This Friday: The Kick-Off Of ‘A Royal Renaissance’, The 2017 Royal Campaign Of FANTASY FEST

Renaissance means rebirth in French and, with Fantasy Fest 2017 undergoing its own reinvention this year, it’s a natural that The Royal Campaign is entitled ‘A Royal Renaissance’.

Beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday, August 25th, at The Southernmost House, 1400 Duval, the evening’s poolside party renders official who is determined to become the 2017 King and Queen – and Duke and Duchess.

With the Atlantic surf as their soundtrack and a sky going South Florida violet as their backdrop, reigning Queen Jane Rohrschneider and King Christopher Rounds will preside, as AIDS Help Board President Christopher Elwell offers other introductions and a special lifetime achievement award.

The Royal Kick-Off is produced by Nadene Grossman Orr, Fantasy Fest Queen 2003 and her team from We’ve Got The Keys, who also now oversee Fantasy Fest itself. From a lottery held prior, home-grown entertainment will be provided.

What follows Kick-Off is a series of frenzied, frisky, feisty and always fabulous series of fundraising events Keys-wide, all innovated by the Candidates and the corps of volunteers they’ve assembled, to raise the most money and ascend to the Coronation throne at the Casa Marina, a Waldorf Astoria Resort, on Friday, October  20th.

Those events, always subject to change due to weather and venue, will be accessible at www.AHMonroe.org, various Facebook platforms, in ‘The Citizen,’ individual websites, YouTube and via various social media outlets.

Admission to Kick-Off is free, but come prepared to stroll tents of Candidate-oriented goodies for sale that brand their campaigns with logos and catchphrases.

The Kick-Off For The Royal Campaign of Fantasy Fest 2017, Friday August 25th, beginning at 6 p.m., at The Southernmost House, 1400 Duval.

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