Johnny and Kristy Charles named Mr. and Mrs. Winter Festival
Johnny and Kristy Charles have been named this year’s Mr. and Mrs. Winter Festival.
It is the first time the Lac La Ronge Winter Festival has named a couple to represent the 10-day annual event. Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre director of sports and recreation Kevin Roberts explained the idea to name a couple for the role came when examining what other winter festivals were doing across the province.
“We did a nomination process just within our committee to see who was available and who was interested and so that’s how that came to be,” he said, noting they will likely carry on with the new tradition for the 2025 festival as well.
“They live next door, and they are at almost all of our functions that happen here, so we thought they were good ambassadors for our festival. They participate and they come to support our events on a regular basis and that’s how their names came forward and why we selected them.”