Fantasia in Red hosts luncheon and Hat Show

Fantasia In Red hosted ‘Motown Magic: Reliving the Motown Years’ at the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel.
The program consisted of lots of fun, a luncheon and a nine-scene fashion show that featured hats. The moderator was television personality Vickie Yates from News Channel 5.
Vendors were also on hand with great wearing apparel, e.g.: Dottie Wottie Hats and Boutique, Bejeweled (Latoya Welch-Smite), Traci Lynn Jewels by Rita Brown & Debbie Sutton and Hats by First Lady Judy Sharpe.
Lois Winston is the Queen Mother of Fantasia in Red, Red Hat Society (photos by Wanda Clay).

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