The FONDREN ZIPPITY-DOO-DAH® Parade and the MILLION QUEEN MARCH™ WEEKEND IS IN MARCH, every year, in JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, and you can be in it – as The Queen of Whatever You Choose!
There are many links to info on this site – and you can always e-mail me at hrhjill@sweetpotatoqueens.com – I answer every one and I Know Everything – so fire away, hunny!
Thirsty Thursday—Fondren After Five Party to welcome all Queens—our Official Warm-Up for the Weekend.
Friday—the Big Hat Luncheon™ at Sal & Mookie’s—we all wear big hats and the food is great.
Friday night—SPQ™ BALL at the HILTON-Jackson featuring the Bouffants® from Memphis!!! Later Friday Night—AfterGlow in the Hilton Bar.
Saturday—Run With the Bulls at 10:00 AM in Fondren to start the day’s festivities! Kids’ Carnival, Gospel Tent, Pizza and Ice Cream Eating Contests, Fondren Market, Craftsman’s Guild and Artists’ Market and the PATTY PECK HONDA INSIGHT RAFFLE GIVEAWAY!
Late Saturday Afternoon—Queens return to Hilton to dress for ZIPPITY-DOO-DAH® PARADE AT DUSK! March in Parade. Start time to be announced.
Saturday Night—back the to Hilton for Pearls & PJs™ Party, music, dancing, food, refreshing beverages! Same time, different ball room—KRAZY KARAOKE—Queens from around the world astound all with their incredible heretofore Undiscovered Talents! Judging of the DOOR DECORATIONS takes place during Pearls & PJs—winner announced at Sunday Bathrobe Brunch.
Sunday Morning—Bathrobe Brunch—all our favorite breakfast foods and then some. Jill speaks. We all sing “Never Wear Panties to a Party.”
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WHERE DO I EAT?
There are a number of really good restaurants in the immediate vicinity of the Hilton, starting with Huntington’s Grille (We LOVE this place.) There’s also Tico’s down the road, Amerigo a little further down the road. Of course, in our very own FONDREN part of town, there’s Sal & Mookie’s, Bravo!, Nick’s, Rooster’s, Basil’s, Walker’s, Mimi’s and Broad Street just to name a few.
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Note:There are also “Hilton Garden Inns” in the Jackson area—THESE ARE NOT OUR HOST HOTEL! (We are in the HILTON on County Line Road, Jackson, Mississippi!)
Stay at the HILTON-JACKSON if possible because that’s where practically everything happens, except for the Parade and the Children’s Festival, and from where you’ll catch our busses to any off-site events we have.
TO BOOK ROOMS AT THE HILTON-JACKSON go through the link on our FRIEND’S PAGE as every other avenue will net you a "no vacancy” or “booked up” reply. If the Hilton is fully booked, try the CABOT LODGE NORTH on County Line Road—it’s across the street from the Hilton-Jackson—or the MARRIOTT COURTYARD on Ridgewood, directly behind the Hilton.
Closer to Parade Time, the Hilton will no doubt have cancellations.
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Beginning 2011, join the Sweet Potato Queens® and Wannabes™ from around the World for Million Queen March™ in the 1st Annual Zippity Doo Dah® Parade and Festival, which will be held in the Jackson, Mississippi, community of Fondren, to benefit the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children!
Plan to arrive on the Wednesday before and don't leave until after the Bathrobe Brunch on Sunday. We have a FULL weekend of fundraising, fun stuff going on.
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WHERE CAN I BUY REAL-LIVE MAJORETTE BOOTS?
Gotham Boot Company--and no, they don't come in pink--we just paint ours with the same paint we use on the float! Have to repaint 'em every year but who cares?
CAN YOU HELP ME GET MY BOOK PUBLISHED?
NO. I wish I could. I WOULD if I could – but I can't. I am just a writer myownself and I fell into it accidentally by the most unbelievable string of fantastically lucky coincidences. I don't "know" anything. That means I don't know how you can get an agent – I didn't have one. I don't know how you can get an editor to read your stuff – they called ME and asked for it. No, I cannot read your stuff and give you pointers. I am not allowed to read any unpublished material – this protects everybody. And by the way, it's not really a great idea to give your stuff to OTHER WRITERS to read – this is a good way to lose your material. EDITORS and AGENTS are who you want reading your stuff. BUT WAIT – THIS WILL HELP YOU!!! I am HAPPY to tell you that my friend ROBYN SPIZMAN has all manner of info and actual books that will answer ALL your questions! I cannot recommend these strongly enough to you – mighta started writing a whole lot sooner if I'da known all this stuff she tells about! You'll find ROBYN SPIZMAN'S BOOKS on our FRIENDS PAGE – get 'em all!
ARE THE RECIPES FROM THE BOOKS ON THIS SITE SOMEWHERE?
No. I am in the bidness of SELLING BOOKS – not providing free recipes. This is why it is vitally important that everybody BUY THEIR OWN COPY and HANG ON TO IT because if you write to me, telling me that you LOANED your book to Aunt Sally and she never gave it back and she's not home and YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE CHOCOLATE STUFF RIGHT NOW OR YOU'LL DIE and would I please sit down and write it out personally just for you – I can tell you, the answer is No. I wrote 'em all down for you and put them in handy books – it is not my fault that you and Aunt Sally are too cheap to spring for 2 copies. And another thing about loaning my books out – how in this world do you think I will EVER get all my MUCH-NEEDED plastic surgery done – f YOU are loaning the dang books out all the time, hmmm???
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