Congratulations Katherine Saer Duncan- Queen Rex!

The PRC was thrilled to hear that Katherine Saer Duncan was selected as Queen of Carnival this year. Katherine spent last summer interning at the PRC working on facade easements and quickly became a valued member of our staff before returning to the University of Virginia in the fall.

Katherine comes from a long line of Carnival royalty, and was excited and honored to be selected. From the Times-Picayune story announcing her selection:

Fat Tuesday always has been Katherine’s favorite day of Carnival season. Her earliest memories of Mardi Gras morning are of going to St. Charles Avenue for the Rex parade, dressed in a tiny clown costume that matched her mom’s.

“My dad rides a horse in the parade, and I would look for him,” she said. “He’d pick me up and let me ride for a little ways.”

Mardi Gras 2010 will be different from any other for her. She has friends and relatives here from UVA, from London, and from around the country, and she has spent the past week preparing to be queen. She has learned the proper way to walk, how to wave her scepter and how to do the queen’s curtsy.

“I’m more excited than nervous,” she said, exuberantly. “I don’t want it to end.”

Congratulations Katherine!