Emperor
The Emperor is the only position that exists at more than one site. It is also among the oldest traditions. The Emperor (or Empress) is the person who traditionally presides over the Passionfruit, and is usually quite knowledgeable about tradition.
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.
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. (Passionfruit juice is available at some farmer markets, as well as supermarkets such as Whole Foods).
- 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:
- Second Session: Annie and George
- 2005
- First Session: Franklyn and Nabil
- Second Session: Ben and Tini
- 2006
- First Session: Ali Greenberg and Matt Carroll
- Second Session: McKenzie Hull and Holly Murray
- 2007
- First Session: Kimmi Cheng and Clara Pelaez
- 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: Alex "Jake" Jacobsen and Jeanette Kim
- 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 and Evan Chernack
- Second Session: Julia Gureck and Jonathan Kirby
- 2012
- First Session: Michelle Kim and Bobby Zipp
- Second Session: Fish Stark and Rebecca Trickey
Lancaster
The Emperor/Empress is the person who makes the first speech at Passionfruit. 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
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
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.
- 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: Young Guang, Max Hengeveld, Katrina Ungewitter, Ivy Shen
- Session 2: Primary: Aaron Forrest and Sophia Keskey, Secondary: Matt Simon and Sarah Woolf
- 2011
- Session 1: Aaron Wan, AJ Langevin, Emily Gartenberg, Gwen Luvara
- 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 Kuang
- Session 2: Primary: Alex Libby and Leah Forrest, Secondary: Daniel "Ginger" Heins and Paroma Mallick
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)
Johns Hopkins
Beginning in 10.2, The Emperor/Empress of JHU wears a "crown," which in reality is a comically large blue and yellow sparkly hat. At Passionfruit, the reigning Emperor/Empress crowns their successor by passing on said hat. 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.
- 2009
- Session One:
- Session Two: Katelin Schutz, Kitty Bernardo (two Empresses, no Emperor)
- 2010
- Session One:
- Session Two: Trinity King
- 2011
- Session One:
- Session Two: Karl Heinlein