History of Hat-pin-ings!

One of the most meaningful phrases come down to two words: THINGS CHANGE. Of all the things that "changed" in The Hat Ladies' 25 year history, none had a more significant and lasting impact than COVID. Many long time hat-pin-ings had to be drastically modified or involved venues that were closed/cancelled altogether.

Prior to that world wide tragedy, if anyone knew what was "hat-pin ing" around Charleston, it was The Hat Ladies. Our Calendar was filled with hat wearing opportunities that united Ladies with one another and connected us to our community. The friendships and self-esteem we pulled out of our hats was powerful and our outreach was meaningful to everyone and everything we touched.

What we did is hereby recorded for "posterity" below. It begins, however, with a new plan/format going forward.

2025

Go to The Table of Contents and click on "DOING (the) CHARLESTON" for details.

2024

If there's one thing a Hat Lady does NOT want to see hat-pin, it's having something become "old hat." While our 2024 Hat-pin-ings will resemble those of previous years, new ones will be added and others will disappear.

The two most important words are "things change." Certainly over our 23 year history tHAT has been the case...both within our Organization, our Charleston Community, and our world, in general.

Here are those 2024 Hat-pin-ings we are anticipating. Please note they will remain "a work in progress"...just like us! After all, if there's one thing a Hat Lady does NOT want to do it's "hang up her hat!" And given the RIGHT opportunity, we'll do things at the DROP of a hat!

December:

December 7th: Walk in The Charleston Holiday Parade, 3:00 - 5:00

December 14th: Holiday Luncheon at Water's Edge, Mt. Pleasant; Noon - 2:30

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ARCHIVES

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Hat-pin-ings 2022

Hat-pin-ings 2021

We were off to a slow start, as Charleston (and the rest of the world) started recovering from COVID.

Hat-pin-ings 2020

This year COVID effectively canceled all community activities in which The Hat Ladies would have participated. There were, however, some clever events we managed to pull out of our hats. Click on the icon to see what they were.

Hat-pin-ings 2019

Hat-pin-ings 2018

Hat-pin-ings 2017