Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-01-05
DULUTH PREPARES
FOR WINTER FROLIC
Pageant Depicting Status of
Great Lakes Shipping Industry,
Coronation Of Queen, and Win.
ter Sports Feb. Is to Is.

Duluth, Mimi, JAM 2.-Plans for
Duluth's Third annual Winter Frolic
already are under way with the cele-
bration scheduled to take place Feb.
Is to Is. The program includes a
colorful queen coronation, spectacular
pageantry, depicting the status of
the Great Lakes shipping industry,
past and future, and ski jumping,
boys dog derby races, skating, to-
bogganing, and a huge parade.
Paramount interest in the frolic
which has been planned on a more
pretentious scale than in former
years, will be attached to the winter
sports and carnival activity of the
celebration.
The champion boy dog racer of
scores of Minnesota towns and cities
will be invited to participate in the
boys dog derby race here during the
Winter Frolic for the state champion
ship. The boys state dog derby
championship will take place Satur-
day, Feb. IS.
The outstanding event of the 1928
celebration will be the browning of
the queen on the opening night, We'd
nesday, Feb. Is. The frolic will be
formally launched that night with an
all-city parade through the down.
town district followed by the corona
ton of the queen at Left Erickson
park. The browning ceremony will
take place on a miniature ice bound
ship Illuminated with colored lights
in the park.
Those participating in the corona
ton ceremonies will be CARRIED in
sailor costumes and the coronation
ball will be held Immediately after
at the Duluth ArmOry, over which
the queen and her court, ensconced
in stage setting typical of the ship
ping industry, will rule The queens
throne will be set in an artificial
sea or ship, tentative plans provide.
The Armory will be decorated to
resemble a ship with the stage deco
rated to represent the bridge. From
the balconies, cardboard cut-outs of
life boats will be hung and the ships
rails" of ropes will encircle the
dance floor. Prizes to the queen and
her court will be awarded at the ball.
Prizes are $3.50 sedan for the
queen; a $3.50 two-door sedan for the
grand duchess; a $500 diamond ring
for the first ranking duchess and
radio sets ranging in value from 500
to $155 for the next three ranking
duchesses.
Stunts and a general celebration
will take place downtown where two
bands will play from 9 p. m. until IL
p. m. Thursday night will follow a
day of winter sport events, skiing.
tobogganing, skating, and ski racing.
Friday night will be repetition of
Thursdays program and the Saturday
program will include pageantry por-
traying the Great Lakes shipping in
dustry, followed by a fireworks dis
play, in addition to the state dog der
by championship for boys and the
boys ski jumping tournament.
The Saturday pageant will depict
the knights of Inland Transportation
the railroad, the Earls of Shipping
from the five inland seas, the Squires
of Field and Plain and the Burghers
of the Ports of the Lakes, the Lord of
the Forests and his retinue and the
Iron King from the North paying
tribute to the queen and her court.
A fireworks display, ball, and mu-
sic and stunts downtown will Offici-
ally close the 1928 frolic although the
Duluth Ski Clubs annual tournament
for the leading ski riders of the ma