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| Red Hat Society National Convention St. Louis, Missouri, June 7-11, 2006 |
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| Ginny Hoffman of Ailene Bell's Scarlet Sisters, was a BIG winner. She won the grand prize registration for next year's convention in Nashville, TN, and a red hat lamp! Her room mate, Ginny Brown, also won a lamp as did Shirley of the Village Red Hatties. |
| Sylvia unexpectedly turned air blower in restroom on me which made us both hysterical. |
| Just look at that line waiting to get into the pajama breakfast! |
| At rest stop on way to St. Louis. |
| Glenda & Sylvia puffin' away with their roaring 20s imitation cigarettes. |
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| Sue Ellen Cooper's Chapter |
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| ON THE BUS |
| Shirley--Sleeping Beauties--Glenda |
| Joanne and Glenda chowing down on their breakfast on board our Lakefront bus. |
| AT THE HOTEL |
| Sylvia, Shirley and Joanne posing on our Renaissance Grand Hotel stairway. |
| ...and Joanne, Shirley, Glenda and Sylvia on the hotel's 4-sided chair. |
| Doors--Glenda & Joanne's and Sylvia & Shirley's. |
| Red Hat wine!!! Provided for us by Joanne. A real treat. |
| Glenda & Joanne decorate the bannister in our hotel--the Renaissance Grand. |
| Lamp table decoration and door prize and I won one! |
| RUBBIN' SHOULDERS WITH ROYALTY |
| Sue Ellen Cooper and Linda Murphy with their old friend Miss Hattie. |
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| The four of us with Sue Ellen and Linda. |
| Joanne got lucky, Linda Murphy's husband Bob (the Red Baron) sat at our table during opening ceremonies. |
| CLOWNIN' AROUND |
| Conjoined twins? |
| Those cigarettes were just plain fun! |
| Joanne & Glenda striking a pose. |
| HATS! |
| Claire Busam's birthday hat (Scarlet Sisters). |
| GAMBLIN' |
| Hats by Louis. Sylvia bought two, Shirley one. |
| DANCIN' |
| Ailene and Glenda cutting a rug! |
| Glenda (4th from left) has dancing feet. Here she is hoofin' it on stage at the "Puttin' On The Glitz" Banquet. |
| EATIN' |
| What could be better than cotton candy? Here are Sylvia & Joanne at the turn-of-the-century fair. |
| Food at the Pajama Breakfast. Potatoes, tomato, apples & raisins, and egg casserole. |
| Eating at an Irish pub on our first day in St. Louis. |
| Watching movie "Meet Me In St. Louis" after Opening Ceremonies. |
| Still smiling after winning some and losing some in the casino. |
| CAROL SCRAND, DAUGHTER OF RAY & BETTY CLARK |
| MISS HATTIE AND HER MANY ADMIRERS |
| Carol at her boutique in the Mayfair Hotel... |
| ..and holding Miss Hattie, her mother's creation. |
| ...being photographed by her fans. |
| ...being more comfortable with another nonhuman. |
| ...with us in our pajamas (Shirley, Glenda, Joanne). |
| ...and with us after the tea. |
| ...tied in her bus seat with Joanne's sweater. |
| COSTUMES |
| Grapes |
| Eleven of us in same dress. We snake danced around the ballroom picking up more and more dress-alikes. |
| One family--mother, daughters and daughter-in-law. |
| A cute baby! |
| SHOWIN' OFF |
| One of the "Playshops" featured painting tiles which we had fun doing. |
| Glenda showing off the shirt she won by spinning the wheel at the travel booth. |
| "YackPack" (A computer communication tool) demonstrator putting our belly button brush to use. |
| WORLD'S FAIR 2006 |
| SIGHTSEEIN' |
| Joanne & Glenda in front of Missouri History Museum. |
| The St. Louis Arch at night. |
| Sue Ellen & Linda making their grand entrance at Opening Ceremonies leading a Clydesdale horse. That's Sue Ellen in polka dot dress. |
| Welcome signs in St. Louis.. |
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| MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER |
| Glenda, Joanne & Shirley at the Missouri Botanical Gardens in front of one of the many "Glass in the Garden" exhibits by Dave Chihuly. |
| Janie Jasin speaking at the pajama breakfast. |
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| Ferris wheel replica. |
| St. Louis Trolley Replica. |
| Joanne displaying all the prizes she won playing games at the fair. |
| HEADIN' HOME |
| We did it all in five fun-filled days. We shopped, ate, laughed, gambled, did some sightseeing, changed our clothes (some days three times), took pictures at every turn, and enjoyed every minute of it. We were among 1,323 other red hat ladies all of whom seemed to be enjoying themselves as much as we did. Ohio was represented by 74 attendees. We started out our five-day adventure with a riverboat cruise on the Tom Sawyer. It was a beautiful night and after we enjoyed the dinner buffet, we sat on the upper deck of the boat to see the St. Louis skyline and the magnificent St. Louis Arch. Day two encompassed the St. Louis City Tour & Forest Park Lunch which Joanne and Glenda took. Sylvia and I shopped at the Mayfair Hotel, where we saw Betty and Ray Clark's daughter, Carol, at her boutique. We joined Joanne and Glenda for lunch at Forest Park. We enjoyed the Welcome Reception in the evening and stayed for the late night movie "Meet Me in St. Louis." Day three found us in one of the "Playshops" painting tiles. A fun project. Anne Abernathy, oldest woman to participate in the Olympics, was the keynote speaker at the Afternoon Tea. She is giving up the Olympics but will try to be a participant in the "Survivor" show. We all enjoyed the "Puttin' on the Glitz" banquet in the evening and dressed to the hilt in all of our finery. There were at least 12 others with the same dress as Sylvia and I! Day four found us putting on our pajamas for the Pajama Breakfast. Janie Jasin was our motivational speaker. In the evening we all dressed for the Red Hat Society's 2006 World Fair. We enjoyed games, popcorn, cotton candy, ice cream, hot dogs, chips, etc. Sunday morning we boarded the bus and headed home, anxious to go to the 2007 convention in Nashville, TN, at the Opryland Hotel. |
| On the bus. Tired but happy -- Joanne & Glenda, Clair & Ailene, Shirley & Sylvia. |
| AND SO IT ENDED... |
| Joanne & Sylvia. Winning??? |
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| Another convention, another door. |