Thursday, July 19, 2007

THE FIRST FOUR STATES' (NY, VT., MASS., & CONN.) MASQUERADE LUNCHEON

Four States' (NY, Vt., Mass., & Conn.) Masquerade Luncheon on Saturday,
20 October 2007 at 11:30 AM

For Red and Pink Hatters

Meadowgreens Restaurant and Golf Course (next to Columbia County Airport)
1238 State Route 9-H
Ghent, NY 12075, Columbia County
518-828-0663

http://www.communitywalk.com/hudson/ny/old_restaurants/map/148710#00044G8L

11:30 AM through 12:45 PM- Social Hour .......... cheese and crackers, vegetable platter, dip, and punch

1:00 PM- The Wild, Wild West is the scene of our Rootin, Tootin' Mystery Themed Luncheon featured The Bodacious Babes of Buzzard Bend

1:00 PM Luncheon and Mystery Show; was finished by 3:30 PM

The event's two themes were Autumn and Halloween and all attendees wore Autumn designed or Autumn colored accessories. There was a small mask contest after the luncheon. There was a prize for the most elegant mask. Our servers selected the winner. The winner received a prize. Attendees could attend the luncheon without a mask.

Door Prizes ......... Lady Erica's Jewelry and lots more

Attendees wore purple outfits or tops and red hats for Red Hatters, lavender outfits or tops and pink hats for Pink Hatters, and for new or prospective members there wasn't any dress code and hats were optional.

130 attendees

Three official Red Hat Society Queens: Barbara, Alice, and Carol Ann were the Founders & Chairmen of the Steering Committee

Royal Queen Mother Barbara: The Happy Hatters (Chapter ID #28510) registered in Hudson, NY 12534, Columbia County

Queen Bee Alice: Hotsie-totsie Apple Tart Sisters (Chapter ID #59617) registered in Red Hook, NY 12571, Dutchess County

Queen Carol Ann of the Order of the Diamond (Lady Tiffany and Penelope Plume on the Queen Mother Board): "Hudson Valley Violets" (Chapter ID #34355) and "Queen Bees" (Chapter ID #74780) are registered in Greenwood Lake, Orange County, NY 10925.

Members of the Steering Committee:

Vice Mother Contessa Lucia (Keeper of All Things Important):
The Happy Hatters (Chapter ID #28510) registered in Hudson, NY 12534, Columbia County

Lady Kay (Keeper of the Royal Birthdays), Linda (Keeper of the Royal Pig), and Judy, The Happy Hatters

Vice Queen Joyce (The Do-bee), & Kathy: Hotsie-totsie Apple Tart Sisters
(ID #59617) registered in Red Hook, NY, Dutchess County

TEA PARTIES:

The MAD HATTER'S TEA PARTY

For all Red & Pink Hatters

Our server(s) will pick the winner(s) of the hat contest.

Details will be posted in the future.



BREAKFASTS:


BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (Favorite Restaurant)

For all Red & Pink Hatters

Lady Tiffany is Queen Carol Ann's Red Hat Society name on the Red Hat Society's Web site www.redhatsociety.com
Queen Mother Board.

Details will be posted in the future.



THE BREAKFAST CLUB

For all Red & Pink Hatters

Details will be posted in the future.

TREASURES OF THE REALM CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH

For all Red & Pink Hatters

http://www.webspawner.com/users/hudsonvalleyviolets/026treasuresoft.html

Details will be posted in the future.

THE ROYALTY CLUB

FIRST ROYALTY CLUB PARASOL EVENT

For all Red & Pink Hatters.

Attendees were from Orange & Rockland Counties in NYS.

18 September 2005

Boscobel Restoration

http://www.webspawner.com/users/hudsonvalleyviolets/hudsonvalleyvio33.html



SECOND ROYALTY CLUB & THE ORDER OF THE LILAC BRUNCH

For all Red & Pink Hatters.

Attendees were from:

Queens County, NYC
Rockland County, NYS
Orange County, NYS

Sunday, 5 November 2006

The Thayer Hotel Dining Room
674 Thayer Road
West Point, NY 10996, Orange County



THIRD ROYALTY CLUB BREAKFAST

For All Red & Pink Hatters.

Attendees will wear purple outfits or tops and red hats for Red Hatters, lavender outfits or tops and pink hats for Pink Hatters, and new or prospective members there isn't any dressing code and hats are optional.

All attendees should wear a lavender accessory in order to be inducted into The Order of the Lilac. They will sign a special lavender book in purple ink. Membership is secret and known only to other members. Membership in the Royalty Club & The Order of the Lilac lasts until the next Royalty Club event.

Saturday, 3 November 2007

Details will be posted in the near future.

Location:
Airmont Diner, Airmont, NY, Rockland County

QUEEN FOR THE DAY

For all Red & Pink Hatters.

All attendees at this event become Queens for the day and if they have Queenly jewelry this is the event to wear their glitz. Queenly jewelry can be Rhinestone jewelry not necessarily a Crown Pin, Royal Carriage Pin, Crown/Tiara, and Scepter, etc.

All attendees wear ordinary Red Hat Society clothing unless they want to wear capes and sashes, etc.

Our first event's details will be posted in the future.

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

OUR CHAPTER'S EVENTS ARE FOR QUEENS, former Queens, & VICE QUEENS:

Copy and paste the following Blogs:

QUEEN BEES' TWO QMB2 BLOGS
http://www.qmb2.com/httpqueenbeeschaptersymbols.blogspot.com

http://www.qmb2.com/hudsonvalley/?pref_tab=my_site

QUEEN BEES' CURRENT ACTIVITY
http://queenbeescurrentactivity.blogspot,com/
Our next event

QUEEN BEES' FUTURE EVENTS
http://queenbeesfutureevents.blogspot.com/
Chapter’s future events

QUEEN BEES’ CHAPTER SYMBOLS
http://queenbeeschaptersymbols.blogspot.com/
Our chapter’s details and symbols


FIRST HUDSON VALLEY QUEENS' COUNCIL BRUNCH
THIS WAS THE ONLY QUEENS' COUNCIL THAT TAKES IN THE ENTIRE HUDSON VALLEY.
For Queens & Vice Queens Only.

Red Hat Society Queen Carol Ann was Founder and Chairman of the Steering Committee
Hudson Valley Violets (Chapter ID #34355) and Queen Bees (Chapter ID #74780) are registered in Greenwood Lake, Orange County, NY 10925

Queen Mary and Vice Queen Barbara were members of the Steering Committee and The Magenta Mommas (Chapter ID # 27442) registered in Newburgh, Orange County, NY 12550

The theme was an indoor garden party. Attendees wore garden hats with flowers. Floral designs decorated everything including games and favors. Everyone was inducted into our Chapter's Order of the Posies.

Sunday, 20 May 2007 at 11:00AM

Mohonk Mountain House Dining Room
1000 Mountain Rest Road
New Paltz, NY 12561, Ulster County

HATTIE THE TRAVELING HAT WAS AT THIS EVENT.



SECOND HUDSON VALLEY QUEENS' COUNCIL BRUNCH

BESIDES EXTENDING OUR INVITATION TO OTHER COUNTIES AND STATES THIS WAS THE ONLY QUEENS' COUNCIL THAT TOOK IN THE ENTIRE HUDSON VALLEY OF NYS.

For Queens & Vice Queens Only.

Attendees were from:

Pa.
Bergen County, NJ
Suffolk County, Long Island, NYS
Nassau County, Long Island, NYS
Delaware County, NYS
Dutchess County, NYS
Putnam County, NYS
Rockland County, NYS
Orange County, NYS

This was the second multistate Queens' Council (NY, NJ, Pa.) anywhere.

The theme was a brass button brunch with brass buttons as decorations at the brunch. Attendees were inducted into the Order of the Brass Button.

Sunday, 11 November 2007 at 10:30AM

The Thayer Hotel Dining Room
674 Thayer Road
West Point, NY 10996, Orange County

Since "Hudson Valley Queens' Council" has become a popular name among different Queens' Councils, the name of this Queens' Council will be from here on out Brass Button Queens' Council.

The Queens' Council will meet once a year in November (Buffet Brunch) at The Thayer Hotel and will always be called by its new name Brass Button.

Sunday, 9 November 2008 at 11:00 AM: Brunch and Queens' Council meeting, Third Brass Button Queens' Council, The Thayer Hotel at West Point, Orange County, NY 10996

Sunday, 8 November 2009 at 10:30 AM: Brunch and Queens' Council Meeting, Fourth Brass Button Queens' Council, The Thayer Hotel at West Point, Orange County, NY 10996

On Sunday, 7 November 2010 at 10:30 AM, the Fifth "Brass Button" Queens' Council Brunch/Meeting will be held in The Thayer Hotel's dining room at West Point, Orange County, NY 10996.

This Queens' Council always takes place the Sunday before Veteran's Day at The Thayer Hotel on the grounds of West Point Military Academy.

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THE FIRST TRI-STATE (NY, NJ, & PA.) QUEENS' COUNCIL LUNCHEON/MEETING

THIS WAS THE FIRST MULTISTATE QUEENS' COUNCIL ANYWHERE.

Only for Queens & Vice Queens

HATTIE THE TRAVELING HAT WAS AT THE ONE DAY EVENT.

Attendees were from:

Delaware County, NY
Putnam County, NY
Orange County, NY
Morris County, NJ
Bucks County, Pa.
Monroe County, Pa.
Montgomery County, Pa.
Philadelphia County, Pa.

Red Hat Society Queen Carol Ann was Founder, Hostess, and Discussion Moderator
Hudson Valley Violets (Chapter ID #34355) registered in Greenwood Lake, Orange County, NY 10925
Steering Committee Member: Queen Loretta (known as Chairman of the Board of the SE Pa. Queens' Council)
Strangers in the Night Hat Pack (Chapter ID #49565) registered in Newton, Bucks County, Pa. 18940
Loretta was in-charge-of the five door prizes and helped by spreading the word about the event.

The theme was vintage or antique accessories.

Saturday, 18 August 2007 at 11:00AM

Dimmick Inn & Steakhouse
101 E. Harford Street
Broad & Harford Streets
Milford, Pa. 18337, Pike County (near the border of Port Jervis, Orange County, NY & Sussex County, NJ)



Since the Second Tri-State (NY, NJ, PA.) Queens' Council has become a popular name among different Queens' Councils, the name of this Queens' Council will be from here on out, Crown Jewels Queens' Council.

Saturday, 24 October 2009 at 11:30 AM

It will be held at:

Dimmick Inn's Jorgenson Restaurant
101 E. Harford Street
Broad & Harford Streets
Milford, Pike County, Pa 18337
(570) 296-4021
http://www.dimmickinn.com/findingus.html
info@dimmickinn.com

The historic Dimmick Inn, a place as historic as the town that is its home, a stopping place that has been in the heart of Milford since 1828.

Only for Queens, former Queens, and Vice Queens




THE FIRST QUEENS' CLUB BRUNCH

For Queens & Vice Queens Only.

Founder and Hostess Red Hat Society Queen Carol Ann
Hudson Valley Violets/Order of the Feathers (Chapter ID #34355) registered in Greenwood Lake, NY 10925, Orange County

The theme was Order of the Lavender Plumes. All attendees wore a lavender accessory and were inducted into the Order of the Lavender Plumes.

Sunday, 11 June 2006 at 11:00AM

Tavern Restaurant at the Highlands Country Club
955 Route 9D
Garrison, NY 10524, Putnam County

Attendees were from:

Kings County, NYC
Dutchess County, NYS
Rockland County, NYS
Orange County, NYS



THE SECOND QUEENS' CLUB LUNCHEON
Saturday, 21 September 2007 at 11:30 AM

For Queens & Vice Queens and their chapters.

Attendees were from:

Onondaga County
Columbia County
Dutchess County
Orange County

HATTIE THE TRAVELING HAT WAS AT THIS EVENT.

The theme was Girlfriends' Day, celebrating EQM Sue Ellen's Birthday which was really 22 July. All attendees wore an accessory with a heart design or shape and were inducted into the Order of the Heart & The Queens' Club. They signed two special books in red ink symbolizing a blood oath to secrecy. There were two winners in the heart maze game who won bracelets.

Saturday, 21 July 2007 at 11:30AM

Beekman Arms' "Pewter Room"
Route 9
Rhinebeck, NY 12572, Dutchess County