Reign XXIII
The Twenty-Third Reign
The Legendary Crystal Court of Diversity & Pride
April 12, 1997

Empress XXIII Sydney Andrews
The Rainbow Empress of Pride

Emperor XXIII Reggie Grove
The Black Stallion Emperor

In a record-breaking voter turnout, Emperor XXIII Reggie Grove and Empress XXIII Sydney Andrews became the duly elected Monarchs of Court year 23. With the creed of Diversity and Pride they set out to be compassionate, hard working and charitable leaders of our Community. They accomplished that and more. They were the Monarchs who
co-captained a team for the AIDS walk, who became the first Empress to speak at the Pridefest Rally, raised over $2,000 for the annual CAP Thanksgiving Food Drive. Contributed over $3,000 to the Human Rights Campaign Fund and were the first to be actively involved in the Pink Ribbon Campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness. They were also the Monarchs to host the first annual “Triple Decade Show”, now an annual Board of Directors event celebrating the ten and twenty year Anniversary Monarchies of the ICRME. In a spectacular evening, three generations of the Monarchy came together on on stage to benefit the White Rose Scholarship Fund.

The State Functions of the 23rd reign were elegant and successful as well. PR Ball was a “Grand Ole Opry” theme while Snow Ball was “Imperial Russia” and King of Hearts was a pirate theme complete with full ship on stage!

Lines of succession are an important part of any reign and the 23rd was no exception. They included…Prince and Princess Royale, Tom J. and Coco Chanel; Grand; Grand Duke and Grand Dutchess, Richard Siemers and Jackie Summers; Czar and Czarina, Tony Yost and Kir Royale; Marquis and Marquessa, Tim Fasse and Alexis Del Rey and Don and Reina, Firtz Trujillo and Jazzanne Capri as well as numerous other hard working Court members/ Reggie passed along his previous permanent title of Prince of Hearts to Richard Siemers.

The storybook reign of 23 came to a close at The Regency with “Mardi Gras Down Under” and made way for the 24th reign.