2009 Honey Princess Winners

Little Honey Princess - Taylor Smith

Junior Honey Princess - Haley McIntosh

Honey Princess - Courtney Hamblin

A Bee-utiful trio!

2009 Honey Queen Pageant Winners

Second Runnerup Kimberli Blevins, 2009 Honey Queen Joy Thornburg, First Runnerup Bobbi McIntosh

Kimberli will receive a free tuition scholarship for one class at Lees College and Bobbi will receive a free tuition scholarship for one semester at Lees College. Congratulations to our all bee-utiful ladies!

2009 Honey Queen Scholarship Pageant Winner

Joy Thornburg is our 2009 Honey Festival Scholarship Pageant Winner!

Joy will receive a full tuition one year scholarship to Lees College, Jackson, KY. She is currently a student at Hazard Community College and plans a career in Veterinary Medicine.

Joy will be introduced at the Halftime of the 2009 Honey Bowl when Breathitt High takes on rival Prestonsburg High School.

Be on the lookout for our beautiful Honey Queen as she fulfills her duties this weekend. You may catch a glance of her in the parade, in a classroom of students, munching on a famous corn dog from the 4-H food booth or at many of the festivals other activities.

Congratulations Joy!

New Exhibitor - Homescent Candles

New Exhibitor Carolyn Goble is from Hagerhill, Ky. She is new this year to the Honey Festival and has beautiful handmade gift baskets, candles, tart warmers and accessories. Be sure to check out her booth this year.

Crafts Galore!

The Honey Festival is known for the beautiful, fine arts and crafts that are displayed by our exhibitors. Only fine arts and crafts are displayed under the large 30' x 300' Craft Tent.

You are encouraged to watch the crafters demonstrating their techniques to the visitors. Watch fine leather belts being made, crochet and quilting, flower wreaths, hairbows, handmade brooms... the list is endless and varies from year to year.

August 6th Honey Festival Committee Meeting

The next Honey Festival Meeting will be held at 6pm on Thursday August 6th in the Fellowship Room of New Hope Baptist Church. The Church is located at the intersection of Hwy 30 west and Hwy 52. Come around to the back of the church to enter the basement Fellowship Room. All who are interested in taking part in the planning and events of the festival are encouraged to attend.

Live Music - Broadway Music Stage

The Breathitt County Honey Festival has live music from the Broadway Music Stage planned for the whole weekend. Friday's are a variety of County, Rock and Pop Bands.

Saturdays include many favorite Bluegrass and Country bands. We always have live Gospel Music from local churches, choirs, and bands on Sunday Afternoon.

After the Community Worship Service is over the live music returns. Sunday Evenings can be a mixture of all styles of music.

Clogging is popular with the crowd and is usually scheduled. Check back for a Music Schedule to be posted.

2009 Honey Bowl

Friday Night is the Annual Honey Bowl

Kick off is at 7:30 pm as Breathitt High takes on rival
Prestonsburg High School.

Half time of the game will be the Introduction of the 2009 Honey Queen.

When the action is over come up to the Craft Tent for a little shopping. Or check out the selections of great menu items in the Food Booths.

The Breathitt Co Museum

While in Jackson, make a visit to the Breathitt Co Museum. There you will find many historical exhibits, photos, scans of historical documents and memorabilia from Breathitt Counties historical past. If you cannot make a visit to the Museum soon, visit the Museum website. There is a link on this page, under Links of Interest. Janie Griffith, Museum Director, is always happy to accept new submissions to the Museum.

Morris Fork Crafts

Beautiful handmade quilts, fine woodcrafts, beautiful fabric crafts, exquisite white oak baskets, finely crafted shaker boxes are just a few of the items made by the Morris Fork Craft Cooperative members.

Morris Fork has been an exhibitor at the Honey Festival almost every year since the show began.

And as you can see, they were winners of one of the Best Booth Awards given each year to the booths with the best design & best quality crafts. Don't miss them this year.