Ladies, do you each wish to join in the fun of The Red Hat Society Chapter of the (insert your chapter here)?

Do you agree to deal with growing more mature with humor and to take your silliness seriously?

Do you promise to regularly practice having fun now, so you will know how, when you are old?

Do you vow to never purchase uncomfortable high heels again, even if they are on sale?

Do you vow to continue to look for Elvis?

Do you vow to never purchase or wear thongs or any scratchy, uncomfortable underwear, even it it’s on sale?

Will you openly and knowingly fraternize with other Red Hatters?

Will you learn to play the kazoo? Will you wear Purple and Red to (insert your chapter here) Events?

Do you promise to speak only of pleasant subjects at (insert your chapter here) gatherings?

Do you pledge to never copy your queen’s hats? (She has a lot of them!)

Do you pledge to never dance on a table with a young hunk? (Yell “NO WAY”)

Do you pledge to never, ever wear nylons with open-toed shoes?

Ladies, please place your right hand on your hat, raise your left big toe and repeat after me.

“This I pledge in the spirit of The Red Hat Society as envisioned by the Exalted Queen Mother, Sue Ellen Cooper, and with (Insert your chapter here) Hattitude.”

Now therefore, I, Queen (Insert Queen's name), of the (insert chapter name here), by virtue of the authority vested in me by Hatquarters, do hereby declare you an official member of the (insert your chapter here) of the Red Hat Society.

WELCOME