2009 Celebrity Monarchs and Musical Legends

Star of the ABC hit series, "According to Jim" and leader of the Sacred Hearts Band, JIM BELUSHI	Comedienne, best-selling author, Emmy Award-winning television talk-show host, jewelry designer, and red-carpet fashion laureate, JOAN RIVERS
Star of AMC's "Mad Men" and New Orleans native BRYAN BATT

ORPHEUS NOBILITY

American Idol finalist, country music star and returning Orpheus Royalty, JOSH GRACIN	The cast of the television series and major motion picture RENO 911
The boys of MTV's REAL WORLD/ ROAD RULES
Native New Orleanian and star of Sirius radio's "The Jay Thomas Show," JAY THOMAS
Daytime Emmy Award-winner for his role on The Young and the Restless and New Orleans native CHRISTIAN LEBLANC	Dr. Jake Martin of ABC's All My Children and veteran of soaps Another World and Guiding Light RICKY PAULL GOLDIN

ENTERTAINMENT AND PERFORMERS

JIM BELUSHI and the SACRED HEARTS	JOSH GRACIN
AMANDA SHAW and the CUTE GUYS	BUCKTOWN ALLSTARS

and
TONY HALL and the HEROS
(featuring MAHONGANY BLUE)

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.