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− | The [[Emperor]] is the only position that exists at more than one site. It is also among the oldest traditions. The Emperor | + | |
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+ | The [[Emperor]] is the only position that exists at more than one site. It is also among the oldest traditions. The Emperor and Empress are the people who traditionally preside over the [[Passionfruit]], and are usually quite knowledgeable about tradition. | ||
==Carlisle== | ==Carlisle== | ||
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− | + | At both sessions, the Emperor and Empress have traditional headgear that are passed down to succeeding royalty. First Session's Emperor and Empress have a crown and a tiara respectively. Second Session instead has two crowns handmade from colored duct tape for both the Emperor and the Empress. | |
− | First Session: | + | |
− | Second Session: | + | The role of the royalty at Carlisle is to act as sort of student administrators. For example, when there was a conflict about Goth Day, the Empress made the final verdict. Their main duty is to run every aspect of Passionfruit. It is traditional for the Emperor to make the first toast, and the Empress, the last. The Emperor and Empress are responsible for coming up with devirginizations/den00bifications to initiate those to those who are new to the site or were absent the year before. The administration has disallowed both these terms in recent years, so they are now referred to as Passionfruit Games. |
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+ | Quite some time ago, the Empress and Emperor were referred to as the "juice coordinators" who would traditionally purchase a large amount of Passionfruit juice for the whole circle. Then, people realized the ineffectiveness of this and started to bring their own juice, soda, water, etc., to Passionfruit. In addition, upon the departure of Gary Noritz, who facilitated finding and purchasing cases of passionfruit juice, the drink became difficult to obtain. However, for Passionfruit 10.1, Liam McNamara, the Jesus for the session, managed to acquire several containers of passionfruit juice. The mixing of passionfruit juice with red Powerade during the Last Supper became a tradition soon after. (Passionfruit juice is available at some farmer markets, as well as supermarkets such as Whole Foods). | ||
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+ | For session 1 in the following list, the first person listed was Empress and the latter is Emperor, and for session 2 the first listed is Emperor and the latter is Empress | ||
+ | |||
+ | * '''2001''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Owen Gentry and Pammy Woodward | ||
+ | * '''2002''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Lizzie Wade | ||
+ | * '''2003''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Laura and ??? | ||
+ | * '''2004''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: Adria Simon and ??? | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Annie and George | ||
+ | * '''2005''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: Franklyn Cantor and Nabil Hasmi | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Ben and Tini | ||
+ | * '''2006''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: Ali Greenberg and Matt Carroll | ||
+ | *: Second Session: McKenzie Hull and Holly Murray | ||
+ | * '''2007''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: Clara Pelaez and Kimmi Cheng | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Mike Schumacher and Jackie Mora | ||
+ | * '''2008''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: NEW: Ryan Heaney and Ross "Sarge" Slaughter | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Allie Prescott and Rachel Hull | ||
+ | *'''2009''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: [[user: Jkim1593| Jeanette Kim]] and Alex "Jake" Jacobsen | ||
+ | *: Second Session: [[user: Emperorjake| Jake Meyers]] and Eddie Cytryn | ||
+ | *'''2010''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: [[user:Rosalie| Rosalie Nathans]] and Albert Han | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Patrick Kennedy and [[user: Maybemicaela| Micaela Rodríguez]] | ||
+ | *'''2011''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: Colin Mark | ||
+ | *: Second Session: [[user: Julia.gureck| Julia Gureck]] and [[user: KilltheKingKirby| Jonathan Kirby]] | ||
+ | *'''2012''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: [[user:Melonchollie| Michelle Kim]] and [[user:Swine09survivor| Bobby Zipp]] | ||
+ | *: Second Session: [[User:BradP27| Fish Stark]] and [[user:Thenonbritishbritshnationalist| Rebecca Trickey]] | ||
+ | *'''2013''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: Maya Hoke and [[user:Jujube| Julia Gollin]] | ||
+ | *: Second Session: [[user:Dryrun| Duncan Rheingans-Yoo]] and Dayna Levine | ||
+ | *'''2014''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: Alexis Onsi and Andrew Scheirer | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Max Holmes and Adonis Doherty | ||
+ | *'''2015''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: [[user:Devereaux| Matthew Sims]] and Anshuman Sinha | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Zak Klein and [[user:Off-the-Wallflower| Nathan Pugh]] | ||
+ | *'''2016''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: [[user:Jay.hyphen| Jared Brunner]] and [[user:M|M Benesch]] | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Ilana Miller and Sarah Baldino | ||
+ | *'''2017''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: Quinn Filler and Leah Branstetter | ||
+ | *: Second Session: [[user:siliconmonoxide| Mark Johnson]] and Kat Xie | ||
+ | *'''2018''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: [[user:tanwi.tangerine| Tanwi Wangikar]] and MJ Smith | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Kat Kobetitsch and Sanya Tejwani | ||
+ | *'''2019''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: [[user:jacktowersjack| Jack Towers]] and Liz Leiser | ||
+ | *: Second Session: [[User:Fiffyivy|Sage Eanet]] and [[user:Bayleaf| Bailey Coghlan]] | ||
+ | *'''2020''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: [[user:Smileyreilly|Reilly R]] and [[user:Alex_Lewis|Alex Lewis]] | ||
+ | *: Second Session: [[user:Robotchauvinism| Ingrid Zlotea]] and Audrey McKnight | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Lancaster== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Emperor/Empress is the person who makes the first speech at [[Passionfruit]]. Unlike other positions, it is not decided the previous year but rather at by application at the no-more meeting. There can be more than one; for example, in 06.2 there were two, and at 05.2 there were four (two males and two females, in reference to ''The Chronicles of Narnia''). | ||
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+ | * '''1998''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: ? | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Jon Rin and ? | ||
+ | * '''1999''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: Michael Mishkin and ? | ||
+ | *: Second Session: ? | ||
+ | * '''2000''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: Elspeth (Beth) Kursh and Tom Weingarten | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Rose Ginsberg and Daniel Vitolo | ||
+ | * '''2001''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: Ken Levin and Chelsea Seachord | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Kayla Armstrong and Deb Streusand | ||
+ | * '''2002''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: Maura Spiegelman and "The Original" Andy Bartholomew | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Belle Saxton and Andy "UnAndy" Schlesinger | ||
+ | * '''2003''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: Natalie Bau and Tim Hwang | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Maddie Morrison, Tom "Lord of Lemmings" Wilson, and Jai Dhyani | ||
+ | * '''2004''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: Liz and Dave | ||
+ | *: Second Session: | ||
+ | * '''2005''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: Alyssa Gottschlich | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Will Colmer, David "Pickle" Kotsonis , Marley Teter, Nikka Rosenstein | ||
+ | * '''2006''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: Alexa "Lexxie" Kottmeyer and Aliza Alperin-Sheriff | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Alexander James Maestro Quinones Leroy Bangs a.k.a. QB, Colin Mahaffey | ||
+ | * '''2007''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: See below. | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Alexa Fredston-Hermann and Julia "Juice" Revzin | ||
+ | * '''2008''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: See below. | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Noelle Aly, Caroline, Maddy Jennewein, Julie Leghorn | ||
+ | * '''2009''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: See below. | ||
+ | *: Second Session: [[User:Dtree1992|Daniel Tracht]], Lena Beckenstein, Bee Lockwood | ||
+ | * '''2010''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: See below. | ||
+ | *: Second Session: [[User:D short|Declan Kennedy]] | ||
+ | * '''2011''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: See below. | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Jess Weber | ||
+ | * '''2011''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: See below. | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Lilly Clark | ||
+ | * '''2013''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: See below. | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Anne Mancini | ||
+ | * '''2014''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: See below. | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Christian Wolpert | ||
+ | * '''2015''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: See below | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Hannah Hildebolt | ||
+ | * '''2016''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: See below | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Via Barr | ||
+ | * '''2017''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: See below | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Elizabeth Hawk | ||
+ | * '''2018''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: See below | ||
+ | *: Second Session: Birdy McDonnell | ||
+ | * '''2019''' | ||
+ | *: First Session: See below | ||
+ | *: Second Session: [[User:c.skinnergrant|Ceci Skinner-Grant]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Trinity=== | ||
− | + | :''Main article: [[Trinity (Session 1)]] | |
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− | + | In 07.1, the Emperor position of First Session was replaced with a new trio of positions called the Trinity, based on the Catholic Holy Trinity and in reference to the verse in Don McLean's "[[American Pie]]" which goes: | |
− | First Session: | ||
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− | + | :"And the three men I admire most | |
− | + | :The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost | |
− | + | :They caught the last train for the coast | |
+ | :The day the music died." | ||
− | + | The Trinity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost now fill the roles of Emperors of Passionfruit and execute the Last Supper. | |
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− | + | ==Saratoga Springs== | |
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− | + | The Royalty at Saratoga Springs, besides being knowledgeable about tradition and making the last Passionfruit speeches, organize Blammo and Spirit Days. These are the Emperors and Empresses listed by year of reign. Two Emperors and two Empresses are crowned each session just to make sure at least one comes back the following year. This tradition began in 2005 when Riley O'Neill was the only one to return of four royalty chosen. It was passed down to Session 2 when David "Bex" Becker and Lina Huo (First Session Royalty) attended the Second Session Passionfruit of 2006 and told Youngin Lim to pick four, just in case. | |
− | First Session | ||
− | Second Session | ||
− | + | Note: For session 1, please organize in order so that we can preserve who picked who. EX: 2005: a, b, c, d - 2006: a's pick, b's pick, c's pick, d's pick. | |
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+ | * '''2005''' | ||
+ | *: Session 1: Keane Tzong, Julia Wagner, Claire Kelley, Alex Micciche | ||
+ | *: Session 2: Nick Fabiani, Stacy Toesland | ||
+ | * '''2006''' | ||
+ | *: Session 1: Riley O'Neill | ||
+ | *: Session 2: Youngin Lim, Zemelia Miller | ||
+ | * '''2007''' | ||
+ | *: Session 1: David "Bex" Becker, Jay Margherio, Charlotte Coates, Lina Huo | ||
+ | *: Session 2: Primary: Edison Huff, Stef Siller Secondary: Mike Feblowitz, Hilary (the lovely) Ludlow | ||
+ | * '''2008''' | ||
+ | *: Session 1: Gage Wright, Zach Gerstein, Neha Srivastava, Liv Stillman | ||
+ | *:* Replaced by: Peter Yang, Jesse Muse, Aliya Dincer, Rachel Lin | ||
+ | *: Session 2: Bill Landis, David Clemens-Sewall, Christine Maroti, Gaby Garbasz | ||
+ | * '''2009''' | ||
+ | *: Session 1: Will Pearl, Mark McGurrin, Sabrina Zeller, Laura Spake | ||
+ | *: Session 2: Primary: Alex DeBerardinis and Sam Kwan, Secondary: Nick Kwan and Jennie Robbiano | ||
+ | *'''2010''' | ||
+ | *: Session 1: Max Hengeveld, Young Guang, Katrina Ungewitter, Ivy Shen | ||
+ | *: Session 2: Primary: Aaron Forrest and Sophia Keskey, Secondary: Matt Simon and Sarah Woolf | ||
+ | *'''2011''' | ||
+ | *: Session 1: AJ Langevin, Aaron Wan, Gwen Luvara, Emily Gartenberg | ||
+ | *: Session 2: Primary: Muki Barkan and Haizen Poole, Secondary: <s>Brandon Nguyen</s> Peter Pak and Camille Goering (Brandon missed the session due to scheduling conflicts, Peter took over from being third in line) | ||
+ | *'''2012''' | ||
+ | *: Session 1: Alex Libby, James Gan, Liz Lvov, <s>Cathy Kuang</s> Heather Shen | ||
+ | *: Session 2: Primary: Alex Libby and Leah Forrest, Secondary: Daniel "Ginger" Heins and Paroma Mallick | ||
+ | *'''2013''' | ||
+ | *:Session 1: Eric Chen, Albert Kong, Danielle Gutman, Octavia Fitzmaurice | ||
+ | *:Session 2: Primary: <s>Teddy Ni</s> Max Dunsker and Livvy Cashen, Secondary: <s>Max Dunsker</s> Rachel Novick and David Bai (Teddy Ni could not return due to scheduling conflicts) | ||
+ | *'''2014''' | ||
+ | *:Session 1: TJ Noel-Sullivan, Alex Eishingdrelo, <s>Anusha Purakayastha</s> Katie Miles, Charlotte Keeley | ||
+ | *:Session 2: Primary: Suraag Srinivas and <s>Kimberly Katz</s> Nellie Spektor, Secondary: Luke Stocker and <s>Aleah Newhouse</s> Emma Nance | ||
+ | *'''2015''' | ||
+ | *:Session 1: Griffin Badalamente, Ryan Guo, [[User:Ahl6456|Ashley Lee]], <s>Maya Amitai</s> Qing Woon | ||
+ | *:Session 2: Primary: Kunal Sengupta and Leila Eshghi (BATMAN), Secondary: Jack Schumann and Evelyn Mesler | ||
+ | *'''2016''' | ||
+ | *:Session 1: Duncan Freeman, [[User:Byronsun|Byron Sun]], [[User:Carlyjames124|Carly James]], [[User:VikyFil|Viky Filippou]] | ||
+ | *:Session 2: Primary: Duncan Freeman and Dheivanai "D." Moorthy, Secondary: Michael Chen and Emily Leibiger | ||
+ | *'''2017''' | ||
+ | *:Session 1: [[User:AlexBrasileiro|Alexandre Jabor]], [[User:Zorse|Gabe Ruoff]], Zivia Lichtenberg, [[User:kvicioso|Kaiya Vicioso]] | ||
+ | *:Session 2: Primary: Franz O'Hanna and [[User:Enyoadoboe|Enyo Adoboe]], Secondary: [[User:Lukepf04|Luke Farrell]] and [[User:Divpopat|Divya Popat]] | ||
+ | *'''2018''' | ||
+ | *:Session 1: [[User:Juniorlin.7|Nelson Lin]], [[User:Daxuie| Daniel Xu]], <s>[[User:Charmurph|Charlotte Murphy]]</s>, [[User:Kaiti Filippou|Kaiti Filippou]] | ||
+ | *:Session 2: Primary: <s>[[User:Elee_18|Ethan Lee]]</s> [[User: Erigney11|Edward Rigney]] and [[User:Amy Hidalgo|Amy Hidalgo]], Secondary: <s>Edward Rigney</s> [[User:H_double_J|Hudson Jakubowicz]] and Ella Parker | ||
+ | *'''2019''' | ||
+ | *:Session 1: [[User:Robert Sheng|Robert Sheng]], Eric Krieger, <s>[[User:Toostlord|Mary Muromcew]]</s>, [[User:gramos|Gia Mar Ramos]], [[User:Noorsingh19|Noor Singh]] | ||
+ | *:Session 2: Primary: <s>John Kulak</s> Kyle Garcia Rogers and <s>Katie Matthews</s> <s>[[User:Nastja|Anastasia "Nastia" Polina]]</s> Daisy Fernandez, Secondary: <s>Kyle Garcia Rogers</s> Gary Lvov and <s>[[User:Nastja|Anastasia "Nastia" Polina]]</s> Michelle Li | ||
+ | *'''2020''' | ||
+ | *:Session 1: Jack Schaeffer, Max Tanksley, [[User:Dotdoesstuff|Dorothy Zhou]], Neya Kidambi | ||
+ | *:Session 2: Primary: Arnav Jain and Mila Splawska, Secondary: [[User:Garranaruto47|Jacob Casper]] and Sophie Coe (unofficial god of chaos Callie Joseph) | ||
+ | *'''2022''' | ||
+ | *:Session 2: [[User:Rebeccasherber|Rebecca Sherber]], [[User:CTYspirit|Logan Spaleta]] | ||
− | + | ==Princeton== | |
− | + | At Princeton, it was decided that the Passionfruit Emperor and Empress should come from different CTY sites to show the combining of sites within the Princeton site. Together, the sites create a happy family. The royal family of 2009 was... | |
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− | + | *'''2009''' | |
− | + | *: Emperor: [[User:Julie | Julie]] of Lancaster and [[User:Rae Spasmodic | Rachel Hall]] of Carlisle | |
− | + | *: Empress: Johnine Licht of Siena (she also attended Lancaster 08.1) | |
− | + | ==Baltimore== | |
− | + | Beginning in 10.2, The Emperor/Empress of JHU wears a "crown," which in reality is a comically large blue and yellow sparkly hat. (As of 17.2 and probably earlier, the Empress wears a tiara.) At Passionfruit, the reigning Emperor/Empress crowns their successor by passing on said hat/tiara. The transition of BLAMMO divinity is also incorporated into Passionfruit, and involves the passing of the Most Epic Tome of BLAMMO to the next God/Goddess. In 11.2, new artifacts such as the Duct Tape Tie and the Emperor's New Shoes were introduced by Karl Heinlein. | |
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− | + | In the "Wilderness Year" of 12.2, there was much confusion and anarchy involved in deciding who would succeed the self-proclaimed God. The said God had decided to declare himself as Emperor, but relinquished his powers last minute to a flying squirrel, who then crowned a separate Empress from the already-crowned Goddess. | |
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− | + | In 2016, following the death of BLAMMO, Empress Tea named two successors, an emperor and an empress, to complete the Holy Trinity, along with a Rave King. In order to sort out the conflict of which successor gets the Holy Book of Love, Empress Tea wrote out another copy by hand. | |
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− | + | The guy who was supposed to be the Empress for 2018.2 went to Carlisle with his friends, and in the confusion of trying to find another Emperor (which never happened; 18.2 is forever Emperor-less) the Book of Love, which had been sent to the Empress (Lynne Kim), was lost in the mail. Lynne hand-copied the entire thing into another composition book so there would be two Books of Love once more. | |
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− | + | For 22.1, Switch would be appointed Empress and later expand the monarchy and attempt to restore it after Covid. See [[Baltimore]] for more | |
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− | + | *'''2009''' | |
− | Session | + | *: Session One: |
− | Session | + | *: Session Two: Katelin Schutz, Kitty Bernardo (two Empresses, no Emperor) |
+ | *'''2010''' | ||
+ | *: Session One: | ||
+ | *: Session Two: Trinity King (Empress ) | ||
+ | *'''2011''' | ||
+ | *: Session One: | ||
+ | *: Session Two: Karl Heinlein (Emperor) | ||
+ | *'''2012''' | ||
+ | *: Session One: | ||
+ | *: Session Two: Unknown nevermore (God) | ||
+ | *'''2013''' | ||
+ | *: Session One: Mina, Bryan Li (two Emperors, no Empress) | ||
+ | *: Session Two: [[User: Longlive10.2|Amanda Sin]] (Empress & the librarian), [[User:Indiekrp|Indie Page]] (Goddess of BLAMMO) | ||
+ | *'''2014''' | ||
+ | *: Session One: | ||
+ | *: Session Two: Michael Todd | ||
+ | *'''2015''' | ||
+ | *: Session One: | ||
+ | *: Session Two: Milo Richards (Emperor & the librarian) | ||
+ | *'''2016''' | ||
+ | *: Session One: | ||
+ | *: Session Two: Tea Moore (Empress & the librarian) | ||
+ | *'''2017''' | ||
+ | *: Session One: | ||
+ | *: Session Two: Shelby Chatterton (Emperor/Empress as neither Jess Shannon (Empress) or Neal Krishna (Emperor) were able to return. Also the librarian) | ||
+ | *'''2018''' | ||
+ | *: Session One: | ||
+ | *: Session Two: Lynne Kim (Emperor/Empress & the librarian), [[User:LostInSpace|Amelia Orwant]] (Princess of the Blood) | ||
+ | *'''2019''' | ||
+ | *: Session One: Harper (Emperor), Claire Edmonds (Empress) | ||
+ | *: Session Two: [[User:LostInSpace|Amelia Orwant]] (Empress), Lena Parnassa (Princess of the Blood), Sebastian Altomare (Prince of the Blood), [[User:Amanda.chenn|Amanda Chen]] (Goddess of BLAMMO) | ||
+ | *'''2020''' | ||
+ | *: Session One: Eric Arujo (Emperor), Taylor Sweet (Empress) | ||
+ | *: Session Two: Natalie Faillace (Empress & the librarian), Victoria Lam (Games Goddess), Izzy (Rave Monarch) (pls add to this) | ||
+ | *'''2022''' | ||
+ | *: Session One:[[User:Switch 1166057|Switch (S. J. B)]] (Empress & the librarian), Lalo Rodarte (Emperor), Yeonsu Son (Empress), Isabella Paladino (Rave Monarch), Aidan Cheng (Monarch of the blood) | ||
+ | *'''2023''' | ||
+ | *: Session 1: Ronie Sokolin-Maimon (Empress), [[User:Ragevolcano|Will Neuberger]] (Emperor), Sam A. (Monarch of Blood), Ian Scott (Game God), [[User:Switch 1166057|Switch (S. J. B)]] (Rave Queen) | ||
− | + | ==Dublin, Ireland== | |
− | + | There is no position in CTYI referred to as royalty however there is a role in session 1 since 2017, known as the Space Pope. They have a special hat and help to inform people about traditions. They do not have any type of authority and are more there as guidance. They might also organise the candlelit ceremony but it is not a responsibility specifically reserved for them. | |
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[[Category:Saratoga Springs (Skidmore)]] | [[Category:Saratoga Springs (Skidmore)]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Princeton]] | ||
[[Category:Lancaster Positions]] | [[Category:Lancaster Positions]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Baltimore (JHU)]] |
Latest revision as of 03:36, 10 October 2024
The Emperor is the only position that exists at more than one site. It is also among the oldest traditions. The Emperor and Empress are the people who traditionally preside over the Passionfruit, and are usually quite knowledgeable about tradition.
Contents
Carlisle
At both sessions, the Emperor and Empress have traditional headgear that are passed down to succeeding royalty. First Session's Emperor and Empress have a crown and a tiara respectively. Second Session instead has two crowns handmade from colored duct tape for both the Emperor and the Empress.
The role of the royalty at Carlisle is to act as sort of student administrators. For example, when there was a conflict about Goth Day, the Empress made the final verdict. Their main duty is to run every aspect of Passionfruit. It is traditional for the Emperor to make the first toast, and the Empress, the last. The Emperor and Empress are responsible for coming up with devirginizations/den00bifications to initiate those to those who are new to the site or were absent the year before. The administration has disallowed both these terms in recent years, so they are now referred to as Passionfruit Games.
Quite some time ago, the Empress and Emperor were referred to as the "juice coordinators" who would traditionally purchase a large amount of Passionfruit juice for the whole circle. Then, people realized the ineffectiveness of this and started to bring their own juice, soda, water, etc., to Passionfruit. In addition, upon the departure of Gary Noritz, who facilitated finding and purchasing cases of passionfruit juice, the drink became difficult to obtain. However, for Passionfruit 10.1, Liam McNamara, the Jesus for the session, managed to acquire several containers of passionfruit juice. The mixing of passionfruit juice with red Powerade during the Last Supper became a tradition soon after. (Passionfruit juice is available at some farmer markets, as well as supermarkets such as Whole Foods).
For session 1 in the following list, the first person listed was Empress and the latter is Emperor, and for session 2 the first listed is Emperor and the latter is Empress
- 2001
- First Session:
- Second Session: Owen Gentry and Pammy Woodward
- 2002
- First Session:
- Second Session: Lizzie Wade
- 2003
- First Session:
- Second Session: Laura and ???
- 2004
- First Session: Adria Simon and ???
- Second Session: Annie and George
- 2005
- First Session: Franklyn Cantor and Nabil Hasmi
- Second Session: Ben and Tini
- 2006
- First Session: Ali Greenberg and Matt Carroll
- Second Session: McKenzie Hull and Holly Murray
- 2007
- First Session: Clara Pelaez and Kimmi Cheng
- Second Session: Mike Schumacher and Jackie Mora
- 2008
- First Session: NEW: Ryan Heaney and Ross "Sarge" Slaughter
- Second Session: Allie Prescott and Rachel Hull
- 2009
- First Session: Jeanette Kim and Alex "Jake" Jacobsen
- Second Session: Jake Meyers and Eddie Cytryn
- 2010
- First Session: Rosalie Nathans and Albert Han
- Second Session: Patrick Kennedy and Micaela Rodríguez
- 2011
- First Session: Colin Mark
- Second Session: Julia Gureck and Jonathan Kirby
- 2012
- First Session: Michelle Kim and Bobby Zipp
- Second Session: Fish Stark and Rebecca Trickey
- 2013
- First Session: Maya Hoke and Julia Gollin
- Second Session: Duncan Rheingans-Yoo and Dayna Levine
- 2014
- First Session: Alexis Onsi and Andrew Scheirer
- Second Session: Max Holmes and Adonis Doherty
- 2015
- First Session: Matthew Sims and Anshuman Sinha
- Second Session: Zak Klein and Nathan Pugh
- 2016
- First Session: Jared Brunner and M Benesch
- Second Session: Ilana Miller and Sarah Baldino
- 2017
- First Session: Quinn Filler and Leah Branstetter
- Second Session: Mark Johnson and Kat Xie
- 2018
- First Session: Tanwi Wangikar and MJ Smith
- Second Session: Kat Kobetitsch and Sanya Tejwani
- 2019
- First Session: Jack Towers and Liz Leiser
- Second Session: Sage Eanet and Bailey Coghlan
- 2020
- First Session: Reilly R and Alex Lewis
- Second Session: Ingrid Zlotea and Audrey McKnight
Lancaster
The Emperor/Empress is the person who makes the first speech at Passionfruit. Unlike other positions, it is not decided the previous year but rather at by application at the no-more meeting. There can be more than one; for example, in 06.2 there were two, and at 05.2 there were four (two males and two females, in reference to The Chronicles of Narnia).
- 1998
- First Session: ?
- Second Session: Jon Rin and ?
- 1999
- First Session: Michael Mishkin and ?
- Second Session: ?
- 2000
- First Session: Elspeth (Beth) Kursh and Tom Weingarten
- Second Session: Rose Ginsberg and Daniel Vitolo
- 2001
- First Session: Ken Levin and Chelsea Seachord
- Second Session: Kayla Armstrong and Deb Streusand
- 2002
- First Session: Maura Spiegelman and "The Original" Andy Bartholomew
- Second Session: Belle Saxton and Andy "UnAndy" Schlesinger
- 2003
- First Session: Natalie Bau and Tim Hwang
- Second Session: Maddie Morrison, Tom "Lord of Lemmings" Wilson, and Jai Dhyani
- 2004
- First Session: Liz and Dave
- Second Session:
- 2005
- First Session: Alyssa Gottschlich
- Second Session: Will Colmer, David "Pickle" Kotsonis , Marley Teter, Nikka Rosenstein
- 2006
- First Session: Alexa "Lexxie" Kottmeyer and Aliza Alperin-Sheriff
- Second Session: Alexander James Maestro Quinones Leroy Bangs a.k.a. QB, Colin Mahaffey
- 2007
- First Session: See below.
- Second Session: Alexa Fredston-Hermann and Julia "Juice" Revzin
- 2008
- First Session: See below.
- Second Session: Noelle Aly, Caroline, Maddy Jennewein, Julie Leghorn
- 2009
- First Session: See below.
- Second Session: Daniel Tracht, Lena Beckenstein, Bee Lockwood
- 2010
- First Session: See below.
- Second Session: Declan Kennedy
- 2011
- First Session: See below.
- Second Session: Jess Weber
- 2011
- First Session: See below.
- Second Session: Lilly Clark
- 2013
- First Session: See below.
- Second Session: Anne Mancini
- 2014
- First Session: See below.
- Second Session: Christian Wolpert
- 2015
- First Session: See below
- Second Session: Hannah Hildebolt
- 2016
- First Session: See below
- Second Session: Via Barr
- 2017
- First Session: See below
- Second Session: Elizabeth Hawk
- 2018
- First Session: See below
- Second Session: Birdy McDonnell
- 2019
- First Session: See below
- Second Session: Ceci Skinner-Grant
Trinity
- Main article: Trinity (Session 1)
In 07.1, the Emperor position of First Session was replaced with a new trio of positions called the Trinity, based on the Catholic Holy Trinity and in reference to the verse in Don McLean's "American Pie" which goes:
- "And the three men I admire most
- The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
- They caught the last train for the coast
- The day the music died."
The Trinity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost now fill the roles of Emperors of Passionfruit and execute the Last Supper.
Saratoga Springs
The Royalty at Saratoga Springs, besides being knowledgeable about tradition and making the last Passionfruit speeches, organize Blammo and Spirit Days. These are the Emperors and Empresses listed by year of reign. Two Emperors and two Empresses are crowned each session just to make sure at least one comes back the following year. This tradition began in 2005 when Riley O'Neill was the only one to return of four royalty chosen. It was passed down to Session 2 when David "Bex" Becker and Lina Huo (First Session Royalty) attended the Second Session Passionfruit of 2006 and told Youngin Lim to pick four, just in case.
Note: For session 1, please organize in order so that we can preserve who picked who. EX: 2005: a, b, c, d - 2006: a's pick, b's pick, c's pick, d's pick.
- 2005
- Session 1: Keane Tzong, Julia Wagner, Claire Kelley, Alex Micciche
- Session 2: Nick Fabiani, Stacy Toesland
- 2006
- Session 1: Riley O'Neill
- Session 2: Youngin Lim, Zemelia Miller
- 2007
- Session 1: David "Bex" Becker, Jay Margherio, Charlotte Coates, Lina Huo
- Session 2: Primary: Edison Huff, Stef Siller Secondary: Mike Feblowitz, Hilary (the lovely) Ludlow
- 2008
- Session 1: Gage Wright, Zach Gerstein, Neha Srivastava, Liv Stillman
- Replaced by: Peter Yang, Jesse Muse, Aliya Dincer, Rachel Lin
- Session 2: Bill Landis, David Clemens-Sewall, Christine Maroti, Gaby Garbasz
- Session 1: Gage Wright, Zach Gerstein, Neha Srivastava, Liv Stillman
- 2009
- Session 1: Will Pearl, Mark McGurrin, Sabrina Zeller, Laura Spake
- Session 2: Primary: Alex DeBerardinis and Sam Kwan, Secondary: Nick Kwan and Jennie Robbiano
- 2010
- Session 1: Max Hengeveld, Young Guang, Katrina Ungewitter, Ivy Shen
- Session 2: Primary: Aaron Forrest and Sophia Keskey, Secondary: Matt Simon and Sarah Woolf
- 2011
- Session 1: AJ Langevin, Aaron Wan, Gwen Luvara, Emily Gartenberg
- Session 2: Primary: Muki Barkan and Haizen Poole, Secondary:
Brandon NguyenPeter Pak and Camille Goering (Brandon missed the session due to scheduling conflicts, Peter took over from being third in line)
- 2012
- Session 1: Alex Libby, James Gan, Liz Lvov,
Cathy KuangHeather Shen - Session 2: Primary: Alex Libby and Leah Forrest, Secondary: Daniel "Ginger" Heins and Paroma Mallick
- Session 1: Alex Libby, James Gan, Liz Lvov,
- 2013
- Session 1: Eric Chen, Albert Kong, Danielle Gutman, Octavia Fitzmaurice
- Session 2: Primary:
Teddy NiMax Dunsker and Livvy Cashen, Secondary:Max DunskerRachel Novick and David Bai (Teddy Ni could not return due to scheduling conflicts)
- 2014
- Session 1: TJ Noel-Sullivan, Alex Eishingdrelo,
Anusha PurakayasthaKatie Miles, Charlotte Keeley - Session 2: Primary: Suraag Srinivas and
Kimberly KatzNellie Spektor, Secondary: Luke Stocker andAleah NewhouseEmma Nance
- Session 1: TJ Noel-Sullivan, Alex Eishingdrelo,
- 2015
- Session 1: Griffin Badalamente, Ryan Guo, Ashley Lee,
Maya AmitaiQing Woon - Session 2: Primary: Kunal Sengupta and Leila Eshghi (BATMAN), Secondary: Jack Schumann and Evelyn Mesler
- Session 1: Griffin Badalamente, Ryan Guo, Ashley Lee,
- 2016
- Session 1: Duncan Freeman, Byron Sun, Carly James, Viky Filippou
- Session 2: Primary: Duncan Freeman and Dheivanai "D." Moorthy, Secondary: Michael Chen and Emily Leibiger
- 2017
- Session 1: Alexandre Jabor, Gabe Ruoff, Zivia Lichtenberg, Kaiya Vicioso
- Session 2: Primary: Franz O'Hanna and Enyo Adoboe, Secondary: Luke Farrell and Divya Popat
- 2018
- Session 1: Nelson Lin, Daniel Xu,
Charlotte Murphy, Kaiti Filippou - Session 2: Primary:
Ethan LeeEdward Rigney and Amy Hidalgo, Secondary:Edward RigneyHudson Jakubowicz and Ella Parker
- Session 1: Nelson Lin, Daniel Xu,
- 2019
- Session 1: Robert Sheng, Eric Krieger,
Mary Muromcew, Gia Mar Ramos, Noor Singh - Session 2: Primary:
John KulakKyle Garcia Rogers andKatie MatthewsAnastasia "Nastia" PolinaDaisy Fernandez, Secondary:Kyle Garcia RogersGary Lvov andAnastasia "Nastia" PolinaMichelle Li
- Session 1: Robert Sheng, Eric Krieger,
- 2020
- Session 1: Jack Schaeffer, Max Tanksley, Dorothy Zhou, Neya Kidambi
- Session 2: Primary: Arnav Jain and Mila Splawska, Secondary: Jacob Casper and Sophie Coe (unofficial god of chaos Callie Joseph)
- 2022
- Session 2: Rebecca Sherber, Logan Spaleta
Princeton
At Princeton, it was decided that the Passionfruit Emperor and Empress should come from different CTY sites to show the combining of sites within the Princeton site. Together, the sites create a happy family. The royal family of 2009 was...
- 2009
- Emperor: Julie of Lancaster and Rachel Hall of Carlisle
- Empress: Johnine Licht of Siena (she also attended Lancaster 08.1)
Baltimore
Beginning in 10.2, The Emperor/Empress of JHU wears a "crown," which in reality is a comically large blue and yellow sparkly hat. (As of 17.2 and probably earlier, the Empress wears a tiara.) At Passionfruit, the reigning Emperor/Empress crowns their successor by passing on said hat/tiara. The transition of BLAMMO divinity is also incorporated into Passionfruit, and involves the passing of the Most Epic Tome of BLAMMO to the next God/Goddess. In 11.2, new artifacts such as the Duct Tape Tie and the Emperor's New Shoes were introduced by Karl Heinlein.
In the "Wilderness Year" of 12.2, there was much confusion and anarchy involved in deciding who would succeed the self-proclaimed God. The said God had decided to declare himself as Emperor, but relinquished his powers last minute to a flying squirrel, who then crowned a separate Empress from the already-crowned Goddess.
In 2016, following the death of BLAMMO, Empress Tea named two successors, an emperor and an empress, to complete the Holy Trinity, along with a Rave King. In order to sort out the conflict of which successor gets the Holy Book of Love, Empress Tea wrote out another copy by hand.
The guy who was supposed to be the Empress for 2018.2 went to Carlisle with his friends, and in the confusion of trying to find another Emperor (which never happened; 18.2 is forever Emperor-less) the Book of Love, which had been sent to the Empress (Lynne Kim), was lost in the mail. Lynne hand-copied the entire thing into another composition book so there would be two Books of Love once more.
For 22.1, Switch would be appointed Empress and later expand the monarchy and attempt to restore it after Covid. See Baltimore for more
- 2009
- Session One:
- Session Two: Katelin Schutz, Kitty Bernardo (two Empresses, no Emperor)
- 2010
- Session One:
- Session Two: Trinity King (Empress )
- 2011
- Session One:
- Session Two: Karl Heinlein (Emperor)
- 2012
- Session One:
- Session Two: Unknown nevermore (God)
- 2013
- Session One: Mina, Bryan Li (two Emperors, no Empress)
- Session Two: Amanda Sin (Empress & the librarian), Indie Page (Goddess of BLAMMO)
- 2014
- Session One:
- Session Two: Michael Todd
- 2015
- Session One:
- Session Two: Milo Richards (Emperor & the librarian)
- 2016
- Session One:
- Session Two: Tea Moore (Empress & the librarian)
- 2017
- Session One:
- Session Two: Shelby Chatterton (Emperor/Empress as neither Jess Shannon (Empress) or Neal Krishna (Emperor) were able to return. Also the librarian)
- 2018
- Session One:
- Session Two: Lynne Kim (Emperor/Empress & the librarian), Amelia Orwant (Princess of the Blood)
- 2019
- Session One: Harper (Emperor), Claire Edmonds (Empress)
- Session Two: Amelia Orwant (Empress), Lena Parnassa (Princess of the Blood), Sebastian Altomare (Prince of the Blood), Amanda Chen (Goddess of BLAMMO)
- 2020
- Session One: Eric Arujo (Emperor), Taylor Sweet (Empress)
- Session Two: Natalie Faillace (Empress & the librarian), Victoria Lam (Games Goddess), Izzy (Rave Monarch) (pls add to this)
- 2022
- Session One:Switch (S. J. B) (Empress & the librarian), Lalo Rodarte (Emperor), Yeonsu Son (Empress), Isabella Paladino (Rave Monarch), Aidan Cheng (Monarch of the blood)
- 2023
- Session 1: Ronie Sokolin-Maimon (Empress), Will Neuberger (Emperor), Sam A. (Monarch of Blood), Ian Scott (Game God), Switch (S. J. B) (Rave Queen)
Dublin, Ireland
There is no position in CTYI referred to as royalty however there is a role in session 1 since 2017, known as the Space Pope. They have a special hat and help to inform people about traditions. They do not have any type of authority and are more there as guidance. They might also organise the candlelit ceremony but it is not a responsibility specifically reserved for them.