Are you a hat person?
I like hats and own several, although I don’t wear them every day. I have a gardening hat that protects me from the sun when I’m in the garden, a couple of different toques for the winter months (the differences are mostly in how thick they are) and a fun “moose” hat that I wear in the winter.
I also have a beret and a 30s hat, both of which my mom made. I don’t wear them often, but I do love them as they make me think of her. I also have a dressy hat – dressy in that I can change its appearance by changing the scarf I have tied around the brim.
There are so many different kinds of hat.
Hats keep your head warm (toques and nightcaps); they protect your skull from the hazards of your mode of transportation or from the job (helmets and skullcaps); they can be a status symbol (tiaras and crowns) or a symbol of your job (chef’s hat and sailor hats); they can indicate your country or ethnicity (turbans, sombreros and fez). Some only hold your hair back (headbands) or shade your eyes (visors).
There are baseball caps, berets, beanies, bonnets, bowlers, capuchons, coonskins, cowboy hats, deerstalkers, fedoras, hoods, wimples, shower caps, straw hats, tams, top hats, jester hats and party hats.
People have been decorating hats forever, adding feathers, beads, ribbons or flowers, sometimes even stranger things like bananas and oranges!
Not that many years ago, Easter bonnets were all the rage, with women really going to town, decorating their hats for the spring.
Don’t have a hat? Consider getting one – everyone can use at least one hat.
If you have a hat, take it out, dust it off and try it on. Make sure it still fits. Make sure the moths haven’t had a go at it. Then get ready to wear it on Mar. 9, 2019, for the first annual Mad Hatter Tea Party that will be held at the Senior’s Hall, in Barriere.
There will be prizes for the best hats. Proceeds from this event will be donated to Barriere and Area Literacy and Learning.
For more information about this event, contact Margaret at 250-672-9330.