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Myrna Kay Kingscote, nee Marks (1941 – 2023)
	
Myrna and Jack Kingscote came to the Yukon from Vancouver in 1977. They went to Mayo for four years and Jack taught school.((Rick Massie, "How the Rendezvous air show grew wings." //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 20 February 2006.)) Myna joined the Mayo Community Club as a volunteer.((Stephanie Waddell, "Rendezvous stalwarts to pass the torch." //Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 2 February 2007.)) Myrna worked for Human Resources Yukon for two years and then became the secretary for the Mayo RCMP. She spearheaded Mayo’s Winter Carnival and the twice weekly movie nights.((“Myrna Kay Kingscote.” //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 6 December 2023.))
	
The Kingscotes moved to Whitehorse in the fall of 1981. Myrna became the secretary at Jeckell Jr. High School and worked there until her retirement in 1998.((“Myrna Kay Kingscote.” //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 6 December 2023.)) Their first Sourdough Rendezvous was in 1982 and they got to know some twelve pilots who had come up on their own for the event. They also entertained the fifteen Snowbird pilots. In 1982, Myrna started organizing the air show and the can-can dancers. Jack took over the air show in 1983 and Myrna stayed with the can-can line. Their continued efforts have made a success of these Rendezvous traditions. The show grew from six planes and twelve participants to thirty aircraft and 200 participants, and the Kingscotes continued to entertain them. They had to put a tent out for the smokers. They moved out their furniture and braced the floor for the crowd. In later years the Kingscote soiree moved to the Legion. The numbers at the air show were stable in 2006 at about 6,000 per year, even at minus 40. Jack and Myrna were granted honorary life membership of the Sourdough Rendezvous Board.((Rick Massie, "How the Rendezvous air show grew wings." //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 20 February 2006.)) The Rendezvous Air Show is now named the Kingscote Air Display.((“Myrna Kay Kingscote.” //Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 6 December 2023.))

Myrna visited Rendezvous sponsors, managed the can-can dancers, sewed their costumes, and did a lot of the behind-scenes work. She also had a business in costume making and rental. She and long-time volunteer Lana Dowey retired from the Rendezvous organization in 2007.((Stephanie Waddell, "Rendezvous stalwarts to pass the torch." //Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 2 February 2007.))