities: Fur Pelton John, the Beave 33 Whisperer, and Furrabella-Conchita Carramba. As with every Beauty Queen 34 Pageant, the contestants introduce themselves in their wetlands ready wear, 35 showcase their unique talent, and participate in an interview in their finest 36 evening wear. Beav Aldrin, the 2014 Queen, performed an aerial routine on 37 silks. Furrah Gnawsett-Major, the 2012 Queen, played the Star Wars theme on the 38 clarinet while hula hooping. 39 40 [13]The Beaver Lodge 1504 organized a formal pageant in April 2005 to celebrate 41 a successful community effort by the Duke Park neighborhood to stop the NC 42 Department of Transportation from eradicating a den of beavers that had taken 43 up residence in wetlands north of I-85. Now, the Beaver Queen Pageant serves as 44 a fundraiser for the [14]Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association (ECWA). 45 46 47 48 WHAT IS THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS? 49 50 The 2024 Beaver Queen Pageant is Saturday, June 1st from 4-7 PM in [15]Duke 51 Park Meadow across from the dog park. We'll start at 4 PM with Pre-pageant 52 Activities (think fairy tails, etc, PARADE (4:45pm), and more!) The pageant 53 will begin at 5 PM. There will be activities for the kits, food trucks, a 54 lemonade stand, and a Locopops cart. 55 56 57 58 HOW DO I GET THERE? 59 60 The pageant is located in the meadow of Duke Park near the intersection of 61 Englewood Ave and Acadia Street. Please consider walking, biking, bussing, or 62 carpooling to the pageant this year! 63 64 GoDurham Route 4 will can drop you off at the back of Duke Park (instersection 65 of Roxborro and Knox). There is limited parking available at Duke Park along 66 Acadia Street. Parking is also available along the neighborhood streets, we ask 67 that you please be respectful to our Duke Park neighbors! 68 69 70 71 HOW DO I PARTICIPATE? 72 73 1. [16]Vote early and often for your favorite contestants ($5/vote). 74 75 2. Help spread the word about this year's pageant and your favorite contestants 76 through social media, email, word of mouth, and tag the [17]Beaver Queen 77 Pageant on Instagram. Make sure to follow ECWA on [18]Facebook and [19] 78 Instagram, and the Beaver Lodge Local 1504 on [20]Facebook. 79 80 3. Show up on Saturday, June 1st at the Duke Park Meadow. Walk, ride your bike, 81 or carpool if you can! Wear a costume (with a tail!) if you want! Bring cash or 82 a credit card to buy merch (shirts, totes, pins, car magnets, and more!) and 83 votes ($5/vote). 84 85 86 87 IS THE BEAVER QUEEN PAGEANT REALLY FAMILY-FRIENDLY? 88 89 Yes, the pageant is a hit with kids of all ages due to the outrageous costumes 90 and fun performances. While there will be plenty of puns and double entendre 91 about the multiple meanings of “beaver”, it is usually far too subtle for most 92 young fans. 93 94 95 96 HOW IS IT A FUNDRAISER? 97 98 Our fabulous [21]business sponsors make generous contributions. Please support 99 them leading up to pageant! 100 101 You can make a financial contribution to support ECWA by [22]voting for your 102 favorite beaver character. Though the judges, also known as the Board of 103 Corruption, keep their selection methods secret, votes do matter when the 104 judges select the Queen. Every vote costs $5. You can vote online anytime 105 between now and the day of the event! 106 107 108 109 WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF THE BEAVER QUEEN PAGEANT? 110 111 This year is the Beaver Queen Pageant’s 20^th year. The event is uniquely 112 Durham: a mash-up of community, creativity, playfulness, and advocacy for a 113 cause. 114 115 The first event was held in April of 2005 in celebration of a successful 116 community effort by the Duke Park neighborhood to stop the NC Department of 117 Transportation from eradicating a den of beavers that had taken up residence in 118 wetlands north of I-85. Beverly Woody was crowned the first Beaver Queen 119 following an amazing clog dancing routine. 120 121 The following year 6 people wanted to compete for the crown of Beaver Queen and 122 The Beaver Lodge Local 1504 organized a formal pageant for the multitudes. 123 Celebrity judges and bribes became the norm. Since the beginning well over 50 124 people of many genders, races, and orientations have competed for the coveted 125 Beaver Queen crown and a uniquely Durham tradition has grown. The Pageant 126 typically raises about $25,000 for ECWA. 127 128 We’ve even had our first interspecies Queen: Miz Polly Nator was crowned the 129 2015 Beaver Queen and helped make Durham a Bee City. This national designation 130 raises awareness about the many contributions of bees and other pollinators to 131 the environment and food system. 132 133 You can watch previous year's Beaver Queen Pageants on the [23]Beaver Lodge 134 Youtube Channel. 135 136 [27][Vote!] 137 Each share, tweet, and email helps us spread the word about Ellerbe Creek 138 Watershed Association. 139 140 [28] Share [29] Tweet [30] Email 141 You've Helped Raise 142 Thank you to our sponsors 143 144 [31]Our Facebook Page 145 146 [32] Swell Fundraising, LLC 147 © 2024 Swell Fundraising, LLC. 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