Greetings everyone!
First of all we would like to introduce ourselves: We are the 2012-2013 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty. Ashley Mutka, Queen & Shaina Ducklow and Mackenzie Myers, Princesses.
We are excited to share with all of you the whirlwind of events that we have been fortunate enough to participate in.
We began our reign on Sunday, September 23, 2012, at Coronation. We enjoyed a wonderful meal which included cranberry ice cream :), watched as the 2011-2012 Royalty said their goodbyes and watched their fun photo slideshow and at the end of the event our names were called and we were crowned the new royalty for the 40th Festival! What a night...filled with memories!
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2012-2013 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty
Princess-Shaina Ducklow, Queen-Ashley Mutka, Princess-Mackenzie Myers |
The next week that followed was so exciting. On Thursday, September 27th, we were interviewed on a local TV network by the Mayor of Tomah, during the filming of the Festival's setup. We greeted vendors as they were setting up and also picked a Queen's Choice and two Princess's Choice in the Festival's Quilt Contest. There were a lot of entries to choose from and it was special to get to pick our favorites and there were even special ribbons awarded! We ended the day by decorating our golf cart for the Festival weekend. It even had a giant crown on top!!!
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| Queen Ashley's Choice - Winner - Amy Roberts, Warrens, WI - "Funky Pumpkins" |
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| Princess Shaina's Choice - Winner - Karen Pfaff, New Lisbon, WI - Quilt |
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| Princess Makenzie's Choice - Winner - Eileen Gottbeheat, Tomah, WI - Quilt |
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| Cranberry Royalty showing off the huge crown for their Royal Golf Cart! |
On Friday, September 28th, the Festival officially started! We had a great time experiencing the day! We looked at the contests at the Wetherby Stone Building, went to the World's Largest Cranberry Craisin(TM) Whoopie Pie Event, met the 65th Alice in Dairyland, Rochelle Ripp and Stephanie Klett, WI Secretary of Tourism, handed out the awards/prizes to the winners of the Festival's Recipe Contest, watched Mackenzie's show choir performance with the Tomah Middle School, worked at the Cranberries Jubilee-Giant Fry Pan (which ran out of ice cream before our shift was up - it was a popular event, people stood in line for a long time to sample the cranberry goodness on ice cream), and we ended the day with a visit to the WI Cranberry Discovery Center!
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| Checking out the Flower Contest |
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| Attending the World's Largest Cranberry Craisin Whoopie Pie Event |
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| Princess Shaina, Rochelle Ripp-65th Alice in Dairyland, Queen Ashley & Princess Mackenzie |
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| Queen Ashley, Stephanie Klett-WI Secretary of Tourism, Princess Shaina & Makenzie |
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| Our Royalty helping out at the Giant Fry Pan/Cranberries Jubilee! |
The next day, Saturday, September 29th, we were back again for another fun-filled busy day! We started the day by meeting more of the vendors and welcoming them to our Festival. We met with several special guests including, Col. Steven Nott from Fort McCoy, 2012 WI Fairest of the Fair, Richelle Kastenson and former Governor of Wisconsin, Tommy Thompson. We participated in the Festival's first Flash Mob and danced to the Electric Slide and attended the Crantastic Singers performance, met John Downs the artist of the 40th Festival's poster and we had a photo op with the pumpkins that were especially carved just for the Festival.
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| 2012-2013 Royalty taking some fun photos with the pumpkins! |
The last day of the Festival, Sunday, September 30th. We started our day with the Royalty Tea welcoming all the visiting royalty from other cities around the state of Wisconsin. That was fun and exciting meeting everyone and sharing our experiences. We then participated in the 2nd Festival Flash Mob and danced again to the Electric Slide. All the visiting royalty that was at the tea were present and danced with us too! We had a HUGE picture taken with all the visiting royalty outside of the Fire Station in Warrens and we met Kate Gorman-Miss WI, Madeline Morgan-Miss WI Outstanding Teen, Chrissy Zamora-Miss WI USA and Kate Redeker-Miss WI Teen USA. At Noon, we rode in our very first parade, it was fun and we wore our beautiful robes on the float. What a great festival it was, the weather was perfect and we truly enjoyed every part of it. Especially the cheesecake on a stick! :)
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| Visiting Royalty Picture |
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| Madeline Morgan-Miss WI Outstanding Teen, Kate Gorman-Miss WI, Princess Mackenzie Myers, Queen Ashley Mutka, Princess Shaina Ducklow, Kate Redeker-Miss WI Teen USA & Chrissy Zamora-Miss WI USA |
What a weekend! We had a blast and really enjoyed ourselves. The weather was great, the food was delicious and we were very proud to represent the Warrens Cranberry Festival, celebrating 40 years of cranberries and fun!
Thanks for reading and letting us share our memories with you. Keep watching we will be updating you soon on our many adventures!
2012-2013 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty
Queen-Ashley Mutka & Princesses-Shaina Ducklow & Mackenzie Myers
