Lilac royalty

The five members of the 2019 Lilac Court posed for their first official photograph on Sunday, March 3, after being selected from a field of 11 contestants. The young women and their parents met with Lilac Queen Contest chairman Brittney Conway, assistant chairman Nancy Spartz and committee members Maria Uribe and Stacy Schroeder of the GFWC Illinois Lombard Junior Women’s Club at the club’s clubhouse in Eastgate Shopping Center. Pictured are (left to right) Princess Madison Crowe, Princess Elaine Wesling, Princess Emily Hansel, Princess Melissa Florey and Princess Sydney Wilson. The preliminary judging for the contest was also held on March 3 at Sunset Knoll Recreation Center.