Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty

Cranberry Royalty Update - Jan 31, 2012

2012-01-31T12:55:00.000-08:00

Greetings from the Warrens Cranberry Festival Princesses: Courtney and Grace!

We have some exciting news to share, we attended the 2012 Miss Seven Rivers & Miss Seven Rivers Outstanding Teen Pageant on Saturday, January 21st.

There were 14 very talented women vying for the title of Miss Seven Rivers and 9 young ladies were competing for the title of Miss Seven Rivers Outstanding Teen.

We watched the contestants answer an onstage question about their platform topic, that each promote. We then watched the lifestyle and fitness portion of the pageant follwed by the artistic expression. At the end of the evening, Jordenne Butler was crowned 2012 Seven Rivers Miss Outstanding Teen and Elizabeth Kramer was crowned 2012 Miss Seven Rivers.

Raenna Johnson, the former Miss Seven Rivers and first-runner up at the Miss Wisconsin Pageant in 2011 was also present at the evening's pageant. She announced that she is taking over the title of Miss Wisconsin for Laura Kaeppeler who was recently crowned 2012 Miss America.

We had a great time and even got our pictures taken with all three of them. It was quite an evening...one that we'll remember forever!

January Royalty Update

2012-01-17T08:05:00.000-08:00

Happy January & Happy New Year Everyone!

We have been keeping quite busy this month. On January 10th, we attended the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association's Winter meeting at the Holiday Inn & Convention Center, in Stevens Point, WI. We really enjoyed walking around and visiting with the vendors. We had a great meal and and ate cranberry bars for dessert! After lunch, we attended the meeting and introduced ourselves and told the audience about the events we have been attending and those that are in our future too. On January 11th, we attended the 2012 WI Fairest of the Fairs banquet and coronation, at the Chula Vista Resort in Wisconsin Dells, WI. This year's theme was "Preserving the Past, Embracing the Future". We enjoyed a delicious meal and visited with other guests at our table that were relatives of Miss Racine, who was actually crowned the winner that very night! There were 37 girls competing for the title and it was a very tough decision to be made by the judges. Finally, after many awards were presented to the different counties, it was announced that Richelle Kastenson, of Racine, WI was the 2012 Fairest of the Fairs! We had the opportunity to meet her after the banquet and posed for some pictures with her too. We really had a great time!

Be sure to check back again next month for the February update.

2011-2012 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty
Queen: Chelsie and Princesses: Courtney & Grace

December Greetings from the 2011-2012 Cranberry Royalty

2011-12-16T12:04:00.000-08:00

December Greetings!

December is almost to its close and what a busy month it has been. On December 2nd, we attend the Sparta Holiday Parade and took part in the 4th parade of our royal reign. It was cold and we stayed warm with our ear muffs and really loved hearing all of the children remark on our float and the spinning present. On December 3rd, we demonstrated cranberry inspired recipes at the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center and we were even interviewed by the Tomah Journal, our local newspaper. On December 10th, Princesses, Courtney and Grace, attended the Warrens Community Christmas/Hope for the Holidays, we helped children make crafts, decorate cookies and even had our picture taken with that famous guy in the red suit and white beard! On December 14th, we visited the Governor's Mansion for the annual holiday visit. We got a tour of the mansion and learned what each room is used for. The mansion is very impressive and beautiful. We are also very proud to say that our float has received two awards recently the "Santa's Favorite" for participation in the Sparta Holiday Parade and 1st Place in the TACC Holiday Parade. Very cool! We worked very hard on the float and it is nice to see our efforts being rewarded so nicely. Check back again next month for the first official update of 2012!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

2011-2012 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty
Queen: Chelsie and Princesses: Courtney and Grace

2011-2012 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty - October Update

2011-10-17T13:26:00.001-07:00

October greetings from your 2011-2012 Cranberry Royalty!

We began our reign with the 2011 Warrens Cranberry Festival. We had a wonderful time meeting all the people, decorating our golf cart, riding in our 1st parade and helping make the cranberries jubilee, just to name a few things! :) On October 1st, we attended the Public Harvest Day at Wetherby Cranberry Co., Marsh, in Warrens. We learned a lot about harvesting the cranberry, our state fruit and the best part was stepping into the hip boots and walking out into the marsh! October 13th we rode in our 2nd parade, celebrating in the Tomah Homecoming Parade. We really had fun seeing all those familiar faces and waving at everyone. October 16th, we attended the Westby Ski Jump Snowflake Coronation. It was a fun evening with lots of good food and watching them crown their new royalty was especially fun. We even got our picture taken with them. Keep watching our blog for another update and also check out the Festival website www.cranfest.com for more pictures and the latest Festival newsletters. Have a great week everyone!

2011-2012 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty
Queen: Chelsie Popp & Princesses: Courtney Sankey & Grace Schroder

2011-2012 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty Announced

2011-10-04T12:51:00.000-07:00

The Warrens Cranberry Festival is pleased to announce the 2011-2012 Cranberry Royalty

2011-2012 Queen - Chelsie Popp of Tomah, WI
2011-2012 Princess - Grace Schroeder of Cashton, WI
2011-2012 Princess - Courtney Sankey of Tomah, WI

From left to right: Princess: Courtney Sankey, Queen: Chelsie Popp, Princess: Grace Schroeder

Interested in being the next Cranberry Queen or Princess

2011-08-26T13:02:00.000-07:00

Click here for more information and the application and apply!

Warrens Cranberry Festival is seeking Royalty Contestants for the upcoming reign of 2011-2012.

Queen candidates must be 16-21 years old, single (never married) and must reside within about 50 miles of Warrens, WI.

Princess candidates must be 12-15 years old, single and must reside within about 50 miles of Warrens, WI.

Visit our website for all details!

Royal Greetings for the week of July 25th!

2011-07-26T07:45:00.000-07:00

Greetings Everyone!

On Sunday, July 24th we traveled to La Crosse for the Loggers Baseball Game. We were fortunate enough to throw the first pitches! We loved watching the rest of the game and we congratulate the Loggers on their 12 to 6 win! Go Loggers!

Be sure to check back again next week for another update.

2010-2011 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty
Queen - Devyn Prielipp
Princesses - Tayler Burkhalter & Danielle Hininger

Royal Cranberry Greetings for the week of July 18, 2011

2011-07-20T10:04:00.000-07:00

Greetings Everyone!

We are pleased to give another royal update & let everyone know what we have been up to. On July 13th, we traveled to West Salem, WI, for the 2011 La Crosse Interstate Fair. It was a gorgeous day and we enjoyed meeting all of the visiting royalty and even had time to see the Fair exhibits and ride a few fair rides. It was a fun day! On July 16th, we went to Black River Falls, WI, for their 2011 Karner Blue Butterfly Festival. We rode in their parade and also met other royalty at their Royalty Tea. It was a hot summer day and we truly enjoyed ourselves.

Be sure to check back again next week for another royal update.

2010-2011 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty
Queen - Devyn Prielipp
Princesses - Tayler Burkhalter & Danielle Hininger

Royal Cranberry Greetings for the week of July 11th, 2011

2011-07-12T06:39:00.001-07:00

July Greetings from your Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty!

We hope that everyone has been enjoying the warm weather of July. We certainly have been enjoying it and have been keeping quite busy too!

On July 2, 2011, the Princesses, Danielle and Tayler, had the opportunity to attend the Jesse Parker Run/Walk at Tomah High School. They served milk and juice to the runners for the pancake breakfast and had a great time meeting people and helping out at the event.

On Independence Day we took part in the Tomah 4th of July Parade. We had a nice time and really enjoyed waving to all of our friends and family from our beautiful float. It was fun being so close to our hometown and seeing those familiar faces. The weather was beautiful and we enjoyed spending the day in our sister city of Tomah, WI.

2010-2011 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty
Queen - Devyn Prielipp
Princesses - Tayler Burkhalter & Danielle Hininger

Cranberry Royalty Greetings for the week of June 27th

2011-07-01T09:13:00.000-07:00

Greetings everyone!

We had another busy week! On Tuesday, June 21st, we attended the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association Golf Outing, in Wisconsin Rapids. The three of us were placed at the Hole in One and got to watch all the golfers make their attempt at winning a brand new truck! On Saturday, June 25th we traveled right next door to the Wetherby Cranberry Marsh in honor of Cranberry Blossom Days! There we listened to our very own Nodji Van Wychen explain the planting and harvesting process of the cranberry. We even got to meet the 2011 Wisconsin Honey Queen - Danielle Dale! Later that day we went to the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center and helped visiting children make crafts. On Sunday, June 26th, we traveled to Wisconsin Rapids for the 2011 Cranberry Blossom Days Parade. It was a beautiful Day and we so enjoy waving and inviting everyone to our Festival.

Looking ahead...we are attending the Jesse Parker Run/Walk event, Tomah 4th of July Parade, WaDaShuda Days Parade, Karner Blue Butterfly Parade, and the Business After 5 at the Fairgrounds in Tomah. We are also excited to being throwing the first pitch at a Logger's Baseball Game too! Whew! and that is just July. We are loving every minute of our Royal reign and are proud to represent this great Festival and appreciate the opportunities we are given!

2010-2011 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty
Queen - Devyn Prielipp
Princesses - Tayler Burkhalter & Danielle Hininger

Royal Greetings for the week of June 20th!

2011-06-22T09:15:00.000-07:00

A Berry Royal Greeting to Everyone!

We had a lot of fun last weekend. On Saturday, June 18th, we were fortunate to attend the 2011 Miss Wisconsin Pageant in Oshkosh, WI. We had so much fun watching all of the beautiful contestants as they competed for the title of Miss Wisconsin 2011. Congratulations to Laura Kaeppler the newly crowned winner! On Sunday, June 19th, we attended the Winona Steamboat Days Parade in Winona, MN. We enjoyed riding in their parade, waving and inviting everyone to our Festival and the beautiful weather too.

Coming up this week...we are attending the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association Golf Outing, Parades in Elroy, WI and Wisconsin Rapids, WI and the Cranberry Blossom Day in Warrens.

Check back again next week for another royal update!

2010-2011 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty
Queen - Devyn Prielipp
Princesses - Tayler Burkhalter & Danielle Hininger

Royal Greetings for the week of June 13th!

2011-06-14T08:05:00.000-07:00

Thank goodness for Summer!

We have been very busy. On Friday, June 10th we attended the Relay For Life at the Tomah High School. We handed out programs and greeted everyone at the door. It was so inspiring to hear how brave the cancer surviors are and all of their stories. On Sunday, June 12th, we traveled to Sparta, WI, for their Annual Sparta Butterfest Parade! We had tons of fun waving to everyone on the parade route, inviting them to our Festival. We also got a chance to look at all of their booths, eat some awesome fair food, and even watched a lumberjack show! Coming up this week is the Miss Wisconsin Pageant on Saturday, June 18th, and the Winona Steamboat Days Parade on Sunday, June 19th.

Be sure to check back again next week for another "royal" update!

2010-2011 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty
Queen - Devyn Prielipp
Princesses - Tayler Burkhalter & Danielle Hininger

Greetings from the Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty

2011-06-09T06:18:00.001-07:00

Hello and Happy Summer to all!

We have had a very fun and busy week.

On Saturday, June 4th, we attended the Monroe County Dairy Breakfast. We had a delicious breakfast and served cranberry apple juice to all the visitors. We had a great time visiting with all the people. From there we headed over to West Salem, WI, for their June Dairy Days Parade, it was a beautiful day and we had fun inviting everyone to our Festival in September. Later that evening, we attended the 2011 Miss Sparta Pageant in Sparta, WI. That was super fun to get dressed up and meet all the contestants and other visiting royalty.

On Sunday, June 5th, we got up early and headed to Eleva, WI, for their Eleva Broiler Festival Parade. It was another beautiful & sunny day and we enjoyed riding on the float.

Coming up at the end of this week we will be attending the Relay For Life on Friday, June 10th & the Sparta Butterfest Parade on Sunday, June 12th...so check back again next week for another Royalty update.

2010-2011 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty
Queen - Devyn Prielipp
Princesses - Tayler Burkhalter & Danielle Hininger

2011 Cranberry Royalty May Update

2011-05-27T09:23:00.001-07:00

Happy May Everyone!

We are very pleased to share that we had the opportunity to attend the 2011 Alice in Dairyland Finals on Saturday, May 14th. We had a lot of fun, tons of yummy food and also got a chance to meet and talk with the five final contestants. There was even a chocolate fountain!

The very next morning we got up early and headed to Westby, WI for thier Syttende Mai Parade. We had so much fun atop the float and invited everyone to our Festival in September. We also attended the Westby Syttende Mai Coronation the previous weekend and had a fabulous time there as well.

We are so looking forward to our busy summer schedule and can't wait for all the parades!

Check back again soon for another "berry" special Royal Update!

2010-2011 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty
Queen - Devyn Prielipp
Princess - Tayler Burkhalter & Danielle Hininger

Princess Danielle Helps With A School Project On The Cranberry!

2011-05-09T09:56:00.000-07:00

2010-2011 Princess Danielle Hininger helped her Cousin, Morgan Cudo, a Fourth Grader at Sand Lake Elementary School, in Holmen, WI, with her school project on the cranberry. Morgan did a great job on her project and handed out all sorts of flyers and information on the cranberry. She even had some yummy samples of craisens that she passed out, courtesy of the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center. Princess Danielle was asked to come and represent the cranberry industry and the Warrens Cranberry Festival. Danielle spoke to about 50 to 60 children and many parents as well. The children were very excited to meet Danielle and asked many questions. One of the little children even asked Princess Danielle if she was Princess Kate, they were all pretty taken with the sash and crown. Danielle really enjoyed helping her little cousin Morgan and had a lot of fun too! We hope Morgan got an excellent grade on her project about the cranberry.

Below: Princess Danielle Hininger and Morgan Cudo presenting on the cranberry

Royalty Update for the week of April 25th!

2011-04-27T07:26:00.000-07:00

Hello and greetings to everyone!

We hope you all had a Happy Easter...we sure did! We had tons of fun at the Warrens Community Easter Party on Saturday, April 23rd. While we were there we had a yummy pancake breakfast, joined in with the Hand Bell Choir and children and enjoyed Grandpa Nick's Petting Zoo that made an appearance at the Party as well. On Monday, April 25th, Nodji took us all shopping in La Crosse to get our Sportswear. That was super fun and we found some really nice things. We can't wait to wear them as soon as the weather warms up a little. On Friday, April 29th, we will be attending the Sparta Butterfest Festmasters Reception & Banquet, we can't wait that will be a fun night. We are so looking forward to some beautiful weather for our upcoming busy parade schedule which will start in May. Wow that is right around the corner - we can't wait!

Check back soon for another "Berry Special" Royal Update! Have a great week everyone!

2010-2011 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty
Queen - Devyn Prielipp
Princesses - Tayler Burkhalter & Danielle Hininger

April Greetings from the 2010-2011 Cranberry Royalty

2011-04-18T08:22:00.001-07:00

Happy Spring Everyone!

We are really getting excited for the parade season to start. We even had the opportunity to learn some cool new hairstyling tips to help us gear up for all those parades! We met with Brenda Gebhardt, stylist and owner of Hair & Co., in Tomah. She taught us several ways to style our hair using the hairpieces, given to us by the Warrens Cranberry Festival. Brenda also taught us some fast and easy ways to make our hair look great for special events. We had a great time and learned a lot. We are so looking forward to spring/summer and all the fun things in store for us. Speaking of fun things, we just got our second set of dresses in and can't wait to wear them. We are so grateful for the dresses and all the fun opportunities we have had so far and can't wait for all things to come!!! Check back again soon for another Cranberry Royalty Update.

2010-2011 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty
Queen - Devyn Prielipp
Princesses - Tayler Burkhalter & Danielle Hininger

2010-2011 Cranberry Royalty with Brenda Gebhardt of Hair & Co.

Princess Danielle - learns hairstyling tips

Weekly Greetings from the 2010-2011 Cranberry Royalty

2011-03-21T08:52:00.000-07:00

Happy Spring Everyone!

We have had a relaxing past few weeks, but we did have the wonderful opportunity to serve our Veterans on Thursday, February 17, 2011, at the Tomah VA Medical Center. We served them a beautiful heart shaped chocolate cake and enjoyed listening to their stories.

We were recently interviewed by former Mayor of Tomah, Ed Thompson, on the Hagen Sports Network and had a great time promoting our wonderful Festival!

We attended a Make, Bake and Take class at the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center on Saturday, March 19th, and they taught us how to make cranberry scones from scratch!

Spring is officially here and we can't wait to start attending more Royalty events and soon Parade season will be in full swing. Check back again soon for another update from your Cranberry Royalty.

Yours Truly,

2010-2011 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty
Queen - Devyn Prielipp
Princesses - Taylor Burkhalter & Danielle Hininger

Weekly Greetings from the 2010-2011 Royalty

2011-02-17T11:55:00.000-08:00

Hello and Greetings to Everyone!

It is exciting to say that the weather is finally warming up! On February 5th we attended the Westby Ski Jump in Westby, WI. We are proud to say that we climbed all 476 stairs to the top of the jump! We also enjoyed visting with all the other Royalty and taking pictures with the Jumpers. On Saturday, February 12th, we went to the wonderful Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center for the Make, Bake and Take Class. We enjoyed learning how to make a homemade cranberry apple pie, crust and all! After that we went to Simply Bridal. One of our dresses arrived and had a fitting. We are very fortunate to have such beautiful dresses! We are looking forward to serving cake to our Veterans this Thursday, February 17th at the VA Medical Center.

We hope everyone has a great week and thank you for reading our posts.

2010-2011 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty Queen - Devyn Prielipp & Princesses - Tayler Burkhalter and Danielle Hininger

Weekly Greetings From the 2010-2011 Royalty

2011-02-03T09:39:00.000-08:00

Hello and Greetings to Everyone!

On Wednesday, January 12, 2011, we attended the Fairest of the Fairs Pageant with Jim and Nodji Van Wychen. As we entered the beautiful Chula Vista Resort in Wisconsin Dells, we were greeted by all the contestants and had a chance to take a peek into their scrapbooks. We then headed into the ballroom for the start of the competition, but first we enjoyed a yummy dinner. All the contestants were amazing and we had tons of fun! We are looking forward to the Westby Ski Jump this weekend, February 4-6, 2011. We hope everyone has a great week and thanks again for reading our posts.

2010-2011 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty
Queen - Devyn Prielipp & Princesses - Tayler Burkhalter and
Danielle Hininger

Princess-Tayler, Queen-Devyn, Princess-Danielle enjoy their dinner at the
Fairest of the Fairs Pageant

2010-2011 Royalty with Nodji Van Wychen & 2010 Fairest
of the Fairs - Natalie Salkowski

Weekly Greetings From the 2010-2011 Royalty

2010-12-21T06:28:00.000-08:00

We are very excited to tell everyone about our latest adventure. On December 16, 2010, we went to the Governor's Mansion for the Annual Holiday Tea in Madison, Wisconsin. During the visit we were able to see six decorated trees that were on display throughout the main level of the Mansion. All of the trees were decorated by theme, which included a Holiday Hospitality Tree, which had an ornament from each of the 72 counties. There was also a Tribute To Our Troops Tree, which displayed ornaments made by friends and families in honor of their loved ones who are serving in the military. The Boughs of Books Tree was decorated by a group of fourth graders that represented a favorite book of theirs. The Tree Of Tomorrow is a tribute to some of Wisconsin's agricultural, environmental and business companies that strengthen our State's future. The Joyeux Noel Tree celebrates Wisconsin's French heritage and The Spirit Of Giving Tree symbolized the generous and valuable work of the many charitable organizations in our State.

We were very honored to be greeted at the Tribute To Troops Tree, by First Lady, Jessica Doyle. First Lady Doyle, was nice enough to visit with all of us and get a picture taken too! We were also entertained by the Marshall High School Chamber Singers, which was very impressive. They sang a variety of Christmas Carols in the main entrance of the Mansion. It was truly a wonderful experience. This week is pretty quiet and we are anxious to celebrate Christmas with our families.

Thanks to all of you who read our blog each week, we are having fun sharing our experiences with everyone. We all want to wish you and your families a very safe and happy Holiday Season!

Devyn, Tayler & Dani

2010-2011 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty
Queen - Devyn Prielipp & Princesses - Tayler Burkhalter and
Danielle Hininger

Dani, Devyn and Tayler - outside the Governor's Mansion

Dani, Devyn and Tayler - on their way to the Holiday Tea

Tayler, Devyn and Dani - enjoying the Christmas Carols

Dani, Devyn, First Lady-Jessica Doyle and Tayler

Weekly Greetings From the 2010-2011 Royalty

2010-12-07T06:28:00.000-08:00

This past weekend was very busy! We started out the weekend by attending the Sparta Holiday Parade on Friday night. Saturday morning, we went to the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center, where we participated in their cooking demonstration "Dinner Table For The Holidays". We had a lot of fun and the food was really good. We then moved on to the Warrens Community Christmas & 2nd Annual Hope For The Holidays, at the Warrens Lions Log Building. They provided a wonderful turkey dinner and had games for the children. Santa was the highlight of the day! Everyone was able to get their picture taken with him and make their wish for what they wanted for Christmas. The three of us helped all the little children frost and decorate their Christmas cookies. We really enjoyed helping with this and visiting with everyone who attended. We ended the day, by going to the Black River Falls Holiday Parade. That was our last parade for 2010, so now we look forward to attending warmer parades in the Spring and Summer of 2011.

We have a nice quiet week ahead of us, so we are going to start working on our scrapbooks. We have all taken a lot of pictures so far and are anxious to start organizing them. Our next event will be on December 16th, where we will be guests at the Governor's Mansion, for the Holiday Tea in Madison. Stay warm everyone and remember there are only 18 more days to get your Christmas shopping done! :-)

2010-2011 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty
Queen - Devyn Prielipp & Princesses - Tayler Burkhalter and
Danielle Hininger

2010-2011 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty pose with Nodji Van Wychen and the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center Staff at the "Dinner Table For The Holidays" Event

Danielle, Devyn, Santa, and Tayler at the Warrens Community Christmas -
2nd Annual Hope for the Holidays Event

2010-2011 Royalty with some of the Warrens Area Youth Association Volunteers -
at the 2nd Annual Hope For The Holidays Event (Judy Gebhardt, Princess Tayler,
Selena Meacham, Queen Devyn, Amy Nemitz & Princess Danielle)

Weekly Greetings From The 2010-2011 Royalty

2010-11-30T06:39:00.000-08:00

We hope everyone had great luck during the hunting season and had a safe and happy Thanksgiving! Last week we had fun decorating our beautiful float for the holiday parades. Friday, November 26th, we bundled up for the Tomah Holiday Parade. Although the weather was not the warmest, the float looked amazing and we enjoyed wishing everyone Happy Holidays from atop the float. This weekend we look forward to Sparta (Dec. 4th) and Black River Falls (Dec. 5th) Holiday Parades. On Saturday, December 4th, The Warrens Area Youth Association will be celebrating the 2nd Annual Hope For The Holidays event, which we look forward to attending. You can also catch us doing a cranberry food demonstration at the Cranberry Discovery Center in Warrens on Saturday too! We are excited for our busy weekend and we hope to see you there!

2010-2011 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty
Queen - Devyn Prielipp & Princesses - Tayler Burkhalter
and Danielle Hininger

2010-2011 Royalty with our "Cranberry Helpers"
(Queen-Devyn's sister Lexi & cousin Mikayla)

Mama Sherry is working hard to help decorate our float for the holiday parades

We didn't get to give him our lists, but we did get to wave as Santa flew by!

November Greetings from the 2010-2011 Royalty

2010-11-23T06:51:00.000-08:00

As the new Royalty we have been keeping very busy, starting with the 2010 Warrens Cranberry Festival. We had a lot of fun meeting the vendors, special guests and other visiting Royalty that attended the Festival. We really enjoyed sampling all of the yummy Festival food and riding on the float for the first time, in the parade on Sunday, was very exciting too! Since the Festival, we have attended several other events, including the Public Harvest Day at Wetherby Cranberry Company. We were even able to put on some hip boots and walk out into one of their cranberry beds. We attended the Tomah Homecoming Parade and the Second Annual Remembering Teresa Walk in Tomah, WI, where we helped hand out t-shirts. We also served cranberry juice at the Veterans Creative Arts Festival in La Crosse, WI just a few weeks ago. Most recently, we were lucky enough to be guests at two coronations in Westby, WI and Viroqua, WI. Wow! What a busy couple of months, we even found some time to go shopping for our new business attire. We are so looking forward to the month of December with all the holiday events ahead of us.

Keep following our blog, we will have more fun things to post soon!

We wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

2010-2011 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty
Queen - Devyn Prielipp & Princesses - Tayler Burkhalter
and Danielle Hininger

2010-2011 Royalty pose for a quick picture with Nodji Van Wychen
(From the left: Tayler, Nodji, Devyn, & Danielle)

Tayler and Danielle - get right into the thick of things at the Public Harvest Day -
Wetherby Cranberry Company

2010-2011 Royalty at the 2nd Annual Remembering Teresa Walk

2010-2011 Cranberry Royalty Announced

2010-10-25T07:51:00.000-07:00

Princess Tayler Burkhalter, Queen Devyn Prielipp, Princess Danielle Hininger

The Cranberry Festival is pleased to announce its 2010-2011 Royalty, who were crowned at a coronation ceremony held at the Warrens Lions Club Building, September 19, 2010. The newly crowned royalty included Queen Devyn Prielipp and Princesses Tayler Burkhalter and Danielle Hininger.

Devyn Prielipp is the daughter of Duane Prielipp and the late Teresa Wilkinson. She is a Junior at Tomah High School and is involved with gymnastics and works in the office at school. Devyn also volunteers with the Remembering Teresa Walk/Run and helps promote domestic violence awareness.

Tayler Burkhalter is the daughter of Scott & Michelle Edgerton and Todd Burkhalter. She is a Freshman at Tomah High School and participates in tennis, softball, volleyball, track, soccer, and FFA.

Danielle Hininger is the daughter of Jeff & Sherry Hininger. She is an eighth grader at Tomah Middle School and she participates in tennis, dance team, and musicals & drama club.

Cranberry Royalty were judged based on an interview regarding personality, poise, posture, grooming, past achievements and speaking ability. All contestants also gave a five minute cranberry food demonstration.

Each year, a Cranberry Queen and two Princesses are chosen to promote Warrens Cranberry Festival by attending parades, numerous speaking engagements, food demonstrations, pageants, and various other dignitary events.

At the end of her reign, the Queen will receive a $500 scholarship from the Festival and the Princesses will each receive a $250 scholarship.

August/September Greetings from Catherine, Amber and Kaitlyn

2010-09-20T15:37:00.000-07:00

August was a blur of activity for the Royalty as they attended five parades and numerous activities. An August highlight was the Wisconsin State Fair. The girls proudly represented the Warrens Cranberry Festival as they drew a large crowd for their food demonstrations at the Wisconsin Pavilion. In attendance to cheer them on were Wisconsin's Honey Queen, Alice in Dairyland and The Fairest of the Fair. The girls in turn enjoyed watching these three participate in the Cream Puff Eating Contest! The Royalty and their families made many happy memories at this wonderful two day event.

Also in August, the girls attended the WSCGA Summer Field Day event at the Prehn Marsh and another WSCGA sponsored event - Sporting Clay at Warrens Woods and Meadows Game Farm.

Parades for the month of August included Chippewa Falls Pure Water Days, Bangor Fun Daze, Whitehall Beef and Dairy Days, Holmen Korn Fest and Onalaska Legion Community Days.

Parades in September:
Kendall Labor Day
Hillsboro Labor Day
Cashton Fall Festival
LaCrescent Apple Festival
LaCrosse Octoberfest

The girls all agreed that it has been an unforgettable year! Catherine, Amber and Kaitlyn wish to sincerely thank everyone for their help and support. They proudly passed on their titles, September 19th, knowing that they were very fortunate to have the opportunity to represent the Warrens Cranberry Festival in 2009-2010.

Royalty: July & August 2010

2010-09-20T15:21:00.000-07:00

The Royalty ended the exciting month of July at the Monroe County Fair! They were apart of the Business after 5 event on July 28th and on July 30th they prepared their food demonstrations, in practice for the WI State Fair Food Demos later in August. The Royalty continued to stay busy in the month of August. Their reign slowly coming to an end and the girls couldn't believe how fast the year had flown by. Their first event in August, was traveling to Prehn Cranberry Marsh near Wyeville, WI, to attend the WSCGA Summer Field Days. The next event they prepared for was the WI State Fair, where they spent two days preparing food demonstrations and promoting the cranberry industry. They also attended the WSCGA Sporting Clay event at Woods & Meadows. The Royalty had many parades in the month of August, where they showed off their freshly re-decorated float.

The parades they participated in August:

Chippewa Falls Water Days
Bangor Fun Daze
Whitehall Beef and Dairy Days
Holmen Kornfest
Onalaska Legion Community Days

July Greetings from Catherine, Kaitlyn, and Amber

2010-07-07T12:36:00.000-07:00

The girls had a good start to the busy month of July as they participated in the “Remembering Jesse Parker Run/Walk” event on the 3^rd.The Royalty served cranberry juice during the breakfast for the participants. They were honored to be part of such a heart-warming and beneficial event.

The first parade of July was the Independence Day Parade in Tomah. Unfortunately due to rainy weather they were not able to un-tarp the float. But the girls were determined not to let rain ruin their day as they waved to the crowd from the Suburban while they proceeded through the parade route.

The Royalty have several other parades this month to look forward to. These include the New Lisbon WaDaShuda Days on the 11^th, the Karner Blue Butterfly parade on the 17^th, and the Houston, MN Hoedown Parade on the 25^th.

Other events that the girls will participate in this month include the LaCrosse Interstate Fair, The Monroe County Fair, and Farm Technology Days in Pierce County. The Royalty will also eagerly be practicing as they prepare for their upcoming cranberry demonstrations at the Monroe County Fair and at the State Fair in early August.

Best Wishes to all of you for a fun-filled summer,

The 2009-2010 Cranberry Festival Royalty

American Cancer Society Relay For Life

2010-06-21T13:40:00.000-07:00

On Friday, June 11th, the Royalty attended the American Cancer Society Relay For Life at the Tomah High School, in Tomah, WI. We helped with the check process and assisted people with the purchase of luminaries in memory of those that have passed and to honor those loved ones that currently have cancer. We attended the opening ceremony and listened to some great guest speakers from the community. It was a great experience and we are happy to have participated in this special event.

Catherine, Kaitlyn and Amber
2009-2010 Cranberry Royalty
2009-2010 Current Cranberry Royalty - Princess Amber Rearick, Queen Catherine Rung and Princess Kaitlyn Sankey at the American Cancer Society Relay For Life

June 5, 2010 - Three Events In One Day!

2010-06-21T13:23:00.000-07:00

Saturday, June 5th, marked another "berry" busy day for Royalty. Our day started bright and early at 6:30 a.m. in Wilton, WI, for the Monroe County Breakfast, where we handed out cranberry juice to the visitors. After the Dairy Breakfast we headed to West Salem, WI, for their June Dairy Days Parade, which was the 8th parade of our reign. We ended our busy day by attending the 2010 Miss Sparta Pageant. It was a great day and we look forward to getting to know Miss Sparta and her court throughout the rest of our reign!

Catherine, Kaitlyn, and Amber
2009-2010 Cranberry Royalty

2009-2010 Current Cranberry Royalty - Princess Amber Rearick, Queen Catherine Rung and Princess Kaitlyn Sankey at the Monroe County Dairy Breakfast

2009-2010 Current Cranberry Royalty at the June Dairy Days Parade

2009-2010 Current Cranberry Royalty - with the 2010 Miss Sparta and Royal Court

Memorial Day Services

2010-06-21T13:17:00.000-07:00

On Monday, May 31st, the Royalty attended two Memorial Day Services. The first was the Warren Mills Cemetery. We participated by handing out programs and laying the wreath during the service. We had a great chicken dinner for lunch at the Warrens Log Building. Then we headed to the Pine Grove Cemetery in Mather, WI, and read a short poem to conclude the service. Thank you to all those who fought for our country.

Catherine, Kaitlyn and Amber
2009-2010 Cranberry Royalty

2009-2010 Current Cranberry Royalty - Princess Amber Rearick, Queen Catherine Rung and Princess Kaitlyn Sankey

Arcadia Broiler Dairy Days Parade

2010-06-21T13:04:00.000-07:00

7th Parade, Check! On Sunday, May 30th, we drove up to Arcadia, WI, for the annual Arcadia Broiler Dairy Days Parade. It was yet another great parade on a beautiful day!

Catherine, Kaitlyn and Amber
2009-2010 Cranberry Royalty
2009-2010 Current Cranberry Royalty - Princess Amber Rearick, Queen Catherine Rung and Princess Kaitlyn Sankey

2009-2010 Current Cranberry Royalty & The Current Arcadia Broiler
Dairy Days Royalty

Alice in Dairyland Finals

2010-06-21T12:52:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, May 22nd, the Royalty traveled to Janesville, WI, for the 63rd annual Alice in Dairyland finals. Throughout our reign, we have worked with the 62nd Alice, Cheryl O'Brien, at many events, and we look forward to having the same opportunities with the 63rd Alice, Christine Linder. It was great to experience an event that means so much to our State's agriculture business!
Catherine, Kaitlyn and Amber
2009-2010 Cranberry Royalty

2009-2010 Current Cranberry Royalty & Cheryl O'Brien, 62nd Alice in Dairyland

2009-2010 Current Cranberry Royalty & Christine Linder, Current 2010
Alice in Dairyland

Westby Syttende Mai Parade

2010-06-21T12:37:00.000-07:00

Another day, another parade! On Sunday, May 16th, the Royalty attended the annual Westby Syttende Mai Parade in Westby, WI. Prior to the parade, we visited with the new Syttende Mai Royalty at their Queen's Tea. It was another great parade to end a fun day.

Catherine, Kaitlyn and Amber
2009-2010 Cranberry Royalty

Camp Douglas Armed Forces Day Parade

2010-06-21T12:26:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, May 15th, we headed to Camp Douglas, WI, for our first summer parade! It was a beautiful day, perfect for a nice, long parade! We had a great time and we look forward to many more parades to come throughout the summer!

Catherine, Kaitlyn and Amber
2009-2010 Cranberry Royalty

Cranfest Meeting

2010-05-12T13:23:00.000-07:00

On Monday, May 10th, Catherine and I attended the monthly Cranfest Board Meeting and had the opportunity to say goodbye to Lindsey Coblentz, Warrens Cranberry Festival's Public Relations Specialist. Lindsey was one of three judges on judging night, and has supported us by attending some royalty events with us over the past year. We appreciate everything she has done for us and we will miss her! We also would like to welcome the new Festival Coordinator, Heidi Parr. We look forward to getting to know her throughout the rest of our reign!

Catherine and Kaitlyn
2009-2010 Cranberry Royalty

Westby Syttende Mai Banquet

2010-05-12T13:17:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, May 8th, the Royalty traveled to Westby, WI for the annual Westby Syttende Mai Princess Banquet. We had the opportunity to meet the reigning Syttende Mai Royalty and this year's contestants. We enjoyed the night and had a great time. We look forward to attending the Syttende Mai Parade on Sunday, May 16th!
Catherine, Kaitlyn, and Amber
2009-2010 Cranberry Royalty

Butterfest Festmaster's Reception

2010-04-21T08:44:00.000-07:00

On Friday, April 16th, the Royalty traveled to Sparta for the Annual Festmaster's Reception. We enjoyed a great dinner followed by the awards and presentations. We will be attending the Miss Sparta Pageant on June 5th, and we look forward to attending the 26th Annual Sparta Butterfest on June 10-13!

Catherine, Kaitlyn, and Amber

2009-2010 Cranberry Royalty

Discovery Center Make, Take and Bake

2010-04-21T07:00:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, April 10th, the Royalty attended the final Make, Take, and Bake cooking class at the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center. This month we made Cranberry Coffee Cake, which was "berry" delicious! It was a fun day and we look forward to many more baking experiences throughout the year!

Catherine, Kaitlyn, and Amber

2009-2010 Cranberry Royalty

Warrens Community Easter Breakfast

2010-04-21T06:17:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, April 3rd, the Royalty attended the Warrens Community Easter Breakfast. We enjoyed a "berry" yummy breakfast and watched as the kids filled their baskets with Easter Eggs at the Easter Egg hunt. We posed for a picture with the Easter Bunny as we wore our own bunny ears, enjoyed some local musical entertainment and watched as the children played some Easter games. It was a "berry" fun day!

Catherine, Kaitlyn, Amber

2009-2010 Cranberry Royalty

Discovery Center Make, Take and Bake

2010-03-23T07:27:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, March 20, Catherine and I attended the second "Make, Take, and Bake" class sponsored by the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center. We made Cranberry Cinnamon Rolls and had a chance to talk with others who attended the class, and we watched as Trudy Thornsen demonstrated how to make Cranberry-Orange Pinwheel Cookies. Included is the recipe for Cranberry Cinnamon Rolls for you all to enjoy. They are "berry" delicious! Also, be sure to join us on April 10 for the final class, where we will be baking Cranberry Coffee Cake.

Cranberry Cinnamon Rolls

Ingredients:

1 (.25 ounce) package active dry yeast

3/4 cup warm water

1/4 cup white sugar

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 egg, room temperature

2 1/2 cups bread flour

1/4 cup butter, softened

1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 crasins/sweetened cranberries

Directions:

Step 1: In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes

Step 2: In a large bowl, combine the yeast mixture with the sugar, salt, egg, and 1 cup flour; stir well to combine. Stir in the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, beating well with each addition. When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes. Cover with a damp cloth and let rest for 10 minutes.

Step 3: Lightly grease an 8x8 inch square baking pan. Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface to 1/4 inch thick rectangle. Smear the dough with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon and brown sugar and sweetened dried cranberries. Roll up the dough along the long edge until it forms a roll. Slice into equal size pieces and place them in the pan with the cut side up.

Step 4: Cover the pan with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight or cover and let rise room temperature until doubled in volume, about 45 minutes.

Step 5: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Bake rolls until golden brown, for about 20 minutes.

Enjoy the recipe and some pictures!

Catherine and Kaitlyn

2009-2010 Warrens Cranberry Royalty

Women in Ag Day

2010-03-23T07:22:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday, March 10th, the Royalty had the opportunity to attend the Wisconsin Women in Ag Day at the State Capitol in Madison. We brought along cranberry cookies to share with some of the state legislators and other visitors. We also had a chance to meet Wisconsin's Governor, Jim Doyle, and take pictures with him. Before we headed back home, we took a few pictures outside the Capitol. It was a fun and memorable day!

Enjoy some pictures!

Catherine, Kaitlyn, and Amber

2009-2010 Warrens Cranberry Royalty

Make, Take and Bake Cranberry Pies

2010-02-15T06:43:00.000-08:00

On Saturday, February 13, the Royalty participated in the Make and Take a Pie baking class at the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center in Warrens. We each got to make our own cranberry pie to take home and share with our family. This was a great opportunity for us to practice our baking skills for the food demonstrations we will be doing this summer. It was the first of three classes that will be held at the Discovery Center. The next class will be held on March 20, and we will be baking cranberry cinnamon rolls and cookies. Hope to see you there!

Enjoy some pictures!

Catherine, Kaitlyn and Amber

2009-2010 Cranberry Royalty