Friday, February 16, 2024

2023-2024 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty

 

Royal greetings!

 

We attended the 101st annual Westby Ski Jump on February 3rd. Before the event  started all the visiting royalty were introduced to the crowd. It was awesome   watching the skiers take off down the hill and soar through the air before landing at the  bottom of the jump. The weather was sunny and the air was filled with excitement watching to see which jumper would land the farthest down the hill.

 Our upcoming schedule is a little quieter until we get into our busy parade season this summer.

 We are honored to represent the Warrens Cranberry Festival!

Yours truly,

2023-2024 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty

Queen: Annabelle Haun, Princess: Skylee Laakso, and Jr. Miss: Kiralynn Lakowske

 

Westby Ski Jump


 

Monday, January 29, 2024

2023-2024 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty January Blog

 

Royal greetings!

 

We visited The Capital & Executive Residence in Madison. They were both decorated beautifully for the Holidays. We had a fantastic day and took lots of pictures with all the lovely Christmas trees.

 Our next event is the Westby Ski Jump in early February.

 We are excited for all the events to come and are honored to represent the Warrens Cranberry Festival!

 Yours truly,

 2023-2024 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty 

Queen: Annabelle Haun, Princess: Skylee Laakso, and Jr. Miss: Kiralynn Lakowske

 

Queen Annabelle & Princess Skylee
at the Executive Residence in Madison



Tuesday, December 19, 2023

2023-2024 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty Nov-Dec Blog


 

Royal greetings!

 We have been busy celebrating the holiday season and promoting the Warrens Cranberry Festival with our beautiful float in the Baraboo and Tomah Holiday Parades. We helped with children's crafts at the Warrens Community Christmas party and Fort McCoy Tree lighting event. On Friday December 8 we attended the Tomah Senior Center Christmas party and visited with the guests.

 We are looking forward to visiting the Governor's Residence and the state capital in Madison in the coming week.

 We are excited for all the events to come and are honored to represent the Warrens Cranberry Festival and wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

 The 2023-2024 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty

Queen: Annabelle Haun, Princess: Skylee Laakso, and  Jr. Miss: Kiralynn Lakowske

 


2023-2024 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty October News

 Crowning of the 2023-2024 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty

 

Congratulations to the new 2023-2024 

Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty 


 

Queen (center) - Annabelle Haun is the daughter of Craig & Liane Haun

Jr. Miss (left) - Kiralynn Lakowske is the daughter of Dustin & Teresa Lakowske

Princess (right) - Skylee Laakso is the daughter of Kylene & Derek Brown & Jeff & Angel Laakso

 

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

2022-2023 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty July Blog

 

Royal greetings!

 We are excited to share all our latest events. We attended the 4th of July Parade in Tomah. The weather was very hot and sunny. It’s always fun to do a local parade and see so many familiar faces along the parade route.

 On July 8th we headed to New Lisbon for the Wa Da Shuda Parade. The weather was beautiful. We had the privilege of driving the Zor Midget Cars around in the parking lot. After the parade we walked around the fest grounds enjoying all the festivities, and we had our faces painted. It was a fun day!

 On July 9th we attended the Trempealeau Catfish Days Parade. We attended the Queens Tea and visited with other royalty before the parade. It was another great day for a parade, warm and sunny.

 On July 19th we attended the La Crosse Interstate Fair. We visited with other royalty and did introductions on stage. We went on a tour of the fair grounds and enjoyed some of the rides. We had an enjoyable evening at the fair.

 On July 25th we attended Business After Five at the Monroe County Fair in Tomah. We had a nice meal and helped hand out prizes at the event. On July 26th we went back to the fair and were judges for the rabbits.

 We are excited for all the events to come and are honored to represent the Warrens Cranberry Festival!

Yours truly,

  2022-2023 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty

Queen: Kendall Murdock

Princesses: Makenna Roose and Abigail Beck





 

Friday, June 30, 2023

2022-2023 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty June Blog

 

Royal greetings!

 We are excited to share all our latest events. We attended the Westby Syttende Mai Royalty Tea and Parade on May 21st. We mingled with the other royalty and had a group picture taken before the parade. The weather was warm and sunny, we had a great time celebrating at the Norwegian festival.

 On May 28th we headed to Arcadia for Broiler Dairy Days. We attended the Queens Tea and exchanged buttons with the other royalty. It was hot and sunny so we used our parasols while waving to everyone along the parade route.

 On May 29th we attended the Warren-Mills Cemetery Memorial Day service. We passed out programs and placed flowers at the base of each of the large military flags. We enjoyed chicken at the Lions Log Building for lunch. We made our way over to  the Pine Grove Cemetery where we each took part in the ceremony by reading a poem. We had a great day honoring the fallen.

On June 3rd it was a busy day. We went to the Monroe County Dairy Breakfast on the Mapltwin Farms by  Cashton in the morning. We enjoyed a delicious breakfast and mingled with people while exploring the farm. After the Dairy Breakfast we headed to West Salem for West Salem June Dairy Days Parade. We enjoyed waving and smiling at all the little children and adults along the parade route. In the evening we attended the Miss Sparta Pageant. We did introductions on stage and watched the crowning of the new royalty. We congratulated the winners and took a group photo with all the royalty.

 On June 11th we attended the Sparta Butterfest Parade. It was a cold and windy day but we put on our smiles and waved to all the parade viewers. After the parade we walked around the fest grounds and enjoyed eating some of the fest food.

 On June 18th we attended Cranberry Blossom Festival in Wisconsin Rapids. It was a cloudy but nice 78º day for a parade. We found our spot and got the float all set up. We had a great time waving and smiling at all the visitors at the festival.

 We are excited for all the events to come and are honored to represent the Warrens Cranberry Festival!

Yours truly,

  2022-2023 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty

Queen Kendall Murdock, and Princess Makenna Roose & Princess Abigail Beck


                                      


 

Friday, April 21, 2023

2022-2023 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty April Blog

 

Royal greetings!

 

 This month we attended the Warrens Community Easter Breakfast On April 1st. We served cranberry juice to all the attendees and had our picture taken with the Easter Bunny. 

 We are looking forward to attending our first parade for 2023 in Westby, and many more upcoming parades this summer.

 We are honored to represent the Warrens Cranberry Festival!

Yours truly,

 2022-2023 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty

Queen: Kendall Murdock and Princesses: Abigail Beck and Makenna Roose

 




Thursday, March 2, 2023

2022-2023 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty February Blog

Royal greetings!

 

We enjoyed dress shopping with Nodji for our formals earlier this month. The gowns we chose are really pretty and we can’t wait to wear them to our future events.

 Queen Kendall attended the 100th annual Westby Ski Jump in early February. Before the event started, all the visiting royalty introduced themselves over the loud speaker. It was awesome watching the skiers take off and glide through the air and land at the bottom of the jump. The weather was great and the air was filled with excitement. 

 Our schedule is quieter through the winter months. We are looking forward to our busy upcoming parade season this summer.

 We are honored to represent the Warrens Cranberry Festival!

Yours truly,

 

2022-2023 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty

Queen: Kendall Murdock and Princesses: Abigail Beck and Makenna Roose

 

Queen Kendall at Westby Ski Jump

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

2022-2023 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty January Blog

 

Royal greetings!

 

We attended the Tomah Senior Center Christmas Party in December.  It was a fun holiday party with the seniors.

 We visited The Capital & Executive Residence in Madison.  They were both decorated beautifully for the Holidays. We took lots of pictures on the cold snowy day.

 We look forward to attending the Westby Ski Jump in early February.

 We are excited for all the events to come and are honored to represent the Warrens Cranberry Festival!

Yours truly,

 2022-2023 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty

Queen: Kendall Murdock and Princesses: Abigail Beck and Makenna Roose

 


Wednesday, December 14, 2022

2022 - 2023 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty December Blog


 Royal greetings!

 This month we decorated our float with beautiful lights and attended the Tomah and Sparta Holiday Parades.  Both nights were cold, but we had a great time spreading the Christmas cheer to everyone along the parade route. At the Sparta parade we took pictures with the grinch and enjoyed all the Christmas lights. 

 We look forward to our next event at the Tomah Senior Center Christmas Party.  We are planning a trip to Madison to visit the Capital and the Executive Residence later this month.

 We are excited for all the events to come and are honored to represent the Warrens Cranberry Festival!

Yours truly,

 2022-2023 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty

Queen: Kendall Murdock and Princesses: Abigail Beck and Makenna Roose

 

 


 

2022-2023 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty November Blog

 


 Royal greetings!

 

We would like to share a few of our pictures from the 2022 Warrens Cranberry Festival and the Tomah Homecoming Parade.

 Some of the future events we are attending are the Tomah Holiday Parade, Sparta Holiday Parade, and Tomah Senior Center Christmas Party.

 We are excited for all the events to come and are honored to represent the Warrens Cranberry Festival!

Yours truly,

 2022-2023 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty

Queen: Kendall Murdock and Princesses: Abigail Beck and Makenna Roose







 New 2022 - 2023 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty 

 

Queen (center) - Kendall Murdock is the daughter of Ryan Murdock & Layna Waege

Princess ( left) –Abigail Beck is the daughter of Bryan & Reanna Beck

Princess (right) - Makenna Roose is the daughter of Peter & Lisa Fritz

 

Monday, August 30, 2021

2019 - 2021 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty August Blog

Royal Greetings!

 We are excited to share the latest events we have attended since last month.

 On July 10th we took our float to New Lisbon for the Wa Du Shuda Days Parade. It was a beautiful warm day. We enjoyed good food and even participated in the Dunk Tank!

 On July 11th we went to Trempealeau Catfish Days. It was another beautiful day for a parade! We enjoyed a Royalty Tea which included a trivia game and a dance contest, sadly we lost in both. Fun was had by all, the winners of the contests received a Fish gift grab bag. It was an impressive parade with a large amount of people in attendance.

 July 14th a little bit of rain couldn't keep us away from attending the La Crosse Interstate Fair. We did introductions to the audience along with the other visiting royalty and took a group picture. We also enjoyed a 4-H fashion show and a tour of the fairgrounds, followed by refreshments. On our tour we saw numerous farm animals including pigs, sheep, goats, horses, cows, dogs, bunnies, and chickens, oh my!

 July 17th we ventured up to Vesper for the Vesper Days Parade! We met Miss Wisconsin for America, Krysten Eckes, who is a Vesper native. While it was a small town parade, it was busy and the spectators enjoyed seeing us and were excited to hear that Cranfest is back on for this year!

 July 20th we had an excellent day at the Huntsinger Farms in Eau Claire County for the Farm Technology Days. We enjoyed viewing many booths and samples from Ferguson Farms apples, Silver Springs horseradish and Salmon from a farm in Northfield. We also ran into Alice in Dairyland, Julia Nunes, and Nancy VanderMeer Wisconsin State Assembly District 70. We   finished our day with a bus tour to a radish farm and complex, Ferguson Apple Orchard, and the Nelson family farm where they actually drove the bus inside the barn. We also learned horseradish is a member of the mustard family. It was a fun learning experience for all!

 August 8th we attended the Fairchild Fundays Parade. It was a very nice small town parade but there were a lot of people there watching and waving. They were excited to see our beautiful float.

 August 11th Queen Lindsey and Princess Annabelle attended the WSCGA Summer Field Day on the Whittlesey Cranberry Co. in Wisconsin Rapids. We visited many of the exhibit booths and visited with the vendors. We enjoyed a nice marsh tour and a delicious lunch was served. It was an enjoyable day on the marsh.

 August 12th we loaded up the Suburban and headed to West Allis for the Wisconsin State Fair. We rode the Skyglider across the fairgrounds and had a fun time on all the other rides. After going on rides we walked through the exhibit building and visited with many people. We had an enjoyable lunch with some delicious ice cream and headed back home.

 We hope you enjoyed our adventures as much as we have!

 Yours Truly,

 2019-2021 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty Queen: Lindsay Murdock and Princesses: Katie Carlson and Annabelle Haun

 Future Events:  Kendall & Hillsboro Labor Day Parades, Cashton Fall Fest Parade, and Oktoberfest Parade.

 


Royalty with Alice in Dairyland at Farm Technology Days

Friday, July 16, 2021

2019 - 2021 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty July Blog


 

Royal Greetings!

 We are excited to share the latest events we have attended since last month.

 June 5th Queen Lindsay, Princess Katie and Princess Annabelle visited the Monroe County Dairy Breakfast on the MDS Dairy Farm outside of Sparta. A delicious breakfast of eggs, pancakes, cheese, toast, cookies, coffee cake and Culver’s custard was enjoyed by all who attended. We explored the farm and took lots of pictures.

 On June 6th we attended Eleva Broiler Days Queens Tea and Parade. Before the parade we walked around and visited the fest grounds. It was a bright sunny 90º day so we used our lovely parasols to keep us shaded and cool.

 On June 20th we loaded up our beautiful float and went to Lake Martha Days Parade in Osseo. It was a cloudy 70º day. After the parade we enjoyed cupcakes in celebration of Lindsey’s birthday.

 On July 3rd we attended the 4th of July Parade in Tomah. The weather was beautiful for the entire parade. We decorated our float with American flags in celebration of the glorious day. Our families walked along the float handing out little flags. There were little girls along the parade route, and they were so excited to see us!

 We hope you enjoyed our adventures as much as we have!

  Yours Truly,

 2019-2021 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty

Queen: Lindsay Murdock and Princesses: Katie Carlson and Annabelle Haun

 

Tomah 4th of July Parade