INFORMATION
Web Site: Our chapter has it's own
web site www.redhotdivas.org
Colours: Purple clothing with a red hat if you are over 50 and mauve clothing with a pink hat for those under 50.
Age: Any age!!
Events: skating party, adopt a family in
need at Christmas or Thanksgiving, skiing, horseback riding, movies,
bowling, wine tasting, hot air ballooning, theatre, lunches, boat
rides, beach blanket picnics, scrapbooking, pajama parties, coffee
get-togethers type stuff ???? - anything goes - so bring
your ideas !)
Names: All red hatters are "Royalty" - be it a
Queen, Duchess, Princess, etc.
It's tradition that red hatters have a "red hat name" so
put on your thinking caps and see what you can come up with for
interesting names. Some thoughts might be....
Duchess of DooLittle
Lady Yak-A-Lot
Baroness of Bargains
Dame Bargoons
Empress of Elegance
Baroness of Bubbles
Lady Runnamuck
Princess WaterLily
Lady Lah-Dee-Dah
Red Hatters are a bunch of silly, fun-loving women
who have given themselves permission to be eccentric and
outrageous in public. We love to play dress up and delight
in shenanigans and tomfoolery - in our purple outfits and red
hats, or course! We consider ourselves royalty and as such
adopt titles for ourselves such as Princess this & Countess
that. This adds an element of fun to aging, which we think is
invaluable to women in our society who have learned to dread aging
and avoid it at all costs. We want to make aging become something
anticipated with excitement, not something to dread. Women who are
under 50 are welcome to join us and are considered our little
sisters, or "Red-Hats-in -Training"; they wear lavender
outfits with pink hats until their BIG BIRTHDAY. We have lots of
silly traditions (some involve playing kazoos and bubble blowing),
a chapter anthem (“Do Your Boobs Hang Low”), Swearing-In
Ceremonies where “newbies” are sworn in to the sisterhood and
appointed their royal titles by our exalted Queen (from her Royal
Throne, of course); Red-uation ceremonies where pink hatters
graduate to a red hat on their 50th birthday, and our giggle-fits
are known to last for hours!
The outfits of the sisterhood run the gamut and usually
reflect the personality of the Red or Pink Hatter inside it.
Wearing the designated colors is the only thing set in stone. You
will see many women in feather boas, some with birdcages upon
their head (red, of course), and hats with cartoon characters on
them, but they may be seated right next to another in a plain red
baseball cap and a Red Hat sweatshirt. Another may be
wearing a red cowboy hat, while another has a huge over-the-top
“Hello Dolly” type hat with flowers and tulle and jewels, oh
my! It's that "anything goes" philosophy of the Red
Hatters that we like. It's about joy, being young at heart,
and knowing life (and having fun) doesn't end at 50. Our
philosophy is that since we had the most girlie-girl fun when we
were little playing dress-up in our mommy’s high heels, hats and
fancy dresses and why can’t we do that again? The standard for
your Red Hat event outfits is this: “would I think I look
beautiful in this if I were an 8-year-old girl?” If the
answer is "yes" - then that’s what we’re wearing!
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