Hail, St. Paul Winter Carnival royalty. The 2014 King Boreas and Aurora, Queen of the Snows, were announced Friday night at RiverCentre.
King Boreas is Roger Kruse, owner of FFP Wealth Management in Anoka. Aurora is Abby Hoglin of Lakeville, sponsored by Ideal Printers.
The rest of the court also was announced and will rule over the Coolest Celebration on Earth until Feb. 1, when the Vulcans will push King Boreas and Co. aside after the Torchlight Parade to usher in the start of spring.
Winter Carnival royalty’s first big event is the Grande Day Parade, which starts at 2 p.m. Saturday at Grand Avenue on West Seventh Street and makes its way along West Seventh to Rice Park.
Here’s the rest of the Royal Family (sponsors in parentheses):
— Prime Minister: Tim Simplot (Apple River Family Campground)
— Titan, Prince of the North Wind: Leo Yurek (Lethert, Skwira, Schultz & Co. LLC, The Bungalow)
— North Wind Princess: Elizabeth Carlson (Kane’s Catering)
— Euros, Prince of the East Wind: Chuck Bethel (Party Time Liquors, Financial Concepts, Opus Development, Bethel Legal Services)
— East Wind Princess: Christine Schrader (Power Systems Research)
— Zephyrus, Prince of the West Wind: Curt Cooper (AirSpace Minnesota, Hiway Federal Credit Union, Cooper and Cooper Consulting)
— West Wind Princess: Abby Massey (Hamernick’s Decorating)
— Notos, Prince of the South Wind: Mark Biermann (Fury Motors, Hope and Opportunities)
— South Wind Princess: Ashley Galloway (Jimmy’s Food & Drink)
— Captain: Mark Marrone (Guardian Pest Control)
— Sergeant of the Guard/North: Alex Keller (Iceman Industries Inc.)
— South Wind Guard: Mark Peterson (Twin City Hide, Birch Lake Chiropractic)
— East Wind Guard: Duane Tessmer (Quality Insurance, Northern Prairie Financial)
— West Wind Guard: Alex Casebolt (Minnesota Territorial Pioneers)
— Pillow Guard: Matt Johnson (LCS Co.)
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