Interested in being the next Cranberry Queen or Princess

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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.

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Royal Greetings for the week of July 25th!

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

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

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

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!

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!

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

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

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!

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!