Host Hotel
Wyndham NRG
8686 Kirby Dr, Houston, TX 77054
Room Rate: $109 per night + taxes for One King or 2 Double
Group Code: 012125ERS
Reservation Deadline: December 26, 2024
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Program Ads
The program will be a 40th Anniversary Collectible program book.
Program will be full Color 8.5"x11" in portrait format. Please use a 0.25" border.
Please send in PNG or PDF format rendered at least 600 dpi.
AD Deadline is: December 1, 2024.
Full Page Ad is $150 and Half Page Ad is $80.00
Please email your ads and any questions to programads@ersicss.org
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Coronation 40 Tickets
Friday, January 24, 2025 - Out of Town Show & Bus Tour - $40.00
Saturday, January 25, 2025 - Coronation 40 - Beauty & The Beast with a Grimm's Twist - $80.00
Sunday, January 26, 2025 - Victory Brunch - $40.00
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Schedule of Events
In-Town Awards & Show
Thursday, January 23rd – 6:00pm
Barcode Houston
817 Fairview St.
Cover: Free
Out of Town Show/Bar Tour
Friday, January 24th
Music Collection 4:30pm – 5:30pm outside the ballroom
Doors at 5:30pm / Show at 6:00pm
Bar Tour leaves around 9pm
Alamo Ballroom
Wyndham Houston near NRG Park
8686 Kirby Dr Houston, TX 77054
Tickets: $40.00
Show order will be reigning monarchs, then all other out of town guests, as music is turned in, as time permits. In the interest of time, music will be faded once the tipping has stopped and for those that choose to be divas and not take their money until later in their number.
The show will be followed by our bus tour to the clubs that have played host to and supported ERSICSS throughout the reign. Your hosts for the bus tour will be our candidates for Emperor, Empress, and/or Emprex.
Coronation XL ~ Beauty & the Beast with a Grimm’s Twist
Saturday, January 25th
Doors at 5pm / Princess Protocol 5pm-6pm
Dinner 6pm
Sam Houston Ballroom
Wyndham Houston near NRG Park
8686 Kirby Dr Houston, TX 77054
Tickets: $80.00 (includes plated dinner)
Please keep in mind that for the comfort of all of our coronation guests, we ask that no bare chests, bare butts or bare breasts be displayed at any time during the evening. Also, no confetti, open flames, live animals or coronation fliers will be allowed in the ballroom on Saturday night. Please feel free to place your coronation/event fliers in our hospitality suites and at the Victory Brunch on Sunday morning.
Victory Brunch
Sunday, January 26th
Doors at 10:30am – Brunch at 11:00am
San Jacinto Ballroom
Wyndham Houston near NRG Park
8686 Kirby Dr Houston, TX 77054
Tickets: $40.00
Salt Lake City Water Party /Victory Show
Sunday, January 26th
Party at 3:00pm / Show at 5:00pm
Tony’s Corner Pocket
817 W Dallas St
Cover: Free
Monies raised during the Water Party and Victory show are designated to the new monarch’s promotional fund.
Hospitality
Our famous hospitality suites will be open Friday and Saturday for your enjoyment. Dowager Emperor XXXVIII Geary Whitney and Dowager Empress XXXVIII Alexa Bouvier promise that all of our guests will have plenty of fun, food and refreshing adult beverages of every kind.
Hospitality Hours:
Friday, January 24th from Noon until 3:00pm, then Midnight until 3:00am. There will be limited hospitality for guests not attending the bus run beginning at 10:00pm (no alcohol from 10pm-midnight).
Saturday, January 25th from 11am until 2:00pm, then ½ hour after coronation until 3:00am.
***Please note that you must have a wrist band on to gain entrance to the hospitality suite on Friday and Saturday nights.
VENDOR MARKET
Once again, ERSICSS will have a vendor market outside the ballrooms on Friday and Saturday. If you or someone you know of would like to be a vendor, please contact Empress XXXVI Alexis Nicole Whitney at alexis.valerio@ersicss.org
Protocol
Houston is proud to announce we will once again be walking our guests according to Princess Protocol. Protocol will be submitted like normal with each court submitting one file with all their members’ protocol listed. Protocol cards will be created and you will hand those cards to the emcee as you enter the ballroom and immediately greet their majesties before taking your seat. We have a hard deadline for protocol this year. All protocol must be submitted electronically no later than Wednesday January 15th to protocol@ersicss.org.
ERSICSS adheres to the one walk rule with your highest ranking title. Only titles bestowed by Emperor and Empress XXXIX of Houston, Queen Mother of the Americas Nicole the Great and those titles sanctioned by our late founder, Jose’ I, will be allowed. All other titles will be red-lined as will affiliations with houses and societies except those that have been given directly by our reigning monarchs here in Houston.
There will be no greetings, no regrets or ball announcements. Personal titles/monikers will be limited to reigning monarchs only. Please note that no more than three dynastic names will be allowed. We ask that you use the name that you are customarily introduced with at your own court functions.
As always, ERSICSS reserves the right to edit protocol as necessary and the final decision is that of our Prime Minister of Protocol of ERSICSS.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Board President: Empress XXXI Angela Mercy president@ersicss.org
Ball Coordinator: Empress XXV Marcia Mink Anne Gill greg.davis@ersicss.org
Program: Empress XXXVIII Alexa Bouvier programads@ersicss.org
Protocol: Emperor XXX Royce Wood protocol@ersicss.org
Vendors: Empress XXXVI Alexis Nicole Whitney at alexis.valerio@ersicss.org
Ticket Sales: Emperor XXX Royce Wood treasurer@ersicss.org