The Luau

Everybody loves a Hukilau....yes, we are doing the hula...
The Red Hat Chickadees gathered for an afternoon Luau at the Glenwood acres community bldg.
Our special guest was that scallywag, Captain Jack Sparrow...of the Caribbean.

Many of us had photos taken with the notorious captain from "Pirates of the Caribbean",better watch that sword, he looks serious...mom.
Captain Jack looks on as I demonstrate my hula talents....he doesn't look too impressed.... but I digress.......
Back to the Luau...here we have our lovely Red Hat ladies..............
Red Hat ladies.......incognito......



Everyone dressed for the occasion, many had authentic Hawiian attire.....
Everyone enjoyed the food and friendship.




and, we all made our own ice cream sundaes..
The piniata was beaten to a pulp after he was knocked down from the ceiling. Lots of goodies and prizes spilled out everywhere.
These two ladies were wearing the palm tree..
We ended the festivities with a hula lesson, taught by yours truly...ok, so I'm Irish, but that's why we have the internet, and that's where I learned the "Hukilau" dance, which is used during the fishing festivals. These pictures are a little blurred, since I extracted them from the video, which will be coming soon...
Mom and I had a great time hosting the Luau for our Red Hat friends, and they all enjoyed it too, and joined right in the fun..thanks to everyone for making it a spectacular event.

To those of you who had your pictures taken with Capt. Sparrow, I will have prints for you at next months meeting. If you want see how they all turned out, just send me at email to : witchywoman.49@gmail.com...

June Meeting of the Chickadees

Our meeting was at a lovely little church in Omega.
We all received a pinwheel as a favor.
We played a game where we tried to guess what the menu would be....
Then we had a delicious meal featuring pulled pork.....it was yummy.
I thought this was a very creative way of wearing a "red hat"...
Mom won one of the door prizes....a fuzzy picture frame.

Chickadees Crazy Easter Hat Contest

The Red Hat Chickadees met at the Five Brother restaurant in Salem, IL, and we were all sporting our own Easter hat creations...



We had a nice group of ladies in attendance.
The tables were decorated for Spring and Easter, and we all had hand made candies by our plates.




We had a pink hatter that came to the meeting too.

This meeting marked the 6 year anniversary of the start of the Chickadees Chapter of the Red Hat ladies. Our Queen mother made a collage of events and places that the Chickadees had attended. Looked like lots of fun.




Queen Mother, Mary and Janet.
So, we had a birthday cake to celebrate the occasion.

Then came the hat contest. The three finalists were voted on by applause by the customers in the restaurant.
And the winner is.......our Queen mother, wearing a decorated Easter basket on her head.

At the end of our meeting, it was an emotional moment when we were getting ready to say the pledge to allegiance and three soldiers arrived just in time to join us. Afterwards many of us talked to the soldiers, telling them about our loved ones who have been to Iraq and Afghanistan and letting them know we appreciate them keeping our country safe. It was a wonderful end to the afternoon.

Here's a short video of our Easter Hat parade...If you hit the HQ button at the bottom of the video, the picture will be much clearer, but a little out of sync..