Thursday, December 25, 2025

ARTICLES BY MIKKI STEVENS/SPECIAL TO THE PRESS

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After returning from what they call their "miraculous adventure" performing in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Coeur d'Alene's own Red Hot Mamas are ready to tackle another opportunity - they were contacted by the "America's Got Talent" production team and asked to audition for season 10 of the show.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Sending hugs from New York to our big-hearted community

It took the whole big-hearted community to send a group of fossils off to Ne-ew Yor-rk Citeee! We left last weekend for our great adventure to represent vintage women in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and sprinkle happy smiles and joy around Manhattan.
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Growing up in an 'Amerasian' home

This Mama carries a "bucket list" in her purse. When she has a moment, she checks it to find something new she can do. Attending the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will be scratched off the list this month as she performs in the parade.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Veterans share common ground

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'Who are you and what have you done with my son?'

'Fun-loving' is a good description for Kelly Caldero. She once decorated a colleague's office with everything spider-esque she could find. After enjoying his "freak out," she told him it was just a little thing she could do to help him overcome his arachnophobia.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Love and support are what really matter

Victoria Lavrador thinks performing at the Macy's Parade with the Red Hot Mamas (RHM) is the chance of a lifetime. She is the queen of flexibility, doing the splits in all directions! This performer joined RHM looking to be part of something bigger than she could comprehend and found a …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Yes, miracles happen

Deborah Miranda is a multifaceted mama with an eager smile. She gets a special thrill from watching happy faces as she performs with RHM. You might find her snowmobiling on the top of a mountain with family, or snuggled up with her most recent book club reading, or enjoying an …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

This Red Hot Mama has a huge heart

If the American Red Cross didn't exist, Nancy Cotter would start it. If some people have a heart as big as Texas, hers is as big as the North American continent. She is a member of the disaster relief team and has traveled around the country to the aid of …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Lopsided hide and seek

Experiencing exuberant joy is not always evidenced by a boisterous explosion of supersized smiles and slapdash bouncing. Sometimes it peeks out tenderly from the sweetness of a face full of it. Lynda Nutt's gentle face is spontaneously uplifting, making it impossible to squelch a rebound grin. Her delight in life …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Gale Nye: Unusually faith-filled

As she dances with the Red Hot Mamas (RHM), she sings, "I like it. I love it. I want some more of it!"
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Forgive, grow and live

Have you ever seen a woman so strikingly beautiful your filtered adult circuits gave way to 4-year-old unabashed staring? If so, she could have been Candace (Andie) Braun. She is also a naturally gifted singer with a face-sparkling smile. Her signature song as a Red Hot Mama is "If They …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Don't give up ... adapt!

"Get your motor runnin.' Head out on the highway. Lookin' for adventure and whatever comes our way. Yeah darlin' go make it happen."
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

The roller coaster of healthy body image

A current television ad for hamburgers features scantily clad slippery models sucking sauce off their fingers. So this is what women are supposed to look like while eating high-calorie, nutrition-poor globs of ground stuff on a white bun with pottage?
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Oh, mama: Series will profile amazin' ladies

Fifty brilliantly costumed women kick, flip, and spin down the street creating a boisterous moment of spontaneous fun. Broadly diversified audiences are smiling and laughing in a unified moment of exuberant joy.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

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