Easter Promenade

The Hat Ladies Easter Promenade is always held the Saturday of Easter weekend.  Notice the use of the word "promenade."  As the Post and Courier indicated, it is not walking. It is not sashaying.  It is not strutting.  Promenading.  Defined as a 'leisurely walk taken for pleasure, to display one's finery, etc.' It is "hats off to our Hat Ladies, proud preservationists of promenading." 

Our Promenade honors the traditions of hat-wearing and the traditions of Charleston. Moreover, it supports Child Abuse Prevention Month, with the wearing of blue ribbons. One of our Ladies fondly recalls the stories her Grandmother told of "...how they'd dress to the nine's, put on their Easter bonnets, take all the children and husbands, and promenade down at White Point Gardens while the band played on."

Mark your Calendar for Saturday, March 22, 2008 when we'll meet once again at the Four Corners of Law (Washington Park) at 10:30.  When the clock of St. Michael's chimes eleven times, our Promenade begins. 

Special thanks to:

THE CITY OF CHARLESTON

CHARLESTON POLICE DEPARTMENT

CHARLESTON DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION

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   MEDIA

 The Post and Courier, The Charleston Mercury, The Islander

 Skirt! Magazine, Charleston Magazine, Charleston Gateway Magazine,  WHERE, The Little Black Book for the Busy Woman and Betty Briefs online

 WCIV/ABC "Lowcountry Live," WCSC/CBS Ann McGill and Bill Sharpe, Comcast Cable, "The Tammy Show"

 Radio Station WTMA 1250 (Rocky D)

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SERVICES

Charleston Rickshaw Company, (843) 723-5685, providing pedicabs throughout the downtown Charleston area

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PHOTOGRAPHERS

Hat Ladies Press Corp:  Hollis and  Jim, Warren, Michael

The Hat Ladies who supplied photos from their personal collection:

Karen, Irene, Betty, Terry, Yella, Sissa, Sheila

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