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Top row: The official T-shirt front and back, designed by Mount Dora artist Spencer Pettit.

Middle: 2006 Queen Kathy Troher of Lake Geneva, Wisc., struggles to see in the 6-foot okra as she performs the ceremonial harvesting; the reigning queen and her court of former queens, from left: Fran Coker (2003), Sara Steinhoff (2004), Heather McPherson (2005), and Troher.

Bottom: Jimmie Carl of the Simple Cavemen (and author of The Okra Song) performs during a set; Okrafest founders and hosts Mick and Lisa Lochridge.


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