Evelyn
Benson of the Feisty Red Hatters and also the Sweet Hot
Tomatoes arranged for a special red hat event at the Rose Garden
for the Portland Trailblazers and Philadelphia 76ers basketball
game. As an avid Blazer fan and with a few connections, Evelyn
was able to arrange for about 50 to 80 red hatters to sit near
each other in the nose-bleed section at a fabulous discount from the
usual high price of the ticket. I didn't see any blood, but
several of us got very dizzy up there. Like "they"
say, old age isn't for sissies. It was such fun. We hooted
and played our kazoos while cheering on our Trailblazers.
Between
the first and second quarters, 10 hatters got to dance with the Blazer
Dancers. I understand they had two rehearsals, and it sure
paid off. They looked fabulous and were called the Blazer
Belles for their performance.
I took
a few photos with my zoom lens to post on this website. I also
taped the game. When I got home, I played the tape in slow
motion and took more photos from the TV screen.
Here
are names of the dancers:
-
Jackie
Nicolay
Sweet Hot Tomatoes
-
Ellen
O'Keefe
Sweet Hot Tomatoes
-
Rosalie
Newman
Ruby Begonia
-
Eunice
Fitzgerald
Victorian Ladies
-
Roz
Collins
Feisty Red Hatters
-
Evelyn
Benson
Sweet hot Tomatoes
-
Calla
Marshall
Feisty Red Hatters
-
Louise
Whittingham Queen- Feisty Red Hatters
-
Joyce
Lontz
Sweet Hot Tomatoes
-
Patti
McKichen
Sweet hot Tomatoes
Ellen
and Evelyn were the featured dancers. The
dancers you see in the photos are Jackie with red boa and
blond hair.
Eunice
was in the long dress and boa and Roz had on a
long dress with no boa and a big security pass stuck on her
leg. She doesn't know how that happened. No
Rules!
A
big thank you to Evelyn for planning this fun event.
A special thank you to Roz for giving me additional
information about the event for this posting.
P.S.
The Blazers lost...
