DIXFIELD – Sunday’s Dolly Parton Look-A-Like contest packed the Countryfolk Music Theatre on Route 2 in East Dixfield village with people of all ages.

It also gave five women an opportunity to show off and either sing a Dolly song or share a few Parton words.

Prior to the 1:15 p.m. show, which was won by Sally Latham of Fayette, the flashily dressed women stood sequestered behind the crowd in and near a small building.

Wearing white leather cowgirl boots dangling rawhide strips, a flashy red blouse, white shorts, a beaded bejeweled headdress, and thickly applied red lipstick, Latham, a long-haired blonde, flirted for photographers, then quickly ducked into the building.

“Bubble wrap never got so much attention before,” she said, referring to her tightly packed, overly endowed bodice.

The show began with Joan Hakala of Rumford, walking to the stage when called by host Larry Bisbee. She wore a black blouse, denim shorts and black sunglasses.

The other four watched her go, then listened as Hakala sang a few verses of Parton’s hit song, “9 to 5,” while accompanied by performing artist friends Paula Kaiser of the “Off the Hill” band and Margaret Arsenault of band “Nickels and Dimes.”

Then it was Latham’s turn.

“Oh, I want to see this,” contestant Edith Garey of Peru said, stepping out with the others to watch Latham work the crowd. Garey, Dolly No. 5, wore a long white frilled dress and pink hat.

“Oh, God, I’m No. 3,” Cally Brann of Dixfield said. She wore black cowboy boots and a hard-to-describe fashion statement, which she referred to simply as a “coat of many colors.”

“I’m doing this for fun, because you have to act ridiculous at least once a year,” Brann said.

Meanwhile, Garey tried to figure out how to better her chances.

“I’m not too sexy, but maybe I can do something like this,” Garey said coyly while inching up her dress, baring her lower left thigh.

Dolly No. 4 was musician and vocalist Lorelei Dodge of South Paris and band “Rock ‘n Country,” who performs regularly at Countryfolk. She was dressed in a sequined blue denim outfit, black cowboy hat and bright red leather cowgirl boots.

Brann’s trip to the stage elicited a scolding, “No kissing the judges,” from Bisbee. After a quick speech, she stood beside Sally Latham, then watched Dodge stroll up carrying a guitar.

On stage, Dodge sang “I’ll Always Love You,” then Garey walked up, spoke and stood beside the others.

“There’s a cash prize of, oh my God! Look at those legs!” Bisbee exclaimed while trying to tell the crowd about the $20 prize for first place, then turning and seeing what Garey was doing behind his back.

However, Sally Latham tallied the most points from judges and highest applause to win.

Each weekend during the summer, Bisbee’s theater features volunteer performing artists while raising scholarship money to benefit young musicians.

The season then ends on a weekend, featuring a three-day jamboree and a contest of some kind. Last year, it was a Willie Nelson Look-A-Like event.

Countryfolk ended its ninth season on Sunday, having raised more than $4,000 throughout its tenure, Bisbee said. This year’s scholarships helped teens in Farmington, Fayette, Rumford, Bethel, South Paris, and Biddeford.

“Our goal is to raise $10,000 and put it into a long-term CD and use the interest forever to support kids, so that long after I’m gone, there will still be Countryfolk scholarships. I’m proudest of how many volunteers there are for this and that we can do this to encourage youth musicians,” Bisbee said.