A Year in the Life of Ryde Carnival Royalty
Ever wondered what is involved in becoming a member of the Ryde Carnival Royalty? Well, wonder no more! Here is a breakdown of the year’s events.
Please note that we do not discriminate against boys being involved, whether it’s as Royalty or as a member of the Entourage. We have had boys on and behind our float for many years now and we fully embrace equality.
January – we hold our annual AGM to elect our committee and discuss all our plans for the year including the float and Royalty theme.
February – this is the month in which we hold the Ryde Carnival Royalty Selection Night. A fun evening of dancing and getting to know each other. At the end of the evening, all the Royalty are selected along with the Entourage.
March-June – this is a really important, but fun part of the year. There are regular rehearsals where all the dances to each song are taught and bit-by-bit the group comes together as a unified whole.
July-September – Carnival Season begins! There are usually 18 or more Carnivals at which Ryde Carnival Royalty perform and entertain the crowds over the summer months. During this long season, many of the Royalty and Entourage will be moved around so they can have the experience of being on the float and also as part of the dance crew (or Entourage) that extends our party atmosphere well beyond the back of the float!
October-December – We normally have fun and exciting activities for the Royalty and Entourage to say thank you for all the hard work they’ve put in during the year. However, the year is not quite done until we’ve visited Littlehampton for their Bonfire Night, which is magical. We usually also deck the float and Royalty out in a festive theme for Merry and Bright in Ryde and the Newport Christmas Parade in December.
So what do you think? Sound like fun?
Each year we have a diverse group of kids and many of them come back year after year. We see really confident kids who are just born to perform and less confident kids who flourish in this supportive group environment. If you love dancing, party atmospheres, and making friends why not have a whole summer of it by coming along to the next Ryde Carnival Selection Night?
Ryde Royalty and Entourage 2024
The kids had the usual fun-packed evening of dancing and getting to know each other and at the end of the evening we chose the Ryde Royalty and Entourage for 2024.
Senior Queen – Teigan
Senior Princesses – Maisie and Honey
Senior Reserves – Millie and Amy
Junior Queen – Macie
Junior Princess – Aria
Junior Reserves – Devon and Tillie
Entourage – Lily-Rose, Abby, Amy and Nell
Ambassadors – Georgie, Daisy and Amber
(if any names are incorrect please let us know)
Ryde Royalty and Entourage 2023
Firstly we were very pleased to see some kids coming from Cowes (which doesn’t have a Royalty Float this year) so they could try out for a place on Ryde Carnival’s Float and the Entourage.
As we don’t like to leave anyone out ALL the remaining kids (10 of them!) will be part of the Entourage and they will dance behind the float at all the Island Carnivals also in costumes. The Entourage will be Jack,
Ryde Royalty and Entourage 2022
We are very pleased to be able to announce the 2022 Ryde Royalty and Entourage that will be representing Ryde all over the Island this year.
This photo was taken at one of their regular dance sessions preparing them for the 16 upcoming Carnivals taking place across our beautiful Island.
Our Ryde Royalty and Entourage are as follows;
Top Row – left to right
Devan – Junior Reserve, Teigan – Senior Princess, Daisy – Entourage, Sean – Senior Prince, Georgie – Entourage, Isobel – Senior Reserve and Amy – Junior Reserve
Middle Row – left to right
Katie – Entourage, Amber – Senior Queen, Tilly – Junior Queen and Maisy – Entourage
Front Row – left to right
Lily – Junior Reserve, Honey – Entourage and Bella – Junior Princess
Missing from the photo are Raia – Entourage and Hailie – Senior Princess
Ryde Royalty and Entourage 2021
The Royalty and Entourage from 2020 agreed to stay on for 2021, however once again all the Island Carnivals have had to be cancelled due to Covid.
Ryde Royalty and Entourage 2020
Unfortunately, this was the year of Covid and therefore no Carnivals took place across the whole Island, so none of the kids got to perform and entertain. However, most agreed to come back in 2021 to keep their commitment to Ryde Carnival and indeed all The Island Carnivals. We salute you!
Ryde Carnival Queens, Princesses and Entourage 2019
We are very pleased to announce the Queen’s Team and Entourage 2019;
SENIORS
Senior Queen – Georgie Matthews
Senior Princesses – Nikita Read and Jess Way
Senior Reserves – Amber Barrett and Hailie Sedgwick
JUNIORS
Junior Queen – Honey Milsome
Junior Princess – Daisy Clark-Bennett
Junior Reserves – Maisy Humphrey and Imogen Janeway
ENTOURAGE
Entourage/Dance Troupe – Cerys Brown, Teigan Long, Sean Brown and Tilly Humphreys
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Ryde Carnival Queens, Princesses, Reserves and Entourage 2018
We would like to introduce our 130 year Anniversary Queen’s Team and Entourage for 2018;
Senior Queen – Cerys Brown
Senior Princesses – Madi Smith & Bethany Cooke
Senior Reserves – Georgina Matthews & Jessica Way
Junior Queen – Teigan Long
Junior Princesses – Maisy Humphrey & Zoe Grafham
Junior Reserves – Ruby Matthews & Imogen Janeway
Entourage – Hailie Sedgwick, Conor Sedgwick, Sean Brown, Maria Bradley, Katelyn Janeway, Ellie Matthews & Roxanne Randall
We look forward to the season ahead and would like to congratulate each of them on being selected!
We would also like to thank our Ryde Town Mayor for crowning our Royalty
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Ryde Carnival Queens, Princesses and Team 2017
We are pleased to announce our 2017 Carnival Queens, Princesses and, new for this year, the Dance Troupe.
SENIOR QUEEN’S TEAM
Senior Queen: Bethany Cooke
Senior Princesses: Amy List and Cerys Brown
Reserves: Sienna Aldworth and Georgina Matthews
JUNIOR QUEEN’S TEAM
Junior Queen: Sylvia Jenvey
Junior Princesses: Bethany Ford and Leona Chiverton
Reserves: Amber Munsie and Ellie Matthews
DANCE TROUPE
Dance Troupe: Sean Brown, Cosima Wohlschlegel, Ruby Parker, Connor Sedgwick, Lucy Venn, Hailie Sedgwick, Justine Long and Charis Sedgwick
Mascots: Lacy Chiverton and Matthew Ashworth
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