my name is roger showing amor i'm king winter the fifty third and vice president of the alumni association thank you for coming today welcome to the well stone sander the site for our st paul winter carnival two thousand and fifteen senior coronation and this our final year of the partnership with the same ballpark and rex department the senior law my association present to this year's coronation the theme of the year's coronation is stars of the northland in addition to the stars of the northland theme the senior royalty coronation also draws on the theme of history voluntourism and dedication to the spirit of the winter carnival sample winter carnival royalty alumni association is dedicated to preserving the fifty seven year history of the senior citizen participation in the coolest celebration on earth the same bowl winner carnival senior royalty is an important part of the carnival legend as the seniors bring wisdom and goodwill to the citizens of the north la most most grateful at this time it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you the emcee for today's event babies and gentleman mr david lar thank you roger good afternoon one and all and thank you for that warm welcome but don't make it too warm this is the winter carnival after all we want to have a cool celebration with temperatures cold enough to sustain the ice carvings and snow sculptures as you know the winter carnival has a long and storied tradition of over one hundred twenty eight years the senior royalty began their tradition over fifty seven years ago the senior royalty program has come a long way from its humble beginnings in the one nine hundred fifty s the modern day senior royal court participates in parades makes appearances at schools senior residences public events entertains  care centers and senior clubs and has face to face contact with thousands of people young and old in fact the two thousand and fourteen court participated in twenty six parades and fifty five appearances mingling during their year with thousands of people the ruler of the winter carnival an overseer of all wins in the territory they cover relies upon his senior ruler to help oversee this vast domain please welcome the reigning senior rulers of the realm of boreas please ri they are accompanied by prime minister mary lou vining bur successors please be seated as we welcome our candidates the oldest of seven in her family celeste and her family members including nieces and nephews are all involved in winter carnival she was eight years old when her dad took her to her first winter carnival parade in one thousand nine hundred eighty four she performed  the fifty first celeste enjoys sewing costumes playing guitar singing playing cards crocheting and of course cloning joanne had been a teacher's assistant an administrative assistant and a customer service representative she is currently semi retired she enjoyed volunteering at area hospitals in her spare time joanne plays tennis and cards enjoyed gardening listening to music taking walks and socializing lady joanne johnson  self employed as a graphic designer wedding planner and wedding officiant barbara has many interests including singing with the ladies of elegance the signing airbrushing courses dancing hosting speed he served her country during vietnam in earning intel army intelligence services she has owned businesses in it worked in executive management for several companies more importantly lee has a son a daughter a grandson and another grandson under development lee enjoys entertaining and singing was he two thousand and thirteen seen a winter carnival senior royalty lady in waiting and is currently secretary of the st paul sr royalty fran has been an elementary teacher for twenty two years in illinois a substitute teacher for the past seven years and an interim preschool director for seven months she is an artist in many medias paintings photography and fabric lady grey smith escorted by sure matthew smith people doing puzzles learning about the american indian culture and participating activities in the american indian community gray said while injured on the board of the american indian community including organisation for elders and domestic abuse victims she has also volunteering at the same public schools indian education program and at her grandchildren sporting events  candidate lady marilyn smith taylor escorted my husband and candidates are really tailor senior maryland has a reception maryland had been a receptionist for the david magic insurance agency as well as the office manager for estes funeral chapel office manager for domestic violence in the african american community youth work or neuter for the minneapolis marilyn and willie jointly have eight children sixteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren  taylor sr retired from general motors after twenty seven years he and marilyn originally from louisiana relocated to minneapolis after serving in the u s navy he has a love for singing and singing with his church choirs at the fellowship mission let us know on our country as a humble hi jr our o t c color guard under the direction of lieutenant colonel johnson presents our flags and we would also like to thank the humble fire under the direction of barbara lawrence wind holes and the assistant principal steve isles in that joining us today from the winter playgrounds of the roma boreas are distinguished ours of the northland who are seated in the audience would you please rise and be recognized as your name or group is announced in please be seated at this time from the st paul city council representing word sex council member dan bostrom and have been at it probably all of these coronation de long as i can remember and he represents his district well and thank you dan for attending and if there are any other city council member which i may have overlooked please stand also thank you we'd like to thank the st paul division our department of parks and recreation for bringing us to use this space here and for all the support they've given this coronation in the they are accompanied by senior bush commodore ellen johnson and senior princess judy johnson the senior royalty alumni association members many of them are in the audience today we ask that all former senior royalty court members please stand and be recognized  we extend our sincere thanks in appreciation to all senior royalty alumni members now let us take a moment to remember those members of the senior royalty who have passed away this year marie caliph ish the lady  waiting in one nine hundred eighty five in the one nine hundred eighty seven queen of the north lambs and also dennis olds from two thousand prince of the four win now to add sparkle to this annual event we are delighted to bring you some remarkable entertainment this group was formed in one nine hundred eighty seven under the direction of ruth bachmann who was a former new york city rocket is no longer with us but her legacy lives on it is an honor to bring you this group of exciting sassy women who have a repertoire over fifty routines reaching from broadway musicals to choreograph dances to high impact camping please welcome t rhinestone rocket celebrity member was clara dubrow shop and she was a new york rock at even before they built radio city music hall i do want to introduce our current dance instructor she's present with us today and her name is stephanie if you would rice and just wave to the cro you and i rock out so come out and do another number for you and they've been on for a little later on the program so don't leave early thank you again and they'll be back later on in the program to do another fine performance for you ladies and gentlemen at this time i would like to introduce as actual and see the prime minister to the royal court of boreas direction the st paul winter carnival from the a fun fact that will interest nobody but me the year that he was prime minister his boris was dick shock and dick shock son married my sister so isn't that not interesting another little fun fact very good but i don't like to play favorites with the seniors but i hope they understand that mary lou vining berg is my favorite this year because she was my elementary school librarian slash lunch ticket taker and as i joked about all year she will go to no ends to get that overdue book back so we've had a great time with our seniors this year one great thing about hanging out the senior royalty and i think in most seniors is that they do not fit the stereotype of the seer in any way shape or form maybe be a senior by age but that's it they are a hoot and when we got to go through i think it was in cambridge was enough my talk and i'd like to do c p r twenty or twenty fourteen st paul winter carnival royal family first up coming into the room we have our east wind guard he's also serving as our pillow guard he is from the royal house of quality insurance service and northern prairie financial he is with him is our or wild wild wild west when princess she is from the royal house of hammer next decorating with give a big hot to abbey messy  all we're really excited to be here at the hall and sheila wellstone our center this is the second time we've been here earlier for the junior coronation and now for the senior coronation how wonderful it is to what i'd like to start by recognizing the people who took a lot of time and energy and it sounds like many many months to put on this beautiful carnation so if you had any part in setting the stay up if you wouldn't mind standing so we're obviously here today to crown some new senior royalty but also congratulate the twenty four team senior royalty on a year well done we have really enjoyed our time with every parade that we had when they were able to join us was just that much better because they could be there they were there for hugs and smiles and we had a lot of really great conversations this year and i always cherish the times that we got to ride on the float together especially at the end of the here so congratulations you can't see me but i know you're back there congratulations you g members of the s r a a board we say hail to you for the work that you do your work does not go unnoticed and we appreciate you to to heaven to hold the side office with all the rights responsibilities appurtenances and hair did and it's there to be long or by any wise appertaining during the full term of our reign in testimony whereof we have parents who sent or handing cause the great seal of our dominion to be affixed in the all right thank you board members if you could please take your seat thank you very much for all that you do seat now we would like to call up the outgoing senior l t please front and center much you could take your seats please now i've said this about a hundred times this year my year i'm at the beck and call of king boris and the queen constantly i've got a pager and it never stops going off and they said today prime we are definitely i want some entertainment we in fact we want double the entertainment because the end of the year they want double the entertainment so they keep thirteen and fourteen could you please come up and regale us with the song thank you so much all right we're going to ask for once i get to tell prime what to do you the royal family if you'd like to have a seat and then we have a real treat for all of you that she gets a senior crew was only half as good as mine ladies and gentlemen it is my honor and pride to introduce a friend and the new candidates you know i have something in common with a lot of the people in this audience as of my last birthday i am officially allowed to get the senior discount at a lot of stores i shop at and eat off of the senior menu at perkins honor of all that my friends at my birthday party sang a little song for me and i found it both amusing and a little motivational so that i shouldn't sit on my butt and just go into retirement so here we go you've worked in the work for years and years you're always on the go you never take a moment off too busy make an dough you say someday you'll take a break when but i told you that these folks here found a very special place in our hearts the king winter oh my goodness this man he stole my heart away completely thank you all very very much roger the show is yours owner for coming to the coronation today and thank you for the time you've taken this past year to share so many of the stories of the enjoyment of winter carnival in st paul the reign of king winner of the fifty six of those court will soon come to an end their preparing a feral message what a year it's really hard to believe that spot it's coming to an end and i didn't say finally we have had a wonderful time full of parades appearances and spreading joy and happiness we are five very different individuals with different personalities but we came together and became almost like family we will remember this year for the rest of our lives during the first two parades the grand parade and the torchlight parade we had the distinct honor of riding in a horse drawn carriage was it cold but it's never too cold for the winter carnival right right our theme was fabulous five forever young seniors rock became our mantra we told the story of anyway after after we said seniors rock on the parade routes we get a lot appearances at the senior citizen centers or our nursing homes or the schools we greeted all who attended individually and talked with them we sang songs which everyone knew and loved being part of the two thousand and fourteen court was not about us it was all about the same paul winter carnival it was about the special memories we will cherish being part of the winter carnival royalty and the king and the special bond we had with the king boreas court the balkans klondyke as you could tell and the junior royalty we had a really special bond as i said with the  and attended some very wonderful parties and some of the some of the royal homes we had the royal guard we went to the king's tollway you went to the east winds home who i will never forget the ice bucket challenge between the royal guards and the volga us and the princes i would like to thank each member of the court for their dedication and in contributing their time and talent to make sure that this year was one we will always remember now queen gerry and i would like to take a minute to talk about each member of the two thousand and fourteen court i need to take it away from the best speaker we have but she doesn't want to talk about herself what a grand lady what a fabulous prime minister six years of the senior corps she had she has an infectious laugh that everyone recognizes she always seems to know someone in the only male person on the court surrounded by four females that in itself was quite a feat you conducted yourself with kingly stature and made the night inks unique and special for all the kids and adults alike loved your balloon apples and animals and your beat animals cindy wants to know if you got your sandwich thank you so much all right queen of the northlands jerry jerry you were the glue that held all of us together you sat up all the parades with all the paperwork that entailed you got us there on time and always always looked like the queen you were wow what a job you did and the hugs the hugs and  sorry gerry you were the hugging queen will you ever forget the saga of your keys on the front seat of your locked car when you ever forget the young man that came along and responsible for getting us transportation in the form of convertibles for our many parades you worked with fury motors marman mark chapel and judicial look at beer for the convertibles and work diligently getting the drivers for these convertibles i'd like to also thank your daughters michelle and christina cindy's sister candy and my sister judy and  for driving in our parades we couldn't have done it without all these volunteers thank you very much oh by the way katie have you found your monkey yet that's kind of an inside job princes of the four winston teeth cindy thresher cindy what joy you were to have on the court you never knew we never knew what outfit you have on or what kind of hair you'd come up with the costumes for the various appearances were unique and awesome you had the certificates for the night ng's done in finding and writing you were always coming up with unique sunglasses or gloves you never forgot a holiday with wonderful gifts and cards for all of us you were our historian and picture taker for most of our appearances and the scrapbook you're putting together will be treasured by all of us cindy you were always the last one to arrive like the east wind but certainly worth waiting for thank you so much finally the two thousand we the two thousand and fourteen court would like to thank the st paul parks and recreation department for sponsoring us again this year  and especially to belinda bergstrom for all your help we were five people that had never done this before we had no idea what we were doing when and somehow or another belinda pulled us together and got it i mean we did get it going but without your help we would have been floundering we also want to thank the senior royalty alumni association they will be taking over the sponsorship of the two thousand and fifteen co and i know they will do a fabulous job i want to especially thank jackie whitner for her design of my hands i had so much fun with this  and i'm not giving it up either thank you as the spokes person for the two thousand and fourteen court thank you for letting us represent the seniors of the city of st paul we hope we made a favorable impression on all who saw us at our parades and our appearances we enjoyed every minute of it and are sad to see it come to an end in conclusion the new two thousand and fifteen court will be crowned in a few minutes congratulations to all of you you will enjoy the here and embrace it with all your heart this is the coolest celebration on earth thank you ladies and gentlemen it is now time to select our two thousand and fifteen royal here to act as a lord hard chamber learned through the court is a leader of the peace keeping officers in the northern realm of winter please join me in welcoming the city of st paul's jr smith resides in st paul's westside with his wife and family he has a special compassion for the neighborhood in which he was raves he was a graduate of humble high school in a strong supporter and board member of the neighborhood house and all of also volunteers at the boys and girls club on the west side chief smith will now assist us in the selection of our new royal family who have searched the seven hills road where the candidates with the chief judge cathy went to the plate bring forth the royals grower croyle the lord chamberlain of the cork chief smith you will receive and read the first degree proclaiming the two thousand fifteen king winter the fifty seven smith please receive and read the next two thousand and fifteen prime minister for the st paul winter carnival senior royalty hearing hear ye hear ye citizens of the north land the royal court of honorable judges appointed by the senior royalty alumni association here by decree barbara january twentieth two thousand and fifteen year part of the two thousand and fourteen court fifteen court selected we need a princess a lady in waiting and a queen to complete the court of the court chief smith we will return to the traditions of the past and choose the remaining candidates beginning with the prince of the four wins so fulfill your royal duty and receive and read the decree proclaiming the princes of the four winds for two thousand and fifteen h two thousand and fifteen fifteen as their first royal act king winter the fifty seventh in the queen of the northlands have decreed that all remaining candidates become their special ambassadors to help spread their royal messages throughout the kingdom where the faithful ambassadors come forward and pay tribute to music today police chief tom smith as a lord high term berlin thank you again pages lorraine venice and lori mcgee who for many years have performed their skills on this stage thank you again an st paul neighborhood network thank you for televising this ceremony today and i personally would like to thank all the sr ali alumni who put on this tremendous pageant today i know it's been a lot of hard work you really put together your act again and thank you so much for the wonderful job you all d king one of the fifty seventh had decreed that the royal photographer be allowed on stage to take the official photographs of the new royal court and the honored guests audience members may take photos as well will help but please allow the official photographs to be taken first after the royal photographs have been taken there will be time for those who would like to take pictures so have your cameras ready during this time complimentary freshman's will be served by the staff of the pathways in the park over to my right the winter carnival senior coronation will be broadcast on st paul neighborhood network cable nineteen in st paul please check your website or your program for further information thank you want all for attending the two thousand and fifteen st paul winter carnival senior world a coronation and have a wonderful evening as you enjoy the coolest celebration on earth