Christmas Pageant 2008

Art Tart Rossy

Ladies the Christmas Pageant was an absolute joyous occasion, enjoyed by participants and spectators alike. The Scarlett O’Hatters were colourful and cheerful, with bright smiles and lots of Christmas Spirit to share.  Placed eleventh in the parade, the smart pace we had to keep did not deter about thirty strong Scarletts from keeping up with the groups leading the forty five pageant entrants. With red and purple parasols and balloons, defying the threat of bad weather we spread  our cheer. Faces lit up with delight from the very young, to the not so very young people in the crowd, as Christmas greetings were called by the ladies in their purple clothes and red hats. We impressed the judges once again and were voted to have the best costumes.

        

Gail - Lady Quaver, Lin - Lady Lin L'Amour, Lynn- M'Lady Hanky Panky Yankee. The Venerable Very Vocal Dame Vik sporting her new gumboots, and those legs belong to Dame Albertine Norma Lee

 

 Madam May Bloom caught the eye of a Mercury cameraman and featured on page four of the Sunday Tasmanian. We also featured on the front page of the November issue of the Seniors Tasmania paper, a very good write up and  a cheerful photo of Phyllis - The Blue None, Judith – Dame Merry-go-Round and Barbara – The Baroness of Baubles, taken at the 2007 pageant. 

 

From left: Barbara - Baroness of Baubles, Phyllis -The Blue None, Shirley - Dame Albertina Norma Lee,

Crown Princess Mary, Chris- Kristin Laird of Camster

The pageant finished at Market Place and we proceeded to the Grand Chancellor Atrium for High Tea – which was delicious. It was great to see regular pageant participants Rik Contessa de Sparkle and Dame Vik, back from their travels and Penny from Heaven well enough to attend. We welcomed Cheryl, Christina and Robyn, as guests for the day.  Cheryl enjoyed her day so much she signed up to become a member for 2009, and  after discussion around her table will now be known as Lady Chat-a-Lot.  

 the hat of the day, the balloons, the parasol

We had a few last minute apologies due to sickness and we hope PatP, LindaC are feeling better.  We thanked Sandra – Duchess Dragonfly and Katherine, Crown Princess Mary’s daughter for their beautiful purple cars, which are an invaluable part of the day, as they carry all the extra bits and bobs we need following the pageant. Also thankyou to Katherine’s friend Ariel for accompanying her and wearing her bear costume, which was big hit with the little people along the way.  A big thank you must go to Phyllis and Mary for taking time to blow up our balloons on Friday night, they also pitched in and helped organise some of the other groups balloons, including the Boy Scouts. Well done and thank you girls. 

From Left; Chris- Kristin Laird of Camster, Pearly Queen Anne, Shirley - Dame Albertina, Rik -Contessa di Sparkle,

Vivienne -Baroness Strelitzia reginae

Rossy wore an outstanding costume, including a red wig and amazing red spectacles. Who did we see sitting in the back of the Crown Princess Mary’s car?  Shirley still has her wonderful Christmas mini skirt and great legs to wear the purple fish net stockings with it. Phyllis’ creation was eye catching to say the least.  But the hat of the day had to go to Barbara – The Baroness of Baubles. Barbara’s hat featured bright red Christmas baubles and looked very festive.

 A big thank you to everyone as you made the day a success, with your wonderful outfits, beautiful hats and happy smiles.  Well done Scarletts.

 

 

From Left:  Penny from Heaven, Maureen - Sister Shepherdess,  Julie- Baroness of Buttons, Pru - Polar Sea Rover,

Jester Jennie, Pearly Queen Anne, Barb - Baroness of Baubles