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Dream of reigning over the 2016 Winter Carnival? Time to apply

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wpid-20150124__150125QueenofSnows.webp, Aurora Queen of the Snows, Krystle Igbo-Ogbonna, waves to the crowds as she rides the Winter Carnival Royal Float in Winter Carnival Grand Day Parade
By KATIE KATHER | Pioneer PressWomen with dreams of Winter Carnival royalty can begin their campaigns.Applications for the 2016 St. Paul Winter Carniv

Vulcans hop on the booya bandwagon

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20141111__1-Vulcans_Luverne.jpg, St. Paul Vulcans ride their truck, Luverne, at a 2014 event at Bridge View School in St. Paul. (Courtesy of St. Paul Vulcans)
By JAIME DELAGE | jdelage@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressList of booya feedsIt’s not often someone new ventures into the secretive old St. Paul tradi

St. Paul Winter Carnival's Vulcanus Rex resigns

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wpid-20150129__150201Vulcans-Unmasked.webp, Vulcanus Rex Steven Fischer, center, is flanked by 2015 St. Paul Winter Carnival Vulcans. Front row from left are Trever Harwell, Grand Duke Fertiliou
By KATIE KATHER | Pioneer PressThe 2015 Vulcanus Rex has resigned, citing personal reasons, according to the chair of the 2015 Vulcan Krewe Advisory.S

For Vulcanus Rex 2015, role is a boyhood dream fulfilled

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wpid-20150129__150201Vulcans-costume.webp, The St. Paul Winter Carnival Vulcans in St. Paul on Wednesday Jan. 28, 2015. Front row (from left): Trever Harwell, Grand Duke Fertilious, Steven Fisc, wpid-20150129__150201Vulcans-Unmasked.webp, Vulcanus Rex Steven Fischer, center, is flanked by 2015 St. Paul Winter Carnival Vulcans. Front row from left are Trever Harwell, Grand Duke Fertiliou, TheWinterCarnivalVulcans001-L.jpg, Grand Duke Fertilious, Trever Harwell, and Count of Ashes, Matt Fleming paint their faces before going out and about with the St. Paul Winter Carnival, TheWinterCarnivalVulcans002-L.jpg, Duke of Klinker, Leigh Halvorsen gets some help putting a stencil on his cheek in a hotel room bathroom before going out with the vulcans in St. Paul , TheWinterCarnivalVulcans003-L.jpg, Vulcanus Rex, Steven Fischer gets his cape on before going out and about with his crew in St. Paul on Wednesday Jan. 28, 2015. (Pioneer Press: Jean Pi, TheWinterCarnivalVulcans004-L.jpg, Empty boxes of wild sardines, attributed to General Flameous, sit by Winter Carnival buttons on a hotel room table where the vulcans gathered before g
By KATIE KATHER | Pioneer PressSteven Fischer, Vulcanus Rex for the 2015 St. Paul Winter Carnival, raved about his 12-year-old granddaughter between b

What's the best ending for a Winter Carnival ice castle?

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wpid-20150129__150201Castle-Melting.webp, This drawing shows crowds watching the 1887 St. Paul Winter Carnival ice palace melt. (Image courtesy of Bob Olsen)
By KATIE KATHER | Pioneer PressThousands of people came to Lake Phalen on Feb. 21, 1986, to watch the historic centennial ice palace come crashing dow
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