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Carrousels of Los Angeles, California


                                                                                                                                      Carrousels!


                                                                                                                                                    “When will it be over    ”






              Los                                                                                                                                       This is the question we have repeatedly asked ourselves for the last two years.
              Los
                                                                                                                                                        Zoom is wonderful, but to hug another Carrousel is priceless.

                                                                                                                                                        Though the Carrousels of Los Angeles, aka COLA, are still meeting via Zoom,
                                                                                                                                                        we have managed to come together aside from the virtual meetings to
                                                                                                                                                        have some fun.

                                                                                                                                                                                     OBAMA PORTRAITS TOUR
                                         A
                                         Angelesngeles                                                                                                                              We began near the end of 2021 when things opened


                                                                                                                                                                                    just a smidgen, by going to the Obama Portraits Tour at the Los
                                                                                                                                                                                    Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). We were so excited to
                                                                                                                                                                                    finally do something together! And what an epic event it was.
                                                                                                                                                                                    Along with that tour was the Black American Portraits exhibit,
                                                                                                                                                                                    so as you can imagine we were there for a while.  After visiting
                                                                                                                                                                                    the exhibits, we took the party to Hollywood where we had

                                                                                                                                                                                    dinner and drinks at El Coyote, an LA hotspot for traditional
                                                                                                                                       Carrousels Michelle Reed Arnold, Veronica Glaze, Gia Bosley,   Mexican food and of course, the margaritas.  We talked and
                                                                                                                                        Nedra Austin, Carrousel friend, Helen Martin, Allison Herald   talked, trying to catch up as there is nothing like being in
                                                                                                                                            and Sheila Hill touring the Obama Portraits Tour
                                                                                                                                                and Black American Portraits exhibits.  person with our sisters!


                                                                                                                                                                                Honoring
                                                                                                                                                                                Carrousel
                                                                                                                                                                                Rita Malone,
                                                                                                                                                                                who passed
                                                                                                                                                                                away in
                                                                                                                                                                                October 2021.




                                                                                                                                                                                        Carrousel Renai
                                                                                                                                                                                       Fortuné visits the
                                                                                                                                                                                            “GREAT

                                                                                                                                                                                         PUMPKIN
                                                                                                                                                                                              SHOW
                                                                                                                                                                                      WEIGH OFF”


                                                                                                                                                                                      with her daughter
                                                                                                                                                                                     and grandchildren
                                                                                                                                                                                      in Circleville, Ohio.

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