Reign XXXVI

The Legend of The Kodiak 

The Big Boy Emperor of Change and Devotion Emperor XXXVI Allen Haskett

The Revelation of the Crystal 

The Malachite and Ivory Celestial Swan Empress of Dignity and Laughter 

Empress XXXVI Sophia DeVille

Reign 36 began on Saturday April 18, 2009 with the Coronation of The Legend of The Kodiak, The Big Boy Emperor of Change and Devotion Emperor XXXVI Allen Haskett and The Revelation of the Crystal, The Malachite and Ivory Celestial Swan Empress of Dignity and Laughter, Empress XXXVI Sophia DeVille.

 

Reign 36 was to be known as The Legendary Crystal Court of Devotion, Laughter and Transformation. The goal for the reign was to rebuild relationships and reach out to the Denver GLBT community. The Monarchs decided to split up their list of out of town travels so that they could cover more ground out of town and still have a strong presence in their own realm. They both attended Salt Lake City, Colorado Springs and Las Vegas. The Emperor attended Phoenix, Omaha, Alaska, Houston and Spokane. The Empress attended Dallas, Portland, San Francisco, Des Moines and Seattle. The Empress also traveled to Salt Lake City for their PR fundraising event.

 

Toward their goal of reaching out to the Denver GLBT community, the 36th reign was a part of the gay bowling league tournament and the gay tennis tournament. The 36th reign also helped the gay rodeo association by having a vendor booth at the rodeo as well as pouring beer for them. The 36th reign attended several local pageants to include; Rocky Mountain Shinning Star, Majestic Hearts and Gay Pride. The 36th reign also attended national events held in Denver such as the National GLBT Task Force.

 

The 36th Reign also took on many changes for their year. It was the last year that the Empress would host Snow Ball alone, and the last year the Emperor would host King of Hearts as a State Event. There would be an added function called the All Candidates Event to kick off the campaign season. Another big change for the ICRME would come in the form of a nationally recognized headliner at Coronation. The board of directors chose R&B recording artist CeCe Peniston as the headliner.  Many changes were made to Coronation weekend based upon a private committee’s recommendations.  The Monarchs were very gracious and allowed many changes to be made during their step down weekend.

 

Snow Ball 2009 “A Celestial Journey into the Antarctic Winter” was held on Saturday November 21st at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel, it would be the last state event held there. Horizon House and Urban Peak were the recipients of the evenings' fundraising efforts. Twenty Year Anniversary Emperor Ken Barker created a spectacular winter set. It would be a tribute to his own Empress and her Snow Ball with three giant snowflakes center stage.  Empress Sophia invited two reigning Empresses to be commands at Snow Ball, Empress XVII of the United Court of the Sandias, Aleah Rico; and Empress XXIX of the Imperial Court of Nebraska, Holly Day. Empress Sophia chose Urban Peak and Horizon House as the beneficiaries. Special thanks to Ball Coordinator Empress Sydney Andrews, Program Coordinator Emperor Gregg Looker and Set Designer Emperor Ken Barker.  Empress Sophia awarded the Kinsey Award to Roby Frank for his years of service to the ICRME and his hard work for her. Roby served as Sophia's campaign manager, helped build several ICRME sets and many behind the scenes projects over the years.

 

Emperor Allan's King of Hearts “An Imperial Evening at the Chocolate Factory”, was held on Saturday February 20th at the Ramada Inn, a new venue for state events. Emperor Ken Barker created a special set for KOH and the Ball was coordinated by Emperor Lamar Cooper. Program design was created by Emperor Gregg Looker. Charities for KOH were CAP and Howard Dental Center. Performers for the evening included; Emperor Lamar Cooper, Empress Jasmine James, Zoe Diddim, Jenae Bordeaux, Empress Scarlett Fever, Emperor John Lazo, Emperor Ken Barker, Emperor Sean Gooden, Empress Brandi Roberts, Prince Royale Dan Yates, Princess Royale Sue Anne Michaels and Empress Sophia DeVille. 

 

Coronation 37, “An Evening with the Tudors, A Royal British Coronation” was held on Saturday April 17th at the Renaissance Hotel. Emperor Michael Vrooman was set designer, Emperor Lamar Cooper and Empress Brandi Roberts were ball coordinators.  Urban Peak and The Alzheimer’s Association were charity partners who would receive proceeds from Coronation. One significant change made to Coronation was that the permanent titles would be announced Friday night and would walk as part of the College of Cardinals on Saturday night. Empress Sophia named Kristen Ruby as The Iridescent Ruby of the Celestial Swan and Precious Gem to all Empresses for life and Emperor Allen named Jim Barry as Prince Consort to All Emperors for Life.  Other awards given were Male Line Member of the Year to Grand Duke Michael Martinez, Female Line Member of the Year to Baroness Kristen Ruby, Line Couple of the Year to Marquis Ken Bazan and Marquessa Michelle Schultz and Court Member of the Year to Marie Wagner. We would be blessed with over 20 out of realm courts walking on Coronation night.

 

Emperor Allen and Empress Sophia were fortunate enough to select a group of hardworking individuals to serve on the 36th family: Prince Royale Dan Yates and Princess Royale Sue Anne Michaels, Supreme Queen Mother - Empress 2 Scotti Carlyle, King Father - Emperor 32 Lamar Cooper and Queen Mother - Empress 34 Janelle St. Christopher, Godfather - Emperor 33 Michael Vrooman and Godmother - Princess Royale 20 Rosa Marie Sugarbaker, Grand Duke Michael Martinez and Grand Duchess Shanida Lawya, Czar Donna Lopez and Czarina Mandi Monroe, Marquis Ken Bazan and Marquessa Michelle Schultz, Don Kelly Byington and Reigna Isabela Markes, Baron Rodd Remmelts and Baroness Kristen Ruby, Count Tina Stegall and Countess Debee Summers, Dauphin Anthony Alexander and Dauphine Choc-Latini, Imperial Lord Chris McCoy and Imperial Lady Unique Li Devine, Crown Prince Justin Price and Crown Princess Gia Lamar.

 

The 36th reign would come to an end on April 17th 2010 and would usher in the 37th reign.