Many Tributes in May

WOW!  Our Leader/Teacher Carol is honored for 

15 years of service in RSVP!

(Retired Seniors Volunteer Program)

Without Carol, there would be no Hats & Taps.

As far as we know, there is no other senior tap group in our community that gives their time and hours to RSVP and performs, gladly, for no charge.  Carol taught tap for several years at Mission Oaks Community Center.  She also put on many wonderful annual showcases there! For more information on RSVP, please go to the very first posting on this blog.  

Huge thank yous to Carol from all the group.

The RSVP luncheon was held on May 22cd.  Many volunteers are featured and honored for their community service. Hat's & Taps is pictured above from a performance at a former luncheon.

Rhoda, Lois, Linda 1, Carolyn, Mary, Connie & Carol.

Linda 2, Liz & Marie were sad to miss this.

Escaping from Costumes Anonymous, Marie brings her latest addition

 hoping to premier it during the Christmas season.

May 2, Hats & Taps performed at Country Club Manor.  

Thanks again, Country Club.

May is certainly a month to share and enjoy all of Carol's military numbers. The audiences, no matter what condition they are in, perk up, love and respond to those numbers.

 My father taught me to dance. 

Thank you, Dad, for your service in WW11.

We thank and salute all of our service people this month of May!

Eskaton Revisited

A little catch up in pictures at Eskaton on April 11th.

As mentioned before, Hats & Taps really enjoys 

dancing for this crowd.

Linda 1 and Ruth personify the heart felt encore in voice to the 

land that we love, America!

Spring Tip Toe Taps On...

Hats & Taps returned to Eskaton Monroe on April 11, 2014.  

Always a pleasure to dance there and engage with the audience.  

Thank you, as always, Eskaton.

At Easter Seals on April 25th, all ten Hats & Taps delight in being together and sharing with one of our favorite audiences.

Ruthie, center, entertains the audience during costume changes 

and has become quite expert using Mary's camera to take our pictures.

It's not easy getting group pics with all the movement 

and row changes.

We were able to do Razzle Dazzle twice this time for extra audience members. We welcome the chance to practice new, 

or newly revised dances.

Love Carol's purple vests and how the skirts twirl like Lois's!

A good catch of Rhoda having fun and hamming for the camera.

Carol leads the pack, in class and with her audience flirting skills.

We love Easter seals' floor. We can march to our hearts content 

with lots of room and wonderful sound.

The Tribute to the Armed Forces is Carol's marching masterpiece.

The formations and two-by-two shout-outs make us all proud.

 Once again, all ten Hats & Taps with Ruth in the center.

Marie, Lois, Carolyn, Linda 1, Mary, Linda 2, 

Connie, Rhoda, Liz and Carol

Mother's Day in March

Of all ten Hats & Taps, we have only Linda 2's Mom here and instantly hugable.  Adopted as the groups official "Mom" at a former performance, we danced for her on March 26th, 2014, at Greenhaven Estates.  We were delighted to catch a glimmer in her eye and elicit a smile now and then. Linda's sister received Happy Birthday wishes as well.  The audience and staff were all very supportive and we tapped some sunshine forward on this rainy day.

We Straighten Up and Fly Right to start the program.

Harrigan has Hats & Taps happy for St. Patricks Day attire.

MacNamara's Band ends our Irish run for the season.  

Anchors Aweigh starts the Military Medley

Boogie Woogie

Star Spangled Spectacular

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The Tribute, or Armed Forces Medley is always a big hit.

Elks revisited

The wonderful Elks invited Hats & Taps back for another show.  Saturday evening, March 22, Hats performed their military numbers with much success!  A standing O from the tuxedo and gown crowd, (in other words-nicely dressed up), was gleefully described to the other members who could not make it that night.

Thanks so much, Elks!

Carol leads Linda 1 and Connie out, with Linda 2, Mary and Liz 

joining in second row.

Lined up and proud to be here, each tap a delight.  

Four could not make it but these six filled in the gaps well.

Thanks to Carol, our leader/teacher for making all this happen!

Fun shows on each face as they entertain and smile ...

...with every step.

The Tribute, last number, is  always a crowd pleaser 

as it pays tribute to the 

Marine Corps, Navy, Army, Coast Guard, and Air Force.

 As each segment of music represents a branch of service, 

Hats & Taps encourages any audience members who served 

in that capacity to stand and join in. 

 The two Lindas Fly Right 

and a good time was had by all!

Thanks again, Elks!
And thank you, Andre', for taking these great pics!

Sacramento Realtors

Linda 1's Sacramento Realtors group invited Hats & Taps 

to perform at their Irish themed luncheon, on March 12th

We danced two numbers starting with Harrigan.

Linda 1, Connie, Carolyn & Lois.  Love those smiles!

Marie, Liz, Mary, Carol, Linda 2, Connie, Carolyn & Lois.

Linda 1 is behind Connie.

As we circle up, we smile at each other, 

a reminder of our own enjoyment and how much fun we share.  

That carries us as we face the audience and radiate that feeling.

"Harrigan, that's me!"  

Fun and challenging, we form an H for this moment.

Carol is always thinking up new ways to make formations

and keep us active in all ways.

Mary, Linda 2 & Linda 1 are front row sparklers here.

Carol partners solo, missing our Rhoda, 

as she could not make this show.

 We end with McNamara's Band and are stunned 

with just how fast that all went!

Thank you Sacramento Realtors, 

for inviting us and taking pictures tap boot!

Military March & St. Pat

 

Hats & Taps at the Elks Emblem Club, March 7, 2014.

Linda 1, Lois, Mary, Marie, Ruth, Carol, Carolyn, Linda 2, Rhoda & Liz

We missed Connie, who could not make this one.

Carolyn and Ruth getting ready and looking good!

Marie, Liz and Carol commiserate about our costumes before the show.

And away we go with....

Harrigan, Carol's newest number. 

Carol tweaked Christmas in Killarney to fit this song and season.

A second St. Pat's number is a peppy McNamera's Band. 

How many clues in these pictures that we're with the Elks?

Our Irish numbers are fitting and fun but we can't go wrong 

with marching for our military.

Individual styles of twirling batons before we...

line up to march in step.

Yes, we do enjoy what we're doing!

Carol, front and center, teaches us to smile, smile, smile!

The Tribute to our servicemen is always a big hit.

With us and our audiences.  

When audience members stand up and salute to their own 

branch music, it fills the room and our hearts with such energy.

Well thanks a million, Elks Emblem Club. Clearly we had a great time.