Fall Follies 2014

October 5th brought several groups together for the Mission Oaks Fall Follies. Hats & Taps performed two numbers, I Love You So and Razzle Dazzle.

Linda 1, Linda 2, Marie, Mary, Carolyn, Lois, Liz, Connie, & Carol.

We love to dance....So!

Always smiling thanks to Carol's tutorage. 

Little Liz has got quite a wing span!

Love those paparazzi husbands!

Razzle Dazzle!

Love seeing us together on..... Toe.....

 The soft shoe is fun to do!

Buffalos too.

Double the pleasure, double the fun, double the time steps...

We're on a run.....

Hats off every body! We're ready for Fall.

Mission Oaks Dress Rehearsal

 Hats & Taps showed up for rehearsal Friday night donning the cute new caps Mary found at the dollar store! We have Lois, Linda 1, Carolyn, Connie, Mary, Linda 2, and Marie with Liz and Carol squeezed out on the ends.

It's fun to watch the other groups perform since we don't get that chance during the show. Liz, Linda 2 and Mary looking good with good looking Linda 1 and Carolyn in back!

More glamorous gals, Connie, Lois and Carol waiting for our next ups.

Linda 1, Carolyn and Marie look on and hope that the show goes well on Sunday!

Celebrating

Hats & Taps has been busy with reprising dances and learning another new number ala Carol.  The group took time to celebrate birthdays, including Carol 2's. We were very pleased to see her and catch up a bit.  We miss you C2!

Carol 2, Marie, Lois and Linda 1. 

Thanks to Rhoda for organizing a new venue and managing all the arrangements!

Thank you, Mary, for taking the pictures!

Linda 1 had a special birthday this year.  Turning 80. 

No way does this seem possible!

Carol lights the special candle she always brings.

 We give it a good go but Carol 2 had to make it happen with an extra puff.

Hope all our wishes come true!

Rested Up and Ready to Tap

After Hats & Taps annual July break, they madly tapped off the dust from those waiting shoes and danced for Courtyard Terrace on August 8th. Easter Seals came up quickly thereafter on the 15th.

Rhoda prays for a successful performance... and good health and happiness for all.

We've said it before and we'll say it again...and again....

We love dancing for Easter Seals!

It shows on all our faces.

Mary, Carol, Liz, Linda 2 & Rhoda flick their hats for fun.

Carol always has open arms for every audience member!

The smiles on Connie, Linda 1, Carol and Lois 

reflect the joy we feel and hope to share.

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

kick their feet, hold their hats and delight in the dance.

 Ruthie with a new haircut.  Looks great Ruth!

The audience joined Hats & Taps for more 

dancing on the floor together at the end of this program.

 What fun!  Many thanks, as always.

 

On June 12th, Hats & Taps joined in for fun at Fremont Presbyterian 

Church and basked in the ambience' of the Alzheimer's Cafe'. 

Love shared with loved ones radiated towards us and lifted our feet and spirits with glee.

We fit right in as at one time or another, we all forget various costume items! Here we don a new type of open toed tap shoe!

Rhoda, Carolyn, Liz, Mary, Linda 1 and Connie

pose for a picture behind the kettle drums -

in our costume changing room.

Marie trades with Mary for another snap shot.

This show went so fast and the audience was so fabulous, we were reluctant to leave. All four military numbers were a huge success.  Some of the cafe's customers joined us to dance and sing to the finale, Grand Old Flag. Our leader, Carol, converses with one of the audience members.

The smiles worn by Liz and Carolyn reflect our pure enjoyment and appreciation for this audience and their welcoming reactions.

Olga, aka Mary, gets ready for her Opera debut...

You really can tell how happy Hats & Taps is to perform for such an audience. Our tribute to the armed forces with coordinating hats is a favorite every time! 

Thank you Alzheimer's Cafe' and Fremont Presbyterian!

Spring Birthdays

Getting ready to celebrate the Spring Birthdays with all ten Hats & Taps in attendance. Little did we know Ruth would wind up in the hospital this evening and receive two stents for her heart. She's recovering nicely though, thank goodness.

Celebrants Carolyn, Liz, Mary and Linda 2.

Camera malfunction , darn it.  Looks like it would have been a good picture.

Connie, Liz, Linda 2, Carol with Marie behind, Linda 1 with Carolyn behind, Lois and Rhoda.

 Marie switched with Mary, now between Linda 2 and Carolyn.

We are thankful the ten of us could make this event.

Many thanks to Rhoda who has become well known at Ettore's now and takes care of our reservations, tab, tip and making sure we do get together for these nice celebrations for each other. We appreciate it!

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!