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Celebrity Monarchs and Musical Legends 2008

The Krewe of Orpheus is synonymous with diversity. What better way to celebrate that philosophy and acknowledge our entire membership than through the selection of our royalty. With that, we are proud to announce the 2008 Krewe of Orpheus Monarchs:
Two time Indy 500 winner,
Dancing with the Stars champion,
and one of People magazine's
2007 sexiest men alive,
HELIO CASTRONEVES
Hip-hop queens turned
reality TV stars
SALT N' PEPA
best known for their hits Whatta Man and Lets Talk About Sex




The Crescent City's sultan of spic-and-span, 2007 Junior Achievement Rising Star and City Business 2007 Innovator of the Year gold award winner, SIDNEY TORRES preceded by the REBIRTH BRASS BAND AND THE LADY BUCK JUMPERS

 


RETURNING MONARCHS
New Orleans Saints Head Coach and 2006 NFL Coach of the Year,
SEAN PAYTON
American Idol finalist, country music star and returning Orpheus Royalty,
JOSH GRACIN


ORPHEUS NOBILITY
Member of the phenomenally successful pop group NSYNC and the current star of the hit broadway musical HAIRSPRAY
LANCE BASS

Stand-up comedian and
also a star of HAIRSPRAY

KEVIN MEANEY


The boys of MTV's Real World Sydney
Daytime Emmy Award-winner
for his role on
The Young and the Restless and 1999 Orpheus Poster Artist
CHRISTIAN LEBLANC
Gus of CBS'
The Guiding Light
and veteran of the NBC soap
Another World
RICK PAULL GOLDIN

 

ENTERTAINMENT AND PERFORMERS
JOSH GRACIN
REBIRTH BRASS BAND
AMANDA SHAW
and the CUTE GUYS
BUCKTOWN ALLSTARS

SHA'ON AND THE GIRLS WITH SUCCESS

 

 

Celebrity monarchs lead Orpheus each year. Monarchs have included Whoopi Goldberg, Glenn Close, Camryn Manheim, Sandra Bullock, Debbie Allen, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, Steven Seagal, Toby Keith, Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburn, Tommy Tune, Vanessa Williams, Dan Ackroyd, Branford Marsalis, James Brown, Jay Thomas, Little Richard, David Copperfield, Delta Burke, Gerald McRainey, Josh Hartnett, Josh Gracin, Anne Rice, Dominic Monaghan, Christian LeBlanc, Nicole Miller, Brad Paisley, Travis Tritt and
Sawyer Brown.