There are a group of ladies running around the Yukon getting to know as many people as possible, practising their speeches, and learning how to represent Yukon. Who are they? The Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Queen contestants!
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Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Queen
Issue: 2019-02-13, PHOTO: courtesy of Yukon Sourdough Rendezvousv
Main squeeze
It’s been years since the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous (YSR) was held on Main Street and still, once a month, someone asks – why isn’t Rendezvous held on Main Street anymore? Is it moving back there from Shipyards Park? When? Why not? Read more
Issue: 2019-02-13, PHOTO: courtesy of Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous
The usual suspects
Rendezvous made Marj Eschak move to the Yukon. It was 1977. She’d only come up for the weekend, but was so impressed, she decided to stay. “So I’ve been in every one since then,” she said over the phone, a couple weeks before the 2019 Yukon... Read more
Issue: 2019-02-06, PHOTO: courtesy of Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous/Manu Kegenhoff
Bigger and better than ever
The countdown is almost over, with only days left until the official Rendezvous Kick Off, presented by the Hougen Group of Companies. This year’s Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous (YSR) event is bigger and better than ever. A giant celebration will... Read more
Issue: 2018-02-21, PHOTO: courtesy of Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous
A weekend of kid fun
With the advertised Burlesque Workshops and the Pub Crawl, at first glance the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous may seem like an event geared towards adults. But there are a lot of activities for kids too. Just like Yukon’s expanding birth-rate... Read more
Issue: 2018-02-07, PHOTO: Matt Jacques Photography
Dining with future queens
The Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Quest for the Crown competition features opportunities for us to dress in gold rush era finery and spend a civilized afternoon visiting with the women hoping to be Queen: the Queen’s Tea and Social and the Queen’s... Read more
Issue: 2018-02-07, PHOTO: Manu Keggenhoff
A royally good time
In its second year, Her Majesty’s Royal Feast was created to give the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Queen candidates a high class venue to deliver one of the most important components of the competition: their speeches... Read more
Issue: 2017-06-28, PHOTO: Courtesy of Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous
The Heart of a Queen
When Telek Rogan decided to run for Rendezvous Queen in the 2017 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous competition, she did so as a celebration of who she had become. Talking with me about it, Rogan has no problem articulating the changes that have shaped her. Read more
Issue: 2017-02-15, PHOTO: courtesy of Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous
Take a Midwinter Break
Winter cold and dark got you down? Yukoners can lift their spirits and take a mid-winter break at this year's Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous. Preliminary events are already solidly underway, such as the Can Can Kick Off, which took place Feb. 9 and... Read more
Issue: 2016-02-18, PHOTO: Rick Massie
What’s on at Rendezvous
It’s that time of year again, when it’s totally normal to see girls walking around in period costume, when men compete in beauty pageants, when that guy with the really long beard who comes into the restaurant you work at starts talking about the... Read more
Issue: 2015-12-03 PHOTO: Courtesy of Shirley Chua Tan
A farewell from the 2015 Rendezvous Queen
As the year 2015 is coming to an end, so does my reign as the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Queen 2015. This article will be my last article in the Queen’s Corner. Last February I was interviewed for the CBC about the reasons why I signed up for the... Read more
Issue: 2015-11-05 PHOTO: courtesy of Shirley Chua Tan
A goldmine of history
I have an idea that would really put the Yukon on the world map: let’s build a True North Queen School. Tourists and Yukon students could spend few weeks at the Queen School, named after the wealth of history Rendezvous Queens study in order to be... Read more
Issue: 2015-10-15 PHOTO: Courtesy of Shirley Chua-Tan
Queen School In The North
The Yukon Rendezvous Sourdough (YSR) Queen School runs from November until the following February, when the next queen is chosen. Queen candidates, (QC’s) meet weekly for two hours with a break over Christmas time. It’s a compact, well tailored... Read more
Issue: 2015-09-03 PHOTOS: courtesy Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Society
History is being re-written
Over the last few months, I have been sharing how I became involved in this queen title and what I have been doing. And while doing more research to better educate myself on the Yukon and its history, I have found some great information that I... Read more
Issue: 2015-08-06 PHOTO: Sarah Lewis Photography
Around and About
The Rendezvous Queen and Court are also known as Yukon Ambassadors! And as such, here is what has been happening. If you are new to the Yukon, by now you will have realized that the territory is full of Klondike history. Read more
Issue: 2015-06-04 PHOTO: courtesy Shirley Chua-Tan
Dreams and Hopes
The great Klondike Gold Rush brought people to the Yukon in the pursuit of their dreams and hopes. To this day, many individuals continue to come to the Yukon like their predecessors over a hundred years ago. I’m the same; I am here to pursue my... Read more
Issue: 2015-05-14 PHOTO: Rick Massie
The Game Is On
Spring is here and summer is coming. Everybody has put away talk of events that happened in the cold winter months. The 2016 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous is moons away. However, my crown as Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous (YSR) Queen is only good for one... Read more
Angela Szymczuk
Making of a Queen
If you thought royalty was something found only in Europe, check again.Unknown Object In the Yukon, February ushers in a new breed of Queens for the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous festival. However, becoming a queen is no easy task — Read more
A Sourdough Scrapbook
Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous volunteers, this page is dedicated to you. Read more
One Foot in a Moccasin, and One in a Sneaker
Culture has been described as the immune system of a people, and in a world where so many distractions are coming at us on a regular basis, Yukoners can take comfort in knowing that we are home to a beautiful and thriving culture. Read more
It's Not Just the Feathers and Fancy Dresses
Last year, when sponsored by her employer, the Jarvis Street Saloon, she was crowned 2013's First Princess and Miss Congeniality in the Rendezvous Queen pageant. She loved the role, and is now apprenticing to take on the role of Queen "Auntie," who a Read more