Hats & Taps at Riverside Elks

 Thank you Lou, for asking Hats & Taps to perform for the Riverside Elks Ball on April 22.  Plenty of room to Choo Choo Ch' Boogie and Straighten Up and Fly Right across that beautiful dance floor.

Several spouses joined the audience ranks and some of the ladies stayed to join the ballroom dancing afterward. 

Wish I could have been one of them!

Ruth sang the number All That Jazz while Hats & Taps vamped it up in the background. Ruth entertains the audience so well while the girls change costumes and get ready with their second set. You can almost see our Carol 2 in green in the background. She helps play our music when she can. We love to see her and we appreciate all the help!

Mary, Carolyn, Rhoda, Connie, Linda 2, Liz, Linda 1, Carol, and Lois

begin the companion piece, Charleston number.  What fun!  Love the boas and All That Jazz.

The ladies look like they're having fun kicking in line to Roxie.

A final Fosse pose......wow, that went fast!

This was a special event for Linda 2's mom. What pretty ladies, both! 

Hats & Taps has officially adopted Linda's mother as our own.

Hats & Taps Hit the Big Time!

 Saturday, April 21st, Hats & Taps hit the live entertainment arena.  Good Day Sacramento at Channel 31 aired two segments of Hats & Taps tapping away.  First, The Charleston, and second to Roxie.  What a fun and interesting experience this was!  Sharing our love of tapping and the joy of giving to the community in the ways we do, made this day beyond imagining.

Hat & Taps on stage.

This is a perfect opportunity to reiterate our involvement with the Retired Senior Volunteers Program (RSVP).  The ladies in Hats & Taps belong to RSVP, thus contributing their hours of practice and entertaining to that program.  There is no charge for our entertaining and Carol, our leader, teacher, choreographer, does the calendaring for all of Hats & Taps shows.  If someone wishes to book the group, they can reach Carol through RSVP at Sacramento County.   Information will be forwarded and Carol will return the call.   

 Ever the teacher, Carol readies her team.

Being unable to tap yet, taking pictures behind the scenes was a second string position.  The crew here were wonderful and not only allowed pictures but gave some good suggestions for shots.  This is the picture framed in their big camera.

 And this is the shot from the left including their camera. 

Thanks Mr. Cameraman!  How fun!

Okay, on with the show!

Linda 2 leads out with the V formation in the Charleston.

 Carolyn, Mary, Connie, Rhoda, Linda 2, Liz, Linda 1, Carol and Lois kicking up their heels!

 Practicing in the break room between takes.  All the gals care about their performances but realize the most important thing is to smile and have fun.  Carol's constant reminder.

Watching the live show on the monitor and preparing for Roxie, the gals look great! Did someone say Senior?  Let's say very active and lively over sixty but not feeling very senior.

 One camera trained on the feet shows on the screen up above, while the other shoots straight on.

 Hats off ladies!  What a great day and experience.  The whole Channel 31 gang were so encouraging and clapped and cheered making us all feel so good.  Thanks to all of you!  Was it Lou who lead us to this gig? Many thanks to everyone involved in promoting Hats & Taps and what we do!  

Linda 2 with her grand kids, Paul and Claire.  Look at those smiles!

Senior Ball

Friday the 13th evening, Connie's friend, Gayle, hosted a Senior Ball at Kennedy High School.  Hats & Taps was invited to be the entertainment segment.  All went well and Carol was proud of her group. More on this evening's event coming.....

Friday the 13th

Good Friday was not so good for this blogger. A dark brownish cabbed Semi truck merged into my lane without clearance and sent me flying into another vehicle and both of us into a guard rail.  My tapping is on hold for now. Missing both Friday 13th shows was very hard.  Hats & Taps relish their time with the Orange Grove Audience and danced there first on this day. I missed them but know the ladies loved their time with Orange grove!

Mary, Carolyn, Liz, Carol, Linda 1, Linda 2, Rhoda, Connie and Lois hidden in the back, beat out the Boogie Woogie Buggle rhythms with their feet.

Aw, there's Lois with Carol, Carolyn, Rhoda and Linda 1,turning the line and keeping the formation. Lois likes being on the end.  

Leading out or bringing up the rear, Lois commands her position with such fun on her face.

Our new numbers are big hits and so delightful to dance! Carol's choreography to the Charleston and All That Jazz 

allow us to wiggle and giggle with glee.  

I'm so happy to see my crazy costumes in motion.

Mary and Carolyn tipping their hats and tapping their toes.  

You go girls!

Thank you to Mary for forwarding pictures from this performance.

Wedding Taps

Merry Mary wanted to add something to her Bio. Hats & Taps' Teacher Carol choreographed Mary's wedding Tap dance to "You Are My Sunshine".  Glenn, Mary's husband, played the Accordian. Family members, who thought they were attending a family reunion in Alaska, were surprised and delighted to be attending Glenn and Mary's wedding! With live entertainment!

She was hooked, not just by Glenn, but by the tapping bug and is totally addicted like the rest of Hats & Taps!

That happy smile has stuck with Mary ever since 

and is now a part of our history!

Congratulations Glenn and Mary!