{"id":2297,"date":"2012-03-26T12:27:17","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T17:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/blog\/?p=2297"},"modified":"2012-03-26T12:27:17","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T17:27:17","slug":"the-hat-ladies-of-fiesta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2012\/03\/the-hat-ladies-of-fiesta\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hat Ladies of Fiesta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s late March and we are well into planning\u00a0the folk craft area of the 2012  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowellfolkfestival.org\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lowell Folk Festival<\/a>. Though the festival is best known for its music and food, there has long been a vibrant showing of traditional craft by artists who demonstrate their work under tents located along the canal in  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recreationparks.net\/MA\/middlesex\/lucy-larcom-park-lowell\" target=\"_blank\">Lucy Larcom Park<\/a>.\u00a0 The theme for the area this year is \u201cHead to Toe\u201d and we are\u00a0in the process of identifying people who craft a variety of head gear (hats, Caribbean carnival headdresses, crowns, head wraps, etc.) and foot wear (handmade shoes of all kinds).<\/p>\n<p>High on my list for awhile has been finding\u00a0the Hat Ladies of Fiesta. The first I&#8217;d heard of them was in the summer of 2009, when I was lucky to have two college interns who spent the summer documenting ethnic festivals around Massachusetts. (Ellen Arnstein and Signe Porteshawver&#8217;s  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.massfolkarts.org\/object_detail.asp?ObjectID=8120152\" target=\"_blank\">fieldwork<\/a> is sprinkled throughout\u00a0our  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.massfolkarts.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Keepers of Tradition <\/a>website).\u00a0 A highlight for them was\u00a0attending\u00a0Gloucesters&#8217;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stpetersfiesta.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">St. Peter&#8217;s Fiesta<\/a> in late June,\u00a0which honors the patron saint of fishermen.\u00a0In amongst their photos were shots of\u00a0two women\u00a0wearing fantastic hats.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Amy and Robyn Clayton\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Hat_Ladies.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"331\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a little research I discovered their identity: Robyn and Amy Clayton.\u00a0\u00a0As it turns out,\u00a0the Clayton sisters are known around Gloucester as &#8220;The Crazy Hat Ladies of Fiesta.&#8221; Their outlandish hats have become an integral part of St. Peter&#8217;s Fiesta.\u00a0\u00a0I wrote them a letter back in December and soon after had an invitation to come\u00a0meet with them in\u00a0Gloucester to learn all about their hats.<\/p>\n<p>What started as a backyard party 18 years ago has grown into a highly anticipated display of creativity.\u00a0 It&#8217;s just around\u00a0this time of year that Robyn and Amy begin working on their Fiesta hats. Made from scratch, each\u00a0hat\u00a0replicates in miniature key elements of\u00a0Fiesta:\u00a0 local churches, temporary altars, the St. Peter statue, the  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stpetersfiesta.org\/greasypole.html\" target=\"_blank\">greasy pole competition<\/a>, Gloucester&#8217;s\u00a0fishing fleet,\u00a0concession stands, and\u00a0carnival rides.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2330\" title=\"Hats from fiesta 2009\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/fiesta_support6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A couple of weeks ago, I found myself sitting at the kitchen table in Robyn Clayton&#8217;s home.\u00a0Spread out on nearly every available surface were hats from previous years and supplies for creating this year&#8217;s hats including large light slabs\u00a0of\u00a0foam core, pipe cleaners, glue, popsicle sticks, paint,  <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sculpey\" target=\"_blank\">Sculpey clay<\/a>, Legos, and\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HO_scale\" target=\"_blank\">HO-scale model railroad figures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Robyn Clayton with one of her creations\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Hat_ladies2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"355\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Robyn modeled last year&#8217;s hat for me. &#8220;My friends joke that when I put this hat on, I&#8217;m going to\u00a0need some kind of out riggers because they think it&#8217;s so heavy, but it really isn&#8217;t heavy. It&#8217;s just a little awkward if it&#8217;s really windy out.&#8221; Not to be missed is Robyn&#8217;s\u00a0replica of herself on her hat, wearing her signature hat, standing in front of the working Ferris wheel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2326\" title=\"A miniature Robyn wearing a big hat, on her hat\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Fiesta_littlerobyn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"374\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Though they create new hats with a new theme each year, some things stay the same.\u00a0 Amy&#8217;s hats always include the greasy pole and Robyn&#8217;s always feature the altar. All the references are local.\u00a0Robyn points out a perennial figure, &#8220;This guy here is always on my hat.\u00a0He&#8217;s Ambie, the sausage man. He&#8217;s also my UPS man. It looks just like him.\u00a0\u00a0Made him out of some Legos, some Sculpey clay, and the left over umbrella from a Mai-Ti.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2332\" title=\"Ambie's Italian sausages\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/fiesta_Ambie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Robyn describes\u00a0the early days of Fiesta, &#8220;Way back when, when there was a huge fishing fleet, this was a huge celebration.\u00a0The carnival wasn&#8217;t involved.\u00a0 This was about people dressing their houses. They would put their old quilts out the window.\u00a0 Fiesta has been going on for a long time. Same thing for the greasy pole competition. What they did was, they just paraded St. Peter up and down. It was about the feast.\u00a0 It was about praying for people&#8217;s families and the safety of their men. . . St. Peter has been put around different areas. He used to sit in the old grocery store windows. As the fishermen would go out to their boats, as they went by St. Peter, they would pray to him. Just keep us safe. Bring us back home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0original life-size statue of St. Peter, which\u00a0was brought over from Italy in 1927,\u00a0remains\u00a0the centerpiece of\u00a0what has become a five-day celebration. Recently, Robyn was inspired to make her own statue of St. Peter. During the year,\u00a0the statue of St. Peter\u00a0is\u00a0kept at the Saint Peter&#8217;s Club on Rogers Street;\u00a0Robyn&#8217;s\u00a0Saint Peter hibernates in her cellar.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2321\" title=\"St. Peter of Fiesta\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/fiesta_main.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"394\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2322\" title=\"Robyn's St. Peter statue\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/fiesta_stpetersmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"405\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I wonder aloud what the older, Italian\u00a0generation of Fiesta\u00a0think of this relatively new addition to their festival. &#8220;The old Italian women absolutely love these hats,&#8221; Robyn says. &#8220;The Fiesta committee [which is made up of mostly\u00a0men], they recognize us as the crazy fiesta hat girls. Here we come. By no means are we mocking the Fiesta; we love this tradition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Clayton sisters are elated to be coming to the Lowell Folk Festival this July, where\u00a0 they will join a variety of other hat and shoe makers in the folk craft area. They plan on bringing plenty of hats, some handouts,\u00a0 pictures of Fiesta over the years, and a huge cut-out of St. Peter for photo-taking opportunities. Their enthusiasm for hat making will be matched by their pride in representing Gloucester and St. Peter&#8217;s Fiesta. We&#8217;re honored to have them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s late March and we are well into planning\u00a0the folk craft area of the 2012 Lowell Folk Festival. 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