Chief Mountain Red Hat Southern Belles

Red Hat Society Day - A 10th Birthday Tea
April 27/08

One Hundred Twenty Two elegantly dressed Red and Pink Hatters attended this celebration at Parkbridge Estates Recreation Hall in Lethbridge. Hosted by The Holy Hattitude Chapter of Lethbridge for Fun, Tea and Entertainment in honor of the Red Hat Society 10th Birthday.

These wonderful, capable ladies discarded all their elegance for a very hilarious fashion show, with narration by one of their lovely chapterettes . What sights to behold! From a "Painter" to "Queen Pat" each and every lady presented a wonderful talent for improvisation! I think I liked the wine lady decorated with grape vines, leaves and grapes with the most fabulous big hat made of "corks" with Red & Purple grapes! Keeping in the spirit of things to be sure! The entire chapter presented us with so many different guises I could not begin to describe each of them here. Suffice it to say - they certainly entertained us rounding it out with an invitation for all of us to join them in blowing our Kazoo's to the tune of "Tiny Bubbles." What fun! Yes, the Kazoo is the Red Hat Society Official Musical Instrument! Everyone can play!

I would be remiss in my telling if I didn't include the beautiful Red Hat decorations on tables and around the hall, the tasty finger sandwiches and squares. We know how much time and effort goes into making that many for a large gathering. Not only did they entertain us, they were our servers, clean up crew and dish washers. Admirable, ladies!

Many door prizes were awarded as well as gift bags. All the Queens attending were asked to introduce themselves and their chapter sisters. We are coming together at so many events being held, we now recognize more and meeting new each time. What a great disorganization this is!

You just have to hear about our little Celebrity, Kara Kotkas. She is a very young Pink Hatter attending this Tea with her Red Hat Grandma. When she was 5 years old she wrote a book titled "Grandma and Me, the Red Hats and Tea" which is now published and on sale. While we were socializing, young Kara was autographing her books. What a delight to see we are making such an impression on the youth of our communities because surely, if there is one, there are more future Red Hatters!

It warms our hearts to know on this day wearing purple or lavender outfits with red or pink hats, hundreds of thousands of women, in 30 countries, dressed in those same colors will celebrate - all over the world - what we have come to refer to as "Red Hat Society Day!"

We Chief Mountain So. Belles had a marvelous time sharing fun and laughter, going home in great spirits having won prizes and strengthened the bond of our sisterhood with Red Hatters that "Just Wanna Have Fun!" Thank you to all the ladies of the Holy Hattitude Chapter!

In Fun & Hilarity, Queen Mum Sandy

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