<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284466768618727814</id><updated>2009-10-08T19:48:10.015-07:00</updated><title type='text'>QUEENS' COUNCILS, THE QUEENS' CLUB, &amp; OTHER EVENTS</title><subtitle type='html'>It's all about each other.

Friendship is the golden thread that ties our hearts and souls together.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://queenscouncil.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/284466768618727814/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://queenscouncil.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Carol Ann</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284466768618727814.post-8108022742878506729</id><published>2007-07-19T11:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-10T06:28:17.721-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Four States&apos; Luncheon'/><title type='text'>THE FIRST FOUR STATES' (NY, VT., MASS., &amp; CONN.) MASQUERADE LUNCHEON</title><content type='html'>Four States' (NY, Vt., Mass., &amp; Conn.) Masquerade Luncheon on Saturday, &lt;br /&gt;20 October 2007 at 11:30 AM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For Red and Pink Hatters &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meadowgreens Restaurant and Golf Course (next to Columbia County Airport)&lt;br /&gt;1238 State Route 9-H &lt;br /&gt;Ghent, NY 12075, Columbia County &lt;br /&gt;518-828-0663&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.communitywalk.com/hudson/ny/old_restaurants/map/148710#00044G8L &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11:30 AM through 12:45 PM- Social Hour .......... cheese and crackers, vegetable platter, dip, and punch &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1:00 PM- The Wild, Wild West is the scene of our Rootin, Tootin' Mystery Themed Luncheon featured The Bodacious Babes of Buzzard Bend&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1:00 PM Luncheon and Mystery Show; was finished by 3:30 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Door Prizes ......... Lady Erica's Jewelry and lots more&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;130 attendees &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Three official Red Hat Society Queens: Barbara, Alice, and Carol Ann were the Founders &amp; Chairmen of the Steering Committee &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Royal Queen Mother Barbara: The Happy Hatters (Chapter ID #28510) registered in Hudson, NY 12534, Columbia County &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Queen Bee Alice: Hotsie-totsie Apple Tart Sisters (Chapter ID #59617) registered in Red Hook, NY 12571, Dutchess County &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Members of the Steering Committee: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vice Mother Contessa Lucia (Keeper of All Things Important): &lt;br /&gt;The Happy Hatters (Chapter ID #28510) registered in Hudson, NY 12534, Columbia County &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lady Kay (Keeper of the Royal Birthdays), Linda (Keeper of the Royal Pig), and Judy, The Happy Hatters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vice Queen Joyce (The Do-bee), &amp; Kathy: Hotsie-totsie Apple Tart Sisters &lt;br /&gt;(ID #59617) registered in Red Hook, NY, Dutchess County&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/284466768618727814-8108022742878506729?l=queenscouncil.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://queenscouncil.blogspot.com/feeds/8108022742878506729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=284466768618727814&amp;postID=8108022742878506729' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/284466768618727814/posts/default/8108022742878506729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/284466768618727814/posts/default/8108022742878506729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://queenscouncil.blogspot.com/2007/07/e-mail-address_6264.html' title='THE FIRST FOUR STATES&apos; (NY, VT., MASS., &amp; CONN.) MASQUERADE LUNCHEON'/><author><name>Carol Ann</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10121187386150727981'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284466768618727814.post-1080429540430780416</id><published>2007-07-19T11:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-12T09:15:50.837-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Teas'/><title type='text'>TEA PARTIES:</title><content type='html'>The MAD HATTER'S TEA PARTY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For all Red &amp; Pink Hatters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our server(s) will pick the winner(s) of the hat contest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Details will be posted in the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/Rp_jCueundI/AAAAAAAAAPc/GwJd3Z7MY8s/s1600-h/sallitaholmm6-017.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/Rp_jCueundI/AAAAAAAAAPc/GwJd3Z7MY8s/s400/sallitaholmm6-017.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089035739928108498" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/Rp_iq-euncI/AAAAAAAAAPU/EcS1W20hOus/s1600-h/audreybr18-002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/Rp_iq-euncI/AAAAAAAAAPU/EcS1W20hOus/s400/audreybr18-002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089035331906215362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/Rp_iaOeunbI/AAAAAAAAAPM/kXVhxvJtRVg/s1600-h/sallitasmm6-019.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/Rp_iaOeunbI/AAAAAAAAAPM/kXVhxvJtRVg/s400/sallitasmm6-019.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089035044143406514" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/284466768618727814-1080429540430780416?l=queenscouncil.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://queenscouncil.blogspot.com/feeds/1080429540430780416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=284466768618727814&amp;postID=1080429540430780416' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/284466768618727814/posts/default/1080429540430780416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/284466768618727814/posts/default/1080429540430780416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://queenscouncil.blogspot.com/2007/07/tea-parties.html' title='TEA PARTIES:'/><author><name>Carol Ann</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10121187386150727981'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/Rp_jCueundI/AAAAAAAAAPc/GwJd3Z7MY8s/s72-c/sallitaholmm6-017.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284466768618727814.post-8651909501114299718</id><published>2007-07-19T09:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-12T09:16:23.322-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Breakfasts'/><title type='text'>BREAKFASTS:</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/Rp-8LOeunHI/AAAAAAAAAMw/O02LccC-7Ok/s1600-h/JPEG+LADY+TIFFANY+BRACELET.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/Rp-8LOeunHI/AAAAAAAAAMw/O02LccC-7Ok/s400/JPEG+LADY+TIFFANY+BRACELET.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088993005003512946" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (Favorite Restaurant)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For all Red &amp; Pink Hatters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lady Tiffany is Queen Carol Ann's Red Hat Society name on the Red Hat Society's Web site www.redhatsociety.com&lt;br /&gt;Queen Mother Board.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Details will be posted in the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE BREAKFAST CLUB&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For all Red &amp; Pink Hatters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Details will be posted in the future.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/284466768618727814-8651909501114299718?l=queenscouncil.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://queenscouncil.blogspot.com/feeds/8651909501114299718/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=284466768618727814&amp;postID=8651909501114299718' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/284466768618727814/posts/default/8651909501114299718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/284466768618727814/posts/default/8651909501114299718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://queenscouncil.blogspot.com/2007/07/breakfasts.html' title='BREAKFASTS:'/><author><name>Carol Ann</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10121187386150727981'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/Rp-8LOeunHI/AAAAAAAAAMw/O02LccC-7Ok/s72-c/JPEG+LADY+TIFFANY+BRACELET.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284466768618727814.post-3073957346772633144</id><published>2007-07-19T09:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-12T09:18:52.674-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Treasures of the Realm'/><title type='text'>TREASURES OF THE REALM CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH</title><content type='html'>For all Red &amp; Pink Hatters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.webspawner.com/users/hudsonvalleyviolets/026treasuresoft.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Details will be posted in the future.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/284466768618727814-3073957346772633144?l=queenscouncil.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://queenscouncil.blogspot.com/feeds/3073957346772633144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=284466768618727814&amp;postID=3073957346772633144' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/284466768618727814/posts/default/3073957346772633144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/284466768618727814/posts/default/3073957346772633144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://queenscouncil.blogspot.com/2007/07/treasures-of-realm-champagne-brunch.html' title='TREASURES OF THE REALM CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH'/><author><name>Carol Ann</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10121187386150727981'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284466768618727814.post-911894054682795416</id><published>2007-07-19T07:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-11-03T11:57:51.065-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Royalty Club'/><title type='text'>THE ROYALTY CLUB</title><content type='html'>FIRST ROYALTY CLUB PARASOL EVENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For all Red &amp; Pink Hatters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Attendees were from Orange &amp; Rockland Counties in NYS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;18 September 2005&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boscobel Restoration&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.webspawner.com/users/hudsonvalleyviolets/hudsonvalleyvio33.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SECOND ROYALTY CLUB &amp; THE ORDER OF THE LILAC BRUNCH&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For all Red &amp; Pink Hatters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Attendees were from:  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Queens County, NYC&lt;br /&gt;Rockland County, NYS&lt;br /&gt;Orange County, NYS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sunday, 5 November 2006&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Thayer Hotel Dining Room&lt;br /&gt;674 Thayer Road&lt;br /&gt;West Point, NY 10996, Orange County&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THIRD ROYALTY CLUB BREAKFAST&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For All Red &amp; Pink Hatters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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 &amp; The Order of the Lilac lasts until the next Royalty Club event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saturday, 3 November 2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Details will be posted in the near future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Location:&lt;br /&gt;Airmont Diner, Airmont, NY, Rockland County&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/284466768618727814-911894054682795416?l=queenscouncil.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://queenscouncil.blogspot.com/feeds/911894054682795416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=284466768618727814&amp;postID=911894054682795416' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/284466768618727814/posts/default/911894054682795416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/284466768618727814/posts/default/911894054682795416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://queenscouncil.blogspot.com/2007/07/royalty-club.html' title='THE ROYALTY CLUB'/><author><name>Carol Ann</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10121187386150727981'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284466768618727814.post-2135648073784442567</id><published>2007-07-19T06:35:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-12T09:19:49.292-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Queen for the Day'/><title type='text'>QUEEN FOR THE DAY</title><content type='html'>For all Red &amp; Pink Hatters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All attendees wear ordinary Red Hat Society clothing unless they want to wear capes and sashes, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our first event's details will be posted in the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/Rp9rteeunAI/AAAAAAAAAL0/MA_UeZvZpUg/s1600-h/9a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/Rp9rteeunAI/AAAAAAAAAL0/MA_UeZvZpUg/s400/9a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088904532972182530" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/284466768618727814-2135648073784442567?l=queenscouncil.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://queenscouncil.blogspot.com/feeds/2135648073784442567/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=284466768618727814&amp;postID=2135648073784442567' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/284466768618727814/posts/default/2135648073784442567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/284466768618727814/posts/default/2135648073784442567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://queenscouncil.blogspot.com/2007/07/queen-for-day.html' title='QUEEN FOR THE DAY'/><author><name>Carol Ann</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10121187386150727981'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/Rp9rteeunAI/AAAAAAAAAL0/MA_UeZvZpUg/s72-c/9a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284466768618727814.post-472214840343756086</id><published>2007-06-05T18:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-01T15:54:55.148-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Events'/><title type='text'>OUR  CHAPTER'S EVENTS ARE FOR QUEENS, former Queens, &amp; VICE QUEENS:</title><content type='html'>Copy and paste the following Blogs:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;QUEEN BEES' TWO QMB2 BLOGS&lt;br /&gt;http://www.qmb2.com/httpqueenbeeschaptersymbols.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.qmb2.com/hudsonvalley/?pref_tab=my_site&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;QUEEN BEES' CURRENT ACTIVITY&lt;br /&gt;http://queenbeescurrentactivity.blogspot,com/&lt;br /&gt;Our next event&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;QUEEN BEES' FUTURE EVENTS&lt;br /&gt;http://queenbeesfutureevents.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Chapter’s future events&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;QUEEN BEES’ CHAPTER SYMBOLS&lt;br /&gt;http://queenbeeschaptersymbols.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Our chapter’s details and symbols&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/R1rDyhXG37I/AAAAAAAAAcg/wPUI3YebcmA/s1600-h/HATTIE+THE+TRAVELING+HAT.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/R1rDyhXG37I/AAAAAAAAAcg/wPUI3YebcmA/s400/HATTIE+THE+TRAVELING+HAT.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141637197313007538" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FIRST HUDSON VALLEY QUEENS' COUNCIL BRUNCH&lt;br /&gt;THIS WAS THE ONLY QUEENS' COUNCIL THAT TAKES IN THE ENTIRE HUDSON VALLEY.&lt;br /&gt;For Queens &amp; Vice Queens Only.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Red Hat Society Queen Carol Ann was Founder and Chairman of the Steering Committee&lt;br /&gt;Hudson Valley Violets (Chapter ID #34355) and Queen Bees (Chapter ID #74780) are registered in Greenwood Lake, Orange County, NY 10925&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sunday, 20 May 2007 at 11:00AM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mohonk Mountain House Dining Room&lt;br /&gt;1000 Mountain Rest Road&lt;br /&gt;New Paltz, NY 12561, Ulster County&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HATTIE THE TRAVELING HAT WAS AT THIS EVENT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SECOND HUDSON VALLEY QUEENS' COUNCIL BRUNCH&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BESIDES EXTENDING OUR INVITATION TO OTHER COUNTIES AND STATES THIS WAS THE ONLY QUEENS' COUNCIL THAT TOOK IN THE ENTIRE HUDSON VALLEY OF NYS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For Queens &amp; Vice Queens Only.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Attendees were from:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pa.&lt;br /&gt;Bergen County, NJ&lt;br /&gt;Suffolk County, Long Island, NYS&lt;br /&gt;Nassau County, Long Island, NYS&lt;br /&gt;Delaware County, NYS&lt;br /&gt;Dutchess County, NYS&lt;br /&gt;Putnam County, NYS&lt;br /&gt;Rockland County, NYS&lt;br /&gt;Orange County, NYS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was the second multistate Queens' Council (NY, NJ, Pa.) anywhere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sunday, 11 November 2007 at 10:30AM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Thayer Hotel Dining Room&lt;br /&gt;674 Thayer Road&lt;br /&gt;West Point, NY 10996, Orange County&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Queens' Council always takes place the Sunday before Veteran's Day at The Thayer Hotel on the grounds of West Point Military Academy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE FIRST TRI-STATE (NY, NJ, &amp; PA.) QUEENS' COUNCIL LUNCHEON/MEETING&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THIS WAS THE FIRST MULTISTATE QUEENS' COUNCIL ANYWHERE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only for Queens &amp; Vice Queens&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HATTIE THE TRAVELING HAT WAS AT THE ONE DAY EVENT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Attendees were from:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Delaware County, NY&lt;br /&gt;Putnam County, NY&lt;br /&gt;Orange County, NY&lt;br /&gt;Morris County, NJ&lt;br /&gt;Bucks County, Pa.&lt;br /&gt;Monroe County, Pa.&lt;br /&gt;Montgomery County, Pa.&lt;br /&gt;Philadelphia County, Pa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Red Hat Society Queen Carol Ann was Founder, Hostess, and Discussion Moderator&lt;br /&gt;Hudson Valley Violets (Chapter ID #34355) registered in Greenwood Lake, Orange County, NY 10925&lt;br /&gt;Steering Committee Member: Queen Loretta (known as Chairman of the Board of the SE Pa. Queens' Council)&lt;br /&gt;Strangers in the Night Hat Pack (Chapter ID #49565) registered in Newton, Bucks County, Pa. 18940 &lt;br /&gt;Loretta was in-charge-of the five door prizes and helped by spreading the word about the event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The theme was vintage or antique accessories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saturday, 18 August 2007 at 11:00AM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dimmick Inn &amp; Steakhouse  &lt;br /&gt;101 E. Harford Street&lt;br /&gt;Broad &amp; Harford Streets&lt;br /&gt;Milford, Pa. 18337, Pike County (near the border of Port Jervis, Orange County, NY &amp; Sussex County, NJ)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saturday, 24 October 2009 at 11:30 AM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It will be held at:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dimmick Inn's Jorgenson Restaurant&lt;br /&gt;101 E. Harford Street&lt;br /&gt;Broad &amp; Harford Streets&lt;br /&gt;Milford, Pike County, Pa 18337&lt;br /&gt;(570) 296-4021&lt;br /&gt;http://www.dimmickinn.com/findingus.html&lt;br /&gt;info@dimmickinn.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only for Queens, former Queens, and Vice Queens&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE FIRST QUEENS' CLUB BRUNCH&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For Queens &amp; Vice Queens Only.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Founder and Hostess Red Hat Society Queen Carol Ann &lt;br /&gt;Hudson Valley Violets/Order of the Feathers (Chapter ID #34355) registered in Greenwood Lake, NY 10925, Orange County&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The theme was Order of the Lavender Plumes. All attendees wore a lavender accessory and were inducted into the Order of the Lavender Plumes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sunday, 11 June 2006 at 11:00AM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tavern Restaurant at the Highlands Country Club&lt;br /&gt;955 Route 9D&lt;br /&gt;Garrison, NY 10524, Putnam County&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Attendees were from:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kings County, NYC&lt;br /&gt;Dutchess County, NYS&lt;br /&gt;Rockland County, NYS &lt;br /&gt;Orange County, NYS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE SECOND QUEENS' CLUB LUNCHEON&lt;br /&gt;Saturday, 21 September 2007 at 11:30 AM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For Queens &amp; Vice Queens and their chapters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Attendees were from: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Onondaga County&lt;br /&gt;Columbia County&lt;br /&gt;Dutchess County&lt;br /&gt;Orange County&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HATTIE THE TRAVELING HAT WAS AT THIS EVENT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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 &amp; 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.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saturday, 21 July 2007 at 11:30AM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beekman Arms' "Pewter Room"&lt;br /&gt;Route 9 &lt;br /&gt;Rhinebeck, NY 12572, Dutchess County&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/284466768618727814-472214840343756086?l=queenscouncil.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://queenscouncil.blogspot.com/feeds/472214840343756086/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=284466768618727814&amp;postID=472214840343756086' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/284466768618727814/posts/default/472214840343756086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/284466768618727814/posts/default/472214840343756086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://queenscouncil.blogspot.com/2007/06/queens-councils-queens-club.html' title='OUR  CHAPTER&apos;S EVENTS ARE FOR QUEENS, former Queens, &amp; VICE QUEENS:'/><author><name>Carol Ann</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10121187386150727981'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/R1rDyhXG37I/AAAAAAAAAcg/wPUI3YebcmA/s72-c/HATTIE+THE+TRAVELING+HAT.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284466768618727814.post-4959958980452660392</id><published>2007-06-05T18:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-17T16:09:54.504-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Motto</title><content type='html'>"It's all about each other" is the motto for: the Queens' Councils, The Queens' Club, &amp; the Royalty Club.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/284466768618727814-4959958980452660392?l=queenscouncil.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://queenscouncil.blogspot.com/feeds/4959958980452660392/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=284466768618727814&amp;postID=4959958980452660392' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/284466768618727814/posts/default/4959958980452660392'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/284466768618727814/posts/default/4959958980452660392'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://queenscouncil.blogspot.com/2007/06/motto.html' title='Motto'/><author><name>Carol Ann</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10121187386150727981'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284466768618727814.post-7876368755666763471</id><published>2007-06-05T16:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-01T21:45:43.888-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Queen Bees' Emblem and Hatpin</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/RvtP_OCY6hI/AAAAAAAAAYs/1_OHnmzSQ5k/s1600-h/Bee+Crown.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/RvtP_OCY6hI/AAAAAAAAAYs/1_OHnmzSQ5k/s400/Bee+Crown.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114769749327800850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/RvtPQOCY6gI/AAAAAAAAAYk/rSSxUg3q8O8/s1600-h/Bee.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/RvtPQOCY6gI/AAAAAAAAAYk/rSSxUg3q8O8/s400/Bee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114768941873949186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/RsJm4eS573I/AAAAAAAAATk/bvOjryJl7ds/s1600-h/State+Pin.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/RsJm4eS573I/AAAAAAAAATk/bvOjryJl7ds/s400/State+Pin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098750848527888242" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/RsJbJuS57zI/AAAAAAAAATE/tqF7ipATahY/s1600-h/RHNY!1133-1481.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/RsJbJuS57zI/AAAAAAAAATE/tqF7ipATahY/s400/RHNY!1133-1481.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098737950741098290" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/Rp1koueum_I/AAAAAAAAALs/E1Pvnkxa1yA/s1600-h/PIN+LABEL+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/Rp1koueum_I/AAAAAAAAALs/E1Pvnkxa1yA/s400/PIN+LABEL+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088333804832988146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/Rp1kT-eum-I/AAAAAAAAALk/XUZcIXJXs1g/s1600-h/QUEENS%27%2BCOUNCIL%2BPIN.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/Rp1kT-eum-I/AAAAAAAAALk/XUZcIXJXs1g/s400/QUEENS%27%2BCOUNCIL%2BPIN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088333448350702562" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/Rp1jtueum9I/AAAAAAAAALc/e4HvrkvlzHg/s1600-h/PIN+LABEL+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/Rp1jtueum9I/AAAAAAAAALc/e4HvrkvlzHg/s400/PIN+LABEL+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088332791220706258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/RmX7tPd8jdI/AAAAAAAAAG8/cfx6bwWGDuo/s1600-h/pin.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OPYVIeIXSd4/RmX7tPd8jdI/AAAAAAAAAG8/cfx6bwWGDuo/s400/pin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072737309967551954" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/284466768618727814-7876368755666763471?l=queenscouncil.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://queenscouncil.blogspot.com/feeds/7876368755666763471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=284466768618727814&amp;postID=7876368755666763471' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/284466768618727814/posts/default/7876368755666763471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/284466768618727814/posts/default/7876368755666763471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://queenscouncil.blogspot.com/2007/06/queens-councils-and-queens-club.html' title='Queen Bees&apos; 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