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JANUARY 2001
Sheku spotted an article in the Toronto Star. Her daughter, Caitlin, investigated the Red Hat Society web site. Sheku called Karis, and they contacted a few friends to present the idea. The search for purple dresses and red hats took a couple of months. The rest, as they say, is herstory! |
| APRIL 2001
Vice-Regal Mother, Karis, and Queen Mother, Sheku, held court at the Inaugural Red Hat Tea held at Langdon Hall, Cambridge ON. |
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MAY 2001
In the garden at Cheryl's beautifully restored (Arts Council award winning) century home in Guelph. (That's Cheryl, on the right.)
We came for a tour after having tea at "The Boathouse" overlooking the river in downtown Guelph.
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| JUNE 2001
On our first visit to Crystal's Tea Room we saw that Crystal already had a copy of the "Warning" poem, AND a dress-up closet containing at least one red hat and purple dress! A kindred spirit! She also had a wide selection of teas and baked up amazing treats for us... We knew we would be back!
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JULY 2001
Another visit to Crystal's Tea Room.
Catch Donelda's red "f-m" shoes!
(If you have to ask, you don't want to know!)
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| AUGUST 2001
On the stairs up to Crystal's Dress-Up Closet. Today Suzanne (top) got a feather in her hat - it keeps evolving.
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SEPTEMBER 2001
Langdon Hall welcomes us back.
Someone forgot to tell Diane about the "full regalia" - ooops!
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| OCTOBER 2001
Diane found a fabulous red hat at Southwinds Antiques, and Donelda brought one back from Savannah.
Meet Karen (white collar, pink hat) our new Junior Postulant!.
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NOVEMBER 2001
Eighteen of us filled the Picket Fence Café in Ayr when we gathered to choose a name for ourselves. Then we registered to become an "Official Chapter" of the Red Hat Society .
Diane invited us all back to her lovely home on the river for a celebratory brandy.
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| DECEMBER 2001
Hoda demonstrates the use of the Samovar at Les Diplomates, a B&B in Waterloo. Thanks to her sponsorship of our Christmas Tea, the Raspberry Tarts were inspired to make a cash donation to Anselma House, a local shelter for women and children fleeing violence.
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n the Beginning...