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UCPPE Lifetime Awards
Aurora Borealis Awards
The Aurora Borealis Award of Excellence, Passion and Wisdom
This is a lifetime award presented by the Empress to a local community leader showing the qualities listed within the title.
Ralph Chapman 1996
Richard Blair 1996
Lisa Jo 1997
Ralph Chapman 1998
Bernice Litter 1999
Tim Myers 2000
Mark Merriman 2001
Tim Myers 2002
Mitchell Camp 2003
Don Lacey 2004/2005
Rick Rhody 2004/2005
Marlow Anderson 2006
Stacy Miller 2007
Marlow Anderson 2008
Sean Gooden 2009
Kassondra McEntire 2010
Ralph Chapman 2011
Michael Cornejo 2013
Antoinette Lily 2014
Shelby Givin Moorhead 2015
Chris Morgan 2016
David Kuklin 2018
Diamond of Excellence
As created by Empress 29 Dorian Lord, this is a lifetime award presented by the Empress to a Past Monarch who has gone above and beyond the Empress’ expectations. This award should either be in the shape of a diamond or have a diamond on the award.
Ralph Chapman 2005
Don Lacey 2007
Rick Rhody 2007
Ralph Chapman 2008
Ralph Chapman 2009
Ralph Chapman 2010
Nona Capace 2011
Messy Panocho 2013
Sade 2013
Leandra Ledbetter 2014
Shelly (Tabitha) Voorhes 2016
Lauren Ashley 2017
Sable Gordon 2018
Spirit Within Awards
The Emperor may bestow the award of “The Spirit Within for Life”.
Joe Brady 2001
Marlow Anderson 2003
Briette Marie 2005
Gary and Kelly 2006
Leandra Ledbetter 2008
Sable Gordon 2009
Michael Cornejo 2010
Naomi Valenzuela (dec’d) 2012
Zoey Diddim 2013
Michael Gaffney 2014
Jim JT Wilson 2014
Kassondra McEntire 2016
Duane Thompson 2017
R.C. Michaels 2017
Ed Sanders 2018
Lord of Strength and Honor Awards
The Emperor may bestow the award of “The Lord of Strength and Honor for Life”.
Rick Rhody 2001
Marc Callan 2003
Tim Parham 2004
Bill Wendt 2005
John Lendenmann 2006
Bruce Littrell 2009
Ralph Chapman 2010
Don Lacey and Rick Rhody 2011
Rett Rasberry 2012
Justin Price 2013
Darrin hatch 2013
Tom Bledsoe 2014
Marlow Anderson 2014
Sean Gooden 2015
Royce Wood 2017
Craig W. Rae 2017
Sean Gooden 2018
Sainthood Awards – Empress
This is a lifetime award presented by the Empress to the person she feels has most displayed saint-like qualities throughout her Reign.
Marion Muhme 1997
Rick Rhody 1998
Brian Weiscamp 1999
Ralph Chapman 2000
Rick Rhody 2001
Jack Murphy 2003
Don Lacey 2004
Ghetta Cannon 2005
Marlow Anderson 2006
Stacy Miller 2007
Viki Brown 2008
Dorian Lord 2009
Kassondra McEntire 2009
Marie Wagner 2010
Marlow Anderson 2011
Audrey Anderson 2011
Sharin Peters 2013
Judy McKay 2014
Leandra Ledbetter 2016
Travis Henderson 2017
Carroll Hillebrand 2018
Sainthood Awards – Emperor
The Emperor may bestow the award of “Sainthood for Life”.
Mark Merriman 2001
Mark Merriman 2002
Ronda Recoverree 2003
Brad Busby 2004
Greg Brockman 2005
Rett Rasberry 2006
Brett Garrity 2007
Olivia Ryanne McEntire 2009
Duane Thompson 2010
Adraine Powers 2012
Sean Gooden 2013
Chase Whitmore 2014
Duane Thompson 2014
Tom Halfast 2015
Ramiyah Devereaux 2016
Carroll Hillebrand 2017
Nona Capace 2018
The Regent’s Award
This award is given annually by vote of the Council of Regents, to honor that regent who has done the most for the Court in the previous year.
Mark Merriman 2004
Jack Murphy 2004
Rick Rhody 2005
–No Award– 2006
Doug Lewis 2007
Audrey Anderson 2008
Don Lacey 2009
Marlow Anderson 2009
Duane Thompson 2010
Sean Gooden 2011
Nona Capace 2012
Sable Gordon 2013
Sean Gooden 2014
Sean Gooden 2015
Kassondra McEntire 2016
Carroll Hillebrand 2017
The John Renn Award
The regents vote each year on the performer of the year, with particular emphasis on live performance. The award honors King Father John Renn, an accomplished dancer and live performer.
Roxie 1990
Sasha Dior 1991
Tammy-Lynn Noel 1992
Misty McCrae 1993
Chris Lee 1994
David Corder 1995
Bruce Littrell 1996
Bobby Hamlin 1996
Lori Adams 1997
Tony Babbin (dec’d) 1998
Charlie Davenport 1999
The Lezbos 2000
Arch Hooks 2001
Lauren Ashley 2001
Sasha D’Ore 2002
–No Award– 2003
Marc Callan 2004
Ghetta Cannon 2005
–No Award– 2006
Out Loud Chorus 2007
Lamar Cooper 2008
Sean Gooden 2009
–No Award– 2010
Rebecca Hanchar 2011
Faith Gubbins 2011
August Mergelman 2012
Misty Stokes 2013
Colin Gregory 2014
Charley Fox 2015
Water Xaris 2016
Dante Inferno 2017
The Jim Brazell Owl & Stag Lifetime Achievement Award
This is a lifetime award to be presented at Coronation by the Council of Regents to honor a Monarch or Lifetime Titleholder who has committed their life to helping the organization strive for excellence. Repeat winners would not be encouraged due to the nature of the award. The recommended budget is $50.00 and would be designed by the current Co-Chairs of the Council of Regents on the Board of Advisors.
Roxie 2011
Mark Merriman 2012
Ralph Chapman 2013
Marlow Anderson 2014
Bruce Littrell 2015
Bill Swearingin 2017
The Eagle Spirit Award
This is an award, authorized by the Board of Advisors, to be presented by the Emperor to the business that has given outstanding support to the Court throughout his Reign.
The Underground Pub 2010
The Underground Pub 2013
Dimensions Spa 2014
Pikes Peak Summit Masters 2015
Club Q 2017
Club Q 2018
The Steve & Dorothy Humanitarian Award
The Reigning Monarchs issue this award to an individual or organization that provides or displays humanitarianism in their opinion.
Andrew Kimmell 2013
Jack Danielson 2014
S-CAP 2015
The Sue DiNapolli Ovarian Cancer Society 2016
Helen Bozo 2017
Nona Capace 2018
The Shel Anderson, Emperor 1 Award
This award may be presented by the Emperor, as designed by Stan Wright (Emperor XIX), to the individual or organization that best showed support, diligence, and success in Human and Civil Rights for the Community.
Reverend Wes Mullins 2013
Kathy Arnold (One Nation) 2014
The Colorado Springs Independent 2015
Colorado Springs Pridefest 2016
Nic Grzecka 2017
Sable Gordon 2018
Ed Sells Heart & Soul Award
This award was created by and will be paid for and presented by Queen Mother Sable Gordon annually to the person or organization that embodies the qualities in the title of the award. Queen Mother Sable Gordon agrees to purchase and present this award for as long as she is able and asks after this point, the board approve and continue the award to be presented by the reigning Queen Mother.
Nic Grzecka 2016
Bill Swearengin 2017
Rainbow Tiger Award
This is an award to be presented by the current reigning monarchs to a college student enrolled in any college or university within our realm for their excellent work with the GLBTIQ collegiate community and their work with outreach to the citizens in our realm. The recipient of this award may achieve this honor either by representing their local chapter of the GLBTIQ collegiate population or by their work within our realm, building awareness and/or contributions towards making their local chapter of the GLBTIQ citizens within our realm. The criteria for this award is twofold: (1) The individual must be currently enrolled, or recently graduated due to the nature of the timing of Coronation, from a college or university in our realm; and (2) the individual must have been socially active throughout the year in their community. As per the BOA, there is a fifty dollar maximum amount for this award.
Creede McQueen 2012
Sara Bellum 2017
Spirit of Hope Award
This award was created by and will be paid for and presented by Emperor 41 Water Xaris annually to the out of realm court that best exhibits promotes and embodies the ICS values of Inclusion, Unity, Advocacy and Acceptance within the LGBTIQA Community. Recipients will be chosen by Emperor 41 based on input from the Reigning Monarchs.
The United Court of the Sandias 2017
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The Pikes Peak Summit Masters 2015
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