2018-2019 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty August Update

Royal Greetings!

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

On July 30th we attended the Miss Jackson County Pageant at the Black River Falls Lunda Theatre. The evening started out with a royalty tea and social hour followed by the coronation ceremonies. The evening was fun and exciting, and the newly crowned Miss Jackson County is Paris Prochaska.

On August 2nd we took our float to the Wilton Wood Turtle Days Parade. It was a beautiful day, but very hot. We took pictures with other royalty before the parade. It was nice to do a local parade, travel time was short, and we saw a lot of familiar faces.

Wednesday August 7th we left in the afternoon and traveled to West Allis Wisconsin for the Wisconsin State Fair. We got up bright and early Thursday morning and carried everything in for our food demos, which are done on stage before an audience. Afterwards we walked through the Expo Center and used our Bargain Books to buy everything from cookie dough to alligator meat. We walked over and watched the Kid’s From Wisconsin Show. We even got a picture taken with Alex Knoepker, one of our local college students who is helping direct the group this summer. We rode the skylift across the fairgrounds to the other side where we

Had a fun time going on all the rides. We enjoyed the hotel pool that night and got up early the next day to do our final food demos. After the demos we rode the giant ferris wheel and checked out the animal barns. We ended our day watching pig races and the draft horse show. We had a really awesome time at the State Fair.

On August 14th Princesses Sierra and Kendall attended the WSCGA Summer Field Day on the DuBay Cranberry Marsh by Junction City, WI. We had our picture taken with Senator Patrick Testin, many Warrens exhibitors, and Jim Peterson, President of the museum in Warrens. A delicious lunch was served. We were introduced at the annual meeting of the WSCGA and talked about our activities and also invited everyone to our Festival in September. It was a very enjoyable day on the marsh.

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

Yours Truly,

2018-2019 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty

Queen: Cassie Carlson and Princesses: Kendall Murdock and Sierra Steele

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

2018-2019 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty July Update

Royal Greetings!

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

On June 15th Queen Cassie and her sister Katie served juice at the Jessie Parker run and

visited with some of the runners at the event.

On June 26, we went to La Crosse shopping for sun dresses to wear for our summer events. We found white sundresses for the princesses and a burgundy sundress for the queen. They look very nice! We also found black shorts and sandals to finish off our summer attire. We are

looking forward to wearing them on our hot summer activities.

On June 29th, we went to the Wetherby Cranberry Marsh for Cranberry Blossom Day. We

listened to Nodji Van Wychen give her marsh tour presentation on cranberries. We each

prepared a cranberry item for our food demo and gave out samples to the visitors. Afterwards we traveled over to the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center for some complimentary

cranberry ice cream. We had an enjoyable day visiting with all the guests.

On July 4th we attended the parade in Tomah. The weather was beautiful for the entire parade and there were a lot of entries. We decorated our float with American flags in celebration of the glorious day. It’s always fun to do a local parade and see so many familiar faces.

On July 19th we took our float to New Lisbon for the Wa Du Shuda Days Parade. The parade was awesome and the 80’s theme was so much fun. We did our hair up in side ponytails to go with the style from that era. Afterwards we saw a man with bearded dragons and took lots of pictures with them. We wandered around the fest grounds and enjoyed great food and

activities. We stumbled upon the UW– Madison Camp Randall Marching Band that was

performing for a crowd. We had a blast dancing the chicken dance and doing the polka to the music. It was a very enjoyable day for all of us!

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

Yours Truly,

2018-2019 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty

Queen: Cassie Carlson and Princesses: Kendall Murdock and Sierra Steele

Future Events:  La Crosse Interstate Fair, Monroe County Fair, Karner Blue Butterfly Festival, and Wisconsin State Fair.

Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty pictured with UW-Madison Band

2018 - 2019 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty May Update

Royal Greetings!

We are excited to share the latest events we’ve had the opportunity to take part in since our last update. On April 26th we attended the Sparta Festmaster Banquet. We enjoyed a delicious meal and visited with other area royalty. We also met the 2018 Festmaster, Mike Arnold and had our picture taken with the newly inducted 2019 Festmaster, Bob Lydon. It was enjoyable night for all of us.

On April 27th we were invited to the State VFW Convention Parade in Freedom, Wisconsin. It was a 3 hours drive and a very cold and windy day so we wore our caps during the parade. They had a very nice crowd of spectators and they were very happy to see us. We received many compliments on our beautiful float and they thanked us for driving the long distance. Many people said they’ve attended our Festival or plan to attend this year. We received 1st Place in the parade for Best Float!

On May 11th we attended the Tomah Area Cancer Support Event at the Fairgrounds in Tomah. We enjoyed a delicious pancake breakfast and helped by serving milk and cranberry juice. They had a nice attendance for the 5K Run/Walk and a lot of items for their auction. We visited with many people and had a fun time at the event.

On May 11th we also attended the Alice in Dairyland Finals in Monroe, Wisconsin. At the social we took pictures with the Green County Royalty. We enjoyed a delicious buffet meal which included Swiss cuisine. During the competition each of the five finalists did a presentation on a commodity. Our top pick to win  was Abigail Martin, she did an awesome job and the commodity for her presentation was cranberries, our favorite! We were all excited when they announced the new Alice in Dairyland as Abigail Martin from Milton, Wisconsin. We had our picture taken with her and she expressed her excitement to be attending the Warrens Cranberry Festival in September. The day was long but we had an awesome time, hope everyone enjoys our Royalty news for this month!

Yours Truly,

The 2018-2019 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty Queen: Cassie Carlson and

Princesses: Kendall Murdock and Sierra Steele

Next on our schedule:  Westby Syttende Parade, Warrens Memorial Day services, Monroe County Dairy Breakfast, West Salem June Dairy Days Parade, Miss Sparta Pageant , Sparta Butterfest  Parade, Jesse Parker Run, Cranberry Blossom Days, and the Miss Wisconsin Pageant.

 

Award Won at State VFW Parade

2018-2019 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty April Update

Royal Greetings!

On March 17th we attended the Westby Syttende Coronation. Each of the contestants are sponsored by one of the area businesses and they wear a unique Norwegian style dress.  It was exciting to watch and see which of the young ladies would be crowned the new Westby Syttende Mai Princess. 1st Attendant is Sedona Radke, 2nd Attendant is Lydia Jackson, and Haley Hagen was crowned Princess,

On Saturday April 20th we attended the Warrens Community Easter Breakfast at the Log Building in Warrens. They had a nice turnout for the pancake breakfast. The Easter Bunny came to visit so everyone could get pictures taken with him. We helped with pictures and handed out books and candy to all the children who attended. This was a great community event for children and adults.

Our busy parade season will be starting soon and we are looking forward to all our upcoming events this summer. We hope everyone enjoys our Royalty news!

Yours Truly,

The 2018-2019 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty

Queen: Cassie Carlson and Princesses: Kendall Murdock and Sierra Steele

Next on our schedule:  Sparta Festmaster Banquet, Tomah Area Cancer Support 5K Run/Walk, Alice in Dairyland Finals, and Westby Syttende Mai Parade.

2018-2019 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty March Update

Royal Greetings!

We are excited to share the latest events we attended. On February 14th we attended the Tomah VA Valentines Day celebration with the veterans.  Every year they celebrate National Salute To Veteran Patients Week by having a huge heart shaped cake for the veterans to

enjoy. We had the opportunity to spend time with some of the patients and serve cake to

everyone who attended.  It was a fun event and we enjoyed representing the Warrens

Cranberry Festival.

Nodji  took us shopping for our formal gowns, had a fabulous time trying on all the lovely dresses. We decided on the perfect gown and placed our order, can’t wait for them to arrive. Our first parade to unveil our new gowns will be the Westby Syttende Mai in May.

We hope everyone enjoys our journal and pictures.

Yours Truly,

The 2018-2019 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty

Queen: Cassie Carlson and Princesses: Kendall Murdock and Sierra Steele

Next on our schedule:  Warrens Community Easter Breakfast, and Sparta Festmaster Banquet.

Princess Kendall, Queen Cassie, and Princess Sierra

2018-2019 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty Update January/February

Royal greetings!

We are so excited to share the events we’ve had the opportunity to participate in since our last update. 

Our schedule for January has been pretty calm compared to the month of December. On January 9th we traveled to Wisconsin Dells for the Wisconsin Fairest of Fairs Competition. The evening started with a delicious dinner followed by some fabulous and intense competition for the new Wisconsin Fairest of the Fairs. All the ladies who competed did a wonderful job! Meghan Buechel of Brown County was crowned the 2019 Wisconsin Fairest Of The Fairs. We visited with the competitors and took pictures with the 2018 Wisconsin Fairest Of The Fairs, Isabella Haen and also Door County Fairest Of  The Fairs Claire Olson. On January 23rd we attended WSCGA (Wis. State Cranberry Growers Association) Trade Show and Cranberry School in Stevens Point. We enjoyed seeing the different exhibits and visiting with the vendors. We always have a great time at these events and love to promote and represent the

Cranberry Festival. Hope you enjoyed our Royal update!

Yours Truly,

The 2018-2019 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty

Queen: Cassie Carlson and Princesses: Kendall Murdock and Sierra Steele

Here is a sneak peek of what’s ahead on our schedule:  Shopping for formals and Westby Snowflake Ski Jump.

Princess Sierra, Queen Cassie, and Princess Kendall
at WSCGA Trade Show

2018-2019 Warrens Cranberry Festival December Royalty Update

Royal greetings and Happy Holidays!

We are so excited to share all the events we’ve had the opportunity to participate in since our last update.  This last month we had fun being creative and decorating our float for the holiday parades. We strung lots of lights and Christmas décor to make it look festive.

November 21st Nodji took us on a fun shopping trip for our business attire. It didn’t take long to find the perfect outfit so we even had time to get frozen yogurt for our ride home. Can’t wait to show

everyone our new outfits!

On November 23rd, we attended the Tomah Holiday Parade. The weather did not cooperate, it was a rainy night so we left the float covered and walked the entire parade route waving to everyone along the way. We still had fun spreading holiday cheer to all who attended. 

On November 30th we attended the Sparta Holiday Parade. We received many compliments on how

beautifully decorated the float was. We won a plaque for best use of lights for the second year in a row so that really made our night complete.

On December 13th we toured the Wisconsin Capital in Madison. The rotunda contained a 35 foot tall balsam fir tree. The tree was decorated with ornaments that were handmade by students from all over Wisconsin. The theme this year was America's Dairyland. Later that day we toured the Executive

Residents. The house was filled with beautiful Christmas trees, each had its own unique decorations. Our trip to Madison was a day filled with picture taking and holiday excitement. We’ve enjoyed  celebrating the holiday season and promoting the Cranberry Festival on all our adventures this past month.

Happy Holidays!

The 2018-2019 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty

Queen: Cassie Carlson and Princesses: Kendall Murdock and Sierra Steele

Here is a sneak peek of what’s ahead on our schedule:  Shopping for formals, Fairest of the Fair Coronation, WSCGA Winter Meeting, and Westby Snowflake Ski Jump.

Princess Sierra, Queen Cassie, Princess Kendall

Newly Crowned 2018-2019 Royalty

Warrens Cranberry Festival is excited to introduce 
the 2018-2019 Warrens Cranberry Festival Royalty

Queen: Cassandra Carlson
Princesses: Kendall Murdock & Sierra Steele

Cassandra is the 18-year-old daughter of Robert and Kristi Carlson. Cassandra is in the 12th grade at Tomah High School where she is a member of INTERACT, High School Rotary Club, Golf, Forensics, International Club, Class Officer, and Student Council. Cassandra volunteers at Chasing Daylight Animal Shelter, helps at Water into Wine Banquet, volunteers at Rotary Christmas Lights, and Purple Pinky for Polio. In her free time, Cassandra enjoys cooking, Yoga, reading, playing cards, board games, piano, painting, and hanging out with friends. 

Kendall is the 12-year-old daughter of Ryan and Samantha Murdock of Warrens and Layna and Nate Waege of Tomah. Kendall is in the 7th grade at Tomah Middle School. She volunteers at St. Mathews Church vacation Bible School. In her free time, Kendall enjoys soccer, spending time with family, being in the outdoors, and hunting. 

Sierra is the 14-year-old daughter of Ryan and Shana Steele, and is in the 9th grade at Tomah High School. She is a member of FFA, DECA, Hockey, rodeo barrel racing and pole bending, religious education classes, Vice President of Freshman Class of 2022, and on the Academic High Honor Roll. Sierra volunteers by being an alter server at church, participates in community service projects through clubs at school, and volunteers at the mobile food pantry. Her hobbies are horse-riding, babysitting, and spending time with family. 

Here is a sneak peek of what’s ahead on their schedule: Tomah Holiday Parade, Sparta Holiday Parade, Black River Falls Holiday Parade, and Warrens Community Christmas. 

Princes Kendall, Queen Cassandra, and Princess Sierra