The 49th Annual Wausau Possum Festival and Funday featured a Pageant, a Parade, a Possum Auction, a Pancake Breakfast, the World-Famous ‘Wausau Possum King & Queen Contest’ as well as food, entertainment, vendors and one of the most unique experiences in the world.
Although one of the longest ‘King & Queen’ contests on record, the crowd enjoyed cooler weather on the evening of August 3 than normal, along with a demonstration of why Woman’s Day Magazine declared the Wausau Possum Festival as ‘One of The Eight Most Unique Festivals In the World’.
Here are a few images from the Friday, August 3, 2018 ‘Possum King & Queen Contest’, in which Washington County, Florida Commissioners Todd Abbott and Tray Hawkins served as a Judges, as seen by Real Florida Media, a subsidiary of The Gouldng Agency in Chipley, Florida.
During the event, and in answer to a plea from the emcee, Commissioner Todd Abbott challenged the rest of the panel of judges, along with all other elected officials at the event, to match his donation of $100 to help out one of the Wausau residents in need, to which Tray Hawkins responded in kind, along with several others in the crowd.
See more of the over 5,000 photos and video clips from the event here on Facebook at Real Florida Magazine or online at www.WausauPossumFestival.com.
