MARDI GRAS

Mardi Gras 2008 was held on Saturday, February 2, 2008 at the Fort Pierce Elk's Lodge. There were 128 Red Hatters attending from the following chapters: Bodacious Babes, Boop-Oop-A-Doop Girls, Classy Red Foxes, Crimson Chapelere, Dazzling Dames in Red, Foxy Red Hatters, Friend to the End, Glad Hatters of Vero, High Point Red Hatters, Hurricane Hatters, Lucie Goosies, Pampered Pack of Peacocks, Pizazzy Pineapples, Rebels with Hattitude, Red Bonnet Belles, Red Hattitudes of PLV, Red Hot Flashers, Scarlet Divas, Scarlet Vamps, Shady Ladies, Treasure Coast Ladies with Hattitude, and Treasure Coast Ruby Red Jewels. Our Mask/Costume Winners were: Lynn Krauthamer of the Lucie Goosies, Jean Jane Althoff of the Pizazzy Pineapples and Bobbi McHugh of the Red Bonnet Belles. Our Red Hat Split Winners were: Pam Waddell of the Glad Hatters of Vero, Claudia Ellis of the BoopOopADoop Girls and Marie Campano of the Hurricane Hatters.

Overview of Mardi Gras at the Fort Pierce Elk's Lodge	Overview of Mardi Gras at the Fort Pierce Elk's Lodge
Finalist in the Mask/Costume Contest	Winners of the Mask/Costume Contest
Red Hot Flashers of Vero Beach	? , Judy Olson, Queen of BoopOopADoop Girls, Claudia Ellis, VQ of BoopOopADoop Girls, Trudi Berger, Queen of Red Hot Flashers of Vero Beach and ?
Friends to the End of Fort Pierce	Red Bonnet Belles
Crimson Chapelere	Hurricane Hatters
Classy Red Foxes	Glad Hatters of Vero Beach
Treasure Coast Ruby Red Jewels	Pizazzy Pineapples
Scarlet Divas and Dazzling Dames in Red	Lucie Goosies
	Lucie Goosies
Sidney Weber, VQ of Classy Red Foxes	Eileen Barrett, Queen of Lucie Goosies Florence Jones, Queen of Dazzling Dames in Red
Jean Jane Althoff, Queen of Pizazzy Pineapples	Pam Waddell, VQ of Glad Hatters of Vero Winner of $100 Red Hat Split
Claudia Ellis, VQ of BoopOopADoop Girls Winner of $75 Red Hat Split	Marie Campano, Member of the Hurricane Hatters Winner of $50 Red Hat Split
Ev Deggeller of the Pampered Pack of Peacocks and Kristine Loessin, VQ of Pampered Pack of Peacocks	Crimson Chapeleres
Judy Olson, Queen of BoopOopADoop Girls	Claudia Ellis, Vice Queen of BoopOopADoopGirls
Queen Jean Jane Althoff, Queen of the Pizazzy Pineapples	Her Highness Heir Wick of the Classy Red Foxes
Queen Retha Kraehenbuehl of Pampered Pack of Peacocks	Vice Queen Kristine Loessin of Pampered Pack of Peacocks
Lynn Krauthamer, Vice Queen of the Lucie Goosies	Melissa McKinney, Vice Queen of the Lucie Goosies

MARDI GRAS PARADE

Jazz week was kicked off with a Fantastic parade held on Saturday February 2, 2008 in Historical downtown Ft. Pierce. The day was perfect!

Rosa Capella Red Hat Chapter arrived to the parade riding on a beautiful float covered with red and purple. The Rosa Capellas were enthusiastic as they greeted the crowd and wished everyone "Happy Mardi Gras." On the back of a shiny black convertible was a huge Red Hat trimmed with a big Purple bow!

The Red Hat Tomatoes had Red and Purple banners hung from the sides of Queen Mum Dorothy Puntino's Toyota pick-up. Queen Dorothy walked along side handing out beads and stuffed toys to children. Four Red Hat Tomatoes rode in Charlotte McIntosh's School Bus Yellow BMW convertible. The Tomatoes threw beads and stuffed toys as they yelled "Happy Mardi Gras!"

As the parade wound its way to the Ft. Pierce marina, Jazz music could be heard for blocks! The smell of BBQ, cotton candy and spices hung in the air to tempt everyone's taste buds! Vendors sold masks, hats and Mardi Gras trinkets. Face painters turned timid children into lions,tigers, Batman and butterflies.

Ellen Morrone and Dorothy Puntino worked as volunteers for the Jazz Society until 10 pm. As the tired and happy Hatters left the marina,Jazz music reminding them to dream of Mardi Gras 2009 in Ft. Pierce.

Ellen and Sam, MaryLou in Front	"That's our Queen Mum-Dorothy herself!!"
"Marylou Hughes is captivating"	"Ellen Marrone, sitting pretty".

RED HAT TEA

The Harbor Lites at Harbor Place in Port Saint Lucie sponsored a Red Hat Tea on February 19, 2008 from 11:30am til 1pm. There were approximately 100 Red Hatters in attendance.

DIVA DUCK

The Lucie Goosies sponsored a Bus Trip from Port Saint Lucie, down to City Place in West Palm Beach to Board Diva Duck for a 75 minute tour on land and water. Afterwards we all had lunch and had time for shopping. Attending were: Lake Charles Classy Redkettes, Classy Red Foxes, Dolphinette Divas, Dazzling Dames in Red and the Lucie Goosies.

Mary Jane Koliba (Dazzling Dames in Red)	Nancy Deas and Valerie Sklar (Lucie Goosies)
Florence Jones (Dazzling Dames in Red), Sidney Weber (Classy Red Foxes) and Mary Jane Koliba (Dazzling Dames in Red)	Our Goofy Tour Guide
on the Water (Facing Camera: Eila Porter, and Connie Bauer)
Lunch at the Cheesecake Factory Standing in back is Gloria, and Barbara, at the table is Eila Porter, Carol Hill, Carol Light, Judy Garbe (standing) Elaine and Lucy	Lake Charles Classy Redkettes Back row from left to right:Gloria Sabatelli, Peggy Pawluklewic, Eila Porter, Judy Garbe, Flo Kelly, Queen Elaine Paolucci, Donna Pickens, Rosy (guest) Izzy Terlecky, Lucy (guest) Carol Light. Front row: Maureen Ripea, Doe Giesken, Carol Hill, and Barbara Maggio.