For the kickoff of St. Paul Winter Carnival, I was fortunate to represent Inver Grove Heights at Queen’s Weekend. During this four day event, we had 97 ambassadors visiting from all over Minnesota and Wisconsin! We had a full weekend that included saying farewell to the 2019 Winter Carnival Royal Family at their coronation and meeting the wonderful 2020 Royal Family. We played around at the science museum, met the Vulcan crews from the past years, created our own paintings, and attended the Grande Day Parade!

This was a very memorable weekend full of a lot of smiles, minimal sleep, and various snacks! My two favorite parts of this entire weekend would be being able to see and hug my Inver Grove Heights royal family at the coronation and being able to walk the parade and interact with the excited crowd!

2020 Miss Inver Grove Heights
Amy

On February 7th, my royal sisters and I attended the Princess’s Dance at the Inver Grove Heights Community Center. We had dinner, played games and did crafts before the dance started. We also got our photos taken in the photo booth and so did all our Dads. The DJ played some slow songs and all the girls got to dance with their dads. At the end we took a picture with all the little princesses.

2020 Junior Princess
Marissa

On January 21, 2020, I dropped off the rest of the items for my first community service project. My community service project was where you can donate pretty much anything to Caring Hearts of Minnesota, and they will give it away for free to people that need it.

My target was to get to 500 items and we collected more than 700 items! The organization that I went to was in Farmington. I meet with a lady named Fran who was more than happy to receive all the stuff that I collected. I just want to say thank you to all my friends and family that helped my reach my goal. I’m so happy to know that I am helping people in need.

2020 Junior Princess
Marissa

I have been honored to be sponsored by Quality Auto Care Center throughout my candidacy and now my reign. It is very important to me that I show this business how much I value their continued support. Around the holidays I stopped in and visited with the owner, Bruce. We talked for quite a while and he told me all about the new things that have been happening there since my last visit. Bruce is such a personable guy and when you stop in he truly makes you feel like family. The fact that he took time out of his busy schedule to make time to meet with me really shows how much he cares about his community. I look forward to the rest of the year and he is one of the special people that have made that happen for me.

2020 Miss Inver Grove Heights Princess
Ashley

On Saturday, January 18, my Royal court and I went to the Saint Paul Winter Carnival Royal Promenade Fashion Show. We saw all of the wonderful Candidates for Queen of the Snows model all of their beautiful outfits. We had the opportunity to get to know some of them by mingling and talking to them. We saw the current 2019 Winter Carnival Royal Family show off their beautiful outfits as well. We had a wonderful luncheon right before the fashion show which was delicious. We looked around at the different booths that were displayed with wonderful items. My Royal Court and I had a wonderful time. Thank you to everyone who made the fashion show happen. It was wonderful ! Thank you again to everyone who made that event possible. 

2020 Junior Miss Inver Grove Heights
Teah

On January 09, I had the privilege of attending the Queen of Snows Candidate Dinner. At the dinner, I got to meet the candidates, the current royal family, and various past members of the winter carnival. It was astonishing to see how involved and passionate each individual involved in winter carnival was! I am going to miss the 2019 royal family, but I look forward to spending time with the 2020 family!

2020 Miss Inver Grove Heights
Amy

On Saturday, January 4th, the Inver Grove Heights Royal Court attended the Saint Paul Winter Carnival Jr. Royalty Coronation to support the outgoing royalty and welcome the new court. We enjoyed meeting other communities, visiting with some past Inver Grove Heights Royalty, and eating various desserts! We are thrilled that Grace, our 2018 Jr. Princess, was crowned as the 2020 Princess of Snow! We look forward to getting to know the new Jr. Court throughout the year!

2020 Miss Inver Grove Heights
Amy

On December 29, my Royal Court and I did the Salvation Army bell ringing at Cub Foods. We got outside and already people were putting money in the bucket. We thought it would be fun if we sang Christmas songs and made up our own fun little dances for some entertainment, so we did so. We attracted people with our singing and dancing and just having smiles on our faces. We enjoyed raising money for a good cause. My Royal Court and I hope that this money helps the many people in need.

2020 Junior Miss Inver Grove Heights
Teah

My royal sisters and I proudly participated in The Clouds choir event at the Mall of America. Every floor around the east atrium at the MOA was lined with people coming out to support childhood cancer research and to honor Zach Sobiech. More than $700,000 was raised for cancer research here in MN. We all sang Zach’s song “clouds”. It was beautiful.

2020 Little Miss Inver Grove Heights
Autumn

On Sunday, December 8th, my royal sisters and I attended the St. Paul Junior. Winter Carnival Chili Cook-Off. We got to sample some really awesome chili. My favorite chili was the white chicken chili and the Mac and cheese. We met some really great Junior. Winter Carnival candidates who were really fun to talk with. I wish them all good luck in there candidacy.

2020 Junior Princess
Taylor