The Cervus-Hephaestus Queens’ Club Social was held Feb. 26 at Café Jo Jo’s in Morgan City. Inducted into the Queens’ Club was Queen Hephaestus LX Madeleine Margaret Hover. Queens in attendance were, seated from left, Mary Ellen Ruiz Stegall, Carol Chauvin Canerday, Tracie Hamer Hover, Queen LX Madeleine Hover, Grace Siracusa Guarisco, Patricia Boudreaux Bergeron and Morgan Manfre Murdock. Standing second row from left, Colleen Whitley Hunter, Donna Bostic Wilson, Kathryn Ruiz Glynn, Anne Brown Rhodes, Elizabeth Hover, Helena Cefalu Montgomery, Alaina Adams Dozar, Therese Bourgeois Smith, Clair Guarisco Giordano and Michelle Giordano Aucoin. Third row, from left, Courtney Price Matherne, Diana Bostic Vining, Allison Bergeron, Valerie Hamer LeBlanc, Dana Bostic Lukken, Abigail Askew, Allison Adams Duffy and Jaclyn Price Landry.
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Mothers of members of the Cervus-Hephaestus Queens’ Club were special guests at the club’s social held Feb. 26. It is held as an opportunity for former queens, along with their mothers, to celebrate the reigning Queen Hephaestus and her mother. Former queens and their mothers in attendance were, front row from left, Mary Ellen Ruiz Stegall, Brenda Hamer, Carol Chauvin Canerday, Tracie Hamer Hover, Queen LX Madeleine Hover, Grace Siracusa Guarisco, Patricia Boudreaux Bergeron and Judith Manfre. Standing second row from left, Colleen Whitley Hunter, Ann Ruiz, Kathryn Ruiz Glynn, Anne Brown Rhodes, Rose Brown, Elizabeth Hover, Alaina Adams Dozar, Shelly Adams, Allison Adams Duffy, Therese Bourgeois Smith, Clair Guarisco Giordano, Michelle Giordano Aucoin and Morgan Manfre Murdock. Third row from left, Courtney Price Matherne, Donna Bostic Wilson, Diana Bostic Vining, Lois Bergeron, Allison Bergeron, Dana Bostic Lukken, Helena Cefalu Montgomery, Valerie Hamer LeBlanc, Colleen Askew, Abigail Askew, Ginger Price and Jaclyn Price Landry.
Cervus-Hephaestus Queens' Club holds social
Queen Hephaestus LX Madeleine Margaret Hover was the honoree at the Cervus-Hephaestus Queens’ Club Social held Feb. 26. at Café Jo Jo’s in Morgan City.
The former queens and their mothers celebrated Hover and her mother, a former queen, Tracie Hamer Hover. Mary Ellen Ruiz Stegall presented Madeleine Hover with the official Cervus-Hephaestus Queens’ Flag. Also recognized at the luncheon were Grace Siracusa Guarisco and the late Maggie Melancon Bergeron for their years of service to the Queens’ Club.
King Hephaestus LX Allie “Al” Adams III and Captain 2020 Gregory J. Hamer Jr. toasted the honored queen, the former queens and their mothers. Mothers of the past queens are invited by their daughters to join the celebration of the current Hephaestus royalty and to reminisce about past courts, and the history of Morgan City Mardi Gras.
The Cervus-Hephaestus Queens’ Club was established to recognize the female monarchs that have ruled over the Krewe of Cervus, which evolved into the Krewe of Hephaestus.