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Victorian
Country Christmas
December
4th, 2003
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The
annual Victorian Country Christmas was held in Puyallup, Washington
on December 3rd through the 7th. December 4th was declared the
official Red Hat Day. Queen Karlene, Sandy McGee &
Eyvonne Abraham of the Classy Red Hatters and Queen
Jill of the Crimson Crones (photo 1, row 1) drove up
together in Eyvonne's van and we had a ball. When we parked the van, we
immediately met a chapter of local red hatters. There was immediate
bonding and sisterhood.
(See photos 3 & 4, row 1.)
Once
inside, it was like a HUGE Saturday Market with several hundred
vendors selling anything and everything you could imagine. There
were many vendors selling red hat items and we were like kids in a
candy store.
We
attended the Starlight
Follies, one of the two private performances for
red hatters only. The musical
review consisted of
singers and dancers whose
ages ranged from 58 to 89, and who had all been in
show business from as early as four years of age. The women
were red hatters, and they, along with their male counterparts,
did a great job
of entertaining us with their
marvelous voices and dancing talent.
There
were approximately 300 red hatters at the performance we attended,
and lots of door prizes handed out. They even had a prize for
the "best" hat. Guess what -- Queen Jill won
the prize!!!!! Yes, me! It was so exciting!
I was escorted on stage and was given a beautiful Swarovski red
crystal pen. What a thrill! (See
photo row 5, column 4.)
We
then had lunch in the food pavilion where there were at least
20 food vendors from which to choose. We ate with other red
hatters and made more new friends.
Once
we left the Victorian Country Christmas, the four of us did some
sightseeing, ate a delicious dinner, and then went back to our hotel
room and sat around telling jokes, being silly and having lots of
fun.
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