2026 OZARK MEMORIES DAY PAGEANT

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September 19, 2026

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Dover High School Auditorium

101 Pirates Loop - Dover, AR

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Check-in from 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM    Pageant Starts at 3:00 PM
Deadline: September 11, 2026

ENTRY FEE IS $30 ~ OVERALL SUPREME: $10 (Optional)
 

Judging and Conduct: Judges will be looking for facial beauty, personality, stage presence, modeling ability (ages 7 & up) and the contestants overall appearance. The judges will deduct points for excessive make-up or inappropriate clothing; NO fake enhancements allowed. For the Little Miss/Mister competition, judges will not count off for missing teeth, bruises, braces or anything else that a child normally encounters during childhood. The pageant Director will pick qualified and impartial judges and their names will not be released before the pageant. Good conduct and sportsmanship is expected at all times during the contest and throughout the reign of each queen. Bad sportsmanship from a contestant, family member, supporter, or queen will result in disqualification and/or relinquishing of the queen's title. Bat attitudes and language will NOT be tolerated.

Age Groups and Information: Boys age 0-3 years and 4-Up; girls ages 0-18 months, 19-35 months, 3-4 years, 5-6 years, 7-8 years, 9-10 years, 11-13 years, 14-16 years, 17-20 years and 21-39 years, and 40 and over. Contestant must compete as age the day of the pageant. If your child is crowned a king/queen, please stay after the pageant for a short meeting regarding parade information and pictures. The director has the right to combine or split any age division according to the number of entries received by the deadline.

Attire and Dressing Rooms: Girl and Boy Contestants will compete in Pageant/Formal attire. Girls may wear pageant/formal dresses or flower girl type dresses. Long or short formals are allowed. Boys will wear suits or tuxedos. Please note that there is limited amount of space in the dressing rooms, so please come as ready as possible. No more than one guest is allowed in the dressing room with the contestant.

Contestant Prizes: Contestant prizes will be awarded the day of the pageant. Each division winner will receive a prize package consisting of crown, sash, and other gifts. There will be 1st and 2nd Alternate awarded in each age division.

One contestant will be awarded the Overall Supreme Winner. This is the contestant with the overall highest score from all contestants who entered. To be eligible for the overall title, there is an additional $10 free and this is optional.

All King/Queens will represent the Ozark Memories Day festival; during the year at requested events and will be expected to ride in the 2026 Ozark Memories Day Parade on Saturday, September 26, at 10 AM. Information will be given after the pageant.

There will also be Crowd Favorite Category based off of Ticket Sales!!
Please bring tickets to pageant cut apart with cash in a sealed envelope with contestants name.

Tickets will be emailed to you up on request or printed from the Word document below. 

Crowd Favorite Tickets: Download and print as many as you want.

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​You can submit the form and pay online or you can mail your entry form and fees to:

Dover Chamber of Commerce - OMD Pageant
PO Box 731
Dover, AR 72837

Questions should be addressed to: Amanda at 479-518-6110