Good evening friends and fans. As hard as it is to believe, we have circled back around to New Year's Eve. As we do every year, before we bid farewell, we take one final glance back at the past year. The highs, the lows, the best, and sometimes the worst. As usual, I try to narrow the list to the two best ensembles of the month in addition to events that were real fan highlights. At the end of the post, per usual, there will be individual awards. It was quite a royal year, let's go get…