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The Red Hat Society,
Gallery Gals of Laurel Hill, Florida, celebrating Thanksgiving at the
home of Betsy Kahler. Left back row: Penny Dunston, Frances Settles,
Katie Yates, Yvonne Jordan, Marilyn Maloney, Jessie Fleming, Estelle
Rogers, Janet Twitty, Carolyn Strickland, Devona Willis, Betsy Kahler,
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Plan to
attend our next gathering! |
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Our chapter of the Red Hat Society,
"The Gallery Gals of Laurel
Hill" was formed on May
29th of 2004.
Our Mission Statement is: Have fun, enjoy life, make friends, do good things and always, but always, eat desert first!
Wearing a Red hat and a Purple outfit is the only criteria to join the
group and have fun! Gloves are optional. There is a complete absence of
rules and officers -- fun is the name of the game and we are going to
have lots of it! |
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Your Queen Mother,
Estelle Rogers
For more info ring: 850.652.4595
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When
The Gallery Gals of Laurel Hill are around you’ll notice!
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Members of the Red Hat Society don’t need a secret handshake, when
they’ve got provocative red hats and purple tops to match.
The Red Hat Society was founded in California less than four years ago,
but it has already grown to 10,000 chapters in the states, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, Mexico – and of course the Caribbean.
The Laurel Hill chapter, known as “The Gallery Gals of Laurel
Hill"
founded by Estelle Rogers, will have
its first gathering
soon. Those interested in joining should plan to attend.
The purpose of the red hats is to serve no purpose other than for women
to enjoy the company of women like themselves who want to defy the
stereotypes of aging and meet middle age with dignity and humor.
Society members - women of fifty and over - meet each month for a public
dinner attired in red hats and purple outfits. Younger members who
attend the gatherings get to wear pink hats and lavender outfits until
their big birthday.
This colorful garb was inspired by a poem titled Warning, by Jenny
Joseph, which mentions getting older and wearing red and purple in
defiance.
Estelle, the Queen Mother (the name given to the chapter's founder), of the Laurel Hill chapter says the monthly meetings offer an opportunity
to get together for frivolity and fun and "color outside the lines" after
all the years of putting everyone else first.
The Red Hat Society has its own web site - www.redhatsociety.com
- and all registered members get a weekly e-mail from society
founder – Sue Ellen Cooper who has christened herself Exalted Queen
Mother. EQM’s communiqués are breezy broadcasts, but beneath the
silliness, according to the group's mission statement, lies comedy
relief and under the frivolity a bond of affection forged by common life
experiences and genuine enthusiasm for wherever life takes us next.
Cooper urges women to join red gloved hands and go for the gusto.
Cooper says red hatters across the globe have already held two
conventions- entire hotels filled with women of a certain age wearing
red hats and purple outfits. Could world domination be far behind, she
asks?
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