It’s not often that an Iowa State student is given the opportunity to dine with a king and queen — although this weekend may be an exception.

The Royal Court of King James and Queen Anne has invited the community to join them for the 33rd Annual Madrigal Dinners this weekend.

“Everyone that comes is the king’s guest,” Trice Hunter, choir member and part of the king’s court, said.

The banquet feast will begin with a Social Hour of Merriment before the king and queen arrive. Before the main dinner is served, King James, played by music professor Donald Simonson, and Queen Anne, played by chamber singer Sabrina Shields, will enter and sit at the head table.

The king’s court, played by members of ISU chamber singers, Orchesis II and dancers, will weave their way through the crowd, bow before the king and queen then take their place at the head table.

During the main dinner, quartets and quintets from the choir move from table to table, serenading the guests.

According to Hunter, who has been a singer for the king’s court for two years, some songs differ from year to year but maintain the traditional themes of love, drinking and peasant life. Some songs, however, remain the same.

This year the court will sing three traditional songs including “Wassial Song,” usually sung at the beginning of the evening, “Boar’s Head,” a popular song about the head of a wild pig that is traditionally sung near the end of the evening, and “Flaming Pudding,” appropriately sung during desert.

ISU’s 33rd Annual Madrigal Dinners will be held in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union with Saturday’s Social Hour of Merriment beginning at 5:30 p.m. with dinner served at 6:30 p.m. Sunday’s Social Hour of Merriment will begin at 1:30 p.m. with dinner served at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $30 per person and can be purchased through TicketMaster or through the ISU Choral Department. A $2 discount is available for groups purchasing more than 10 tickets.