A fun-filled event intent on bringing friends, family, and community together for the New Year! Proceeds going to Dropping the Carp Fund and City Park and Recreation Youth Enrichment/Hoffman Hall Activities.

Lucky Royalty

Being the Carp King and Carp Queen of Prairie du Chien's New Year's Eve is no easy task. Carp royalty preside over the Droppin' of the Carp festivities. The royalty also take part in many other celebrations during the year. The annual event began in 2000, with initiatives of Tom and Cathy Nelson, and Randi Kleusner and her spouse. Each year, two very special people were chosen to be the Carp King and Carp Queen.

2013

2013 promises to bring surprise in the Carp royalty? 2013 will go down in the history books as the re-introduction of King Ken and Queen Jan Meyer. It also reintroduced the #1 Carp Page Kyle W.  2013 brought in a brand new Droppin' of the Carp Court!The court members are nominated by the sponsors of Droppin' of the fest.

2012
King Tom Nelson and Queen Cathy Nelson, New Year’s Eve 2012






Carp Page Kyle W., New Year’s Eve 2012





2011 

King Ken and Queen Jan Meyer with Lucky the Carp, New Year's 2011






2010
King ? and Queen ? New Year’s Eve 2010

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Meet 'Lucky' the Carp

The first annual Droppin' of the Carp was held in 2002. after two local residents spent the year before in Savannah, Ga.. Where they lowered a giant styrophoam peach. "We decided we could have some sort of New Year's celebration here in the Midwest," Tom Nelson, one of the founders, said. "Since New York took the ball idea, a carp was the next local choice. Being on the river, it had to be a fish." The first year, a three foot carp was named Lucky after learning that Chinese people believe that eating Carp on New Years was lucky. Mike Valley, a local business man and owner of Valley Fish Market said, "Everybody always kisses it for good luck."

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