Sydney Grace Collett Appointed As A Princess For The 86th Mountain State Forest Festival

Mountain State Forest Festival Director General Peggy Phillips has announced that Sydney Grace Collett will serve as a Princess to the Royal Court of Maid Silvia LXXXVI, Lilly Harper Ryan.

Princess, Sydney Grace Collett, was appointed by Mountain State Forest Festival Director General Peggy Phillips. She is the daughter of Alan and Trish Collett of Elkins. She is the granddaughter of the late David Collett and Gloria Collett of Elkins and Rick and Susan White of Belington. Princess Sydney has three sisters, Alayna Higgins, and Cayla and Jeyna Collett. Sydney is a 2024 graduate of Elkins High School, where she was an honor roll student. She was a Davis Academy Intern and completed her EMT Certification through Pierpont Community College. In the fall, Sydney will be a freshman at West Virginia Wesleyan College, where she is the recipient of the Deans Scholarship and will be majoring in Nursing with plans to obtain her Bachelor of Science Degree and become a flight nurse.

Please join Sydney Grace Collett and the other Royal Princesses, as they descend Coronation Hill at the crowning of Maid Silvia the 86th on Friday, October 4, 2024, at 2 p.m. at the Citizens Bank of WV Outdoor Amphitheater on the campus of Davis and Elkins College. More information is available by calling the festival office at 304-636-1824, visiting festival social media, or by visiting www.forestfestival.com.