Hosted by the Taber Red Hot Mamas and held in Taber’s St. Theodores Anglican Church Hall which was also decorated in a Harvest theme,  there were games of fun, guess the amount of candy in the jar, a raffle, and a Decorated Hat Contest. .Many of the chapters attending also brought their scrapbooks along for everyone to view.  What fun to look back to past events we have all attended  and to smile at some of the antics in those pictures!  We even found pictures of ourselves we didn’t know had been taken!   Red Hatters just having fun of course!  It’s what we do!   The hoots of laughter while performing blind folded to pin the feather on the Turkey’s Hat - yes, it’s a child’s game as we let the child in us out to play!  Those holes in the bean bag toss were just too small!! But everyone got some little gift for at least attempting so you can imagine the hoots when someone actually accomplished the feat and  won a prize!

Queen E and her Royal court of Medicine Hat "Red Hats in The Hat"

     It was wonderful to once again visit with all the Queens and Chapterettes we so enjoy being with at these events.  They were from Medicine Hat: Red Hats in The Hat, Medicine Hat Memory L-apsers, Desert Roses, Sun City Hatters.   Claresholm Foxy Ladies,  Coaldale Summer Wine, Cardston Chief Mountain So. Belles and Klassy Crimson Hatters,  Calgary Red Hot Mommas, Lethbridge Holy Hattitudes, Lavender & Lace, and Red Hat Teddies, Vulcan:  Vul-Con Trekkie Troopers and Taber:  Red Hat Crazy and of course our Host Chapter the Red Hot Mamas of Taber with  their Queen Helen did an outstanding job of putting this entire event together and they carried it off with such aplomb!

     We were such an enthusiastic group of women, having arrived earlier than the time stated in our invitation - perhaps because we had to come from so far?  We were invited to partake of their wonderful lunch earlier than they planned.  They were certainly up to the challenge as those ladies were amazing.
In keeping with their harvest theme, these ladies had set a different piece of fruit at the end of each table and as they called out a fruit, that table was to go to the buffet.  How smoothly it all moved along.

     Following a delicious lunch with a variety of desserts (we do love our dessert!) they then had a parade of all those Red  Hat Ladies in their incredibly beautiful, inventive, fun and elegant  Red Hat’s decorated  in red and purple “harvest” theme!  The judges did a great deal of looking and studying each of these hats throughout the event and in the customary way of all those creative creations, it was a hard choice!
The over all winner was Queen E from Medicine Hat Red Hats in The Hat!  With 6 runner ups!  From the wild response I would have to say that their choices were unanimous among the entire Red Hatters attending!

     We then were gifted with a story from Nicky of the Taber Red Hot Mamas that had each of us practically rolling between the tables with so much laughter. What an absolute hoot it was!
      And that my friends is what a “hoot” is all about when gathering so many Red Hatters together.  We had a marvelous time and as always so sorry to see it come to an end.  We thank Queen Helen and her Royal Court for a grand and glorious “harvest hoot”  with calls of  “see you next time”!  Fun - it’s what we do each time we get together with other Red Hatters and more joining us every  day!