Little Miss Emma Parker Takes A Bow

LINCOLN — Siblings occasionally compete simultaneously in separate categories, but rarely wind up escorting each other during the Lincoln Riding Club Rodeo royalty pageant,

Things nearly changed in 2017.

Instead, what happened became a story of perseverance

Ethan Parker threw his hat in the ring and won the 2017 LRC title of Little Mister while his sister Emma Parker also entered the competition as a candidate for LRC Little Miss. Emma, then 4, was among candidates, who had to wait for next year. Had she won Ethan would have had his sister for an escort.

Ethan and Emma’s parents are Bryce and Jessie Parker, of Farmington. After the 2017 Lincoln Rodeo another brother, Mason, was born into rodeo adding one more personality to the Parker household.

One of the foundations of rodeo mandates overcoming disappointment by coming back strong in the next go-round, and Emma remained true to the tradition of the sport.

When cowboys get bucked off, they get back on.

Emma didn’t get hung up on her placing, comparing herself to brother’s triumph in 2017.

The birth of baby brother, Mason, expanded Emma’s worldview. She has a few other things going as well. Emma is a member of the Cove Creek Clever Clovers 4-H Club. She enjoys raising and showing pigs from her Pa’s farm. Last year she won Grand Champion Market Hog at the Washington County Fair. Emma also loves tumbling and attends classes once a week. When Emma grows up she wants to be a teacher just like her Aunt Maegan.

Ethan wrapped up his reign in 2018, while Emma clambered back into the LRC pageant for another go-round competing for the 2018 Little Miss crown and this time she won.

Now, 6-year-old Emma readies herself to relinquish her crown.

This year’s Little Mister and Little Miss contest will start off at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7, in front of the bandstand set up for the street dance on the Lincoln Square.

SUBMITTED PHOTO Emma Parker, 6-yearold daughter of Bryce and Jessie Parker, of Farmington, won the 2018 Lincoln Riding Club Little Miss title. Emma completed Kindergarten at Bob Folsom Elementary in the spring. She has two brothers, Ethan and Mason.