HUCKLEBERRIES: Mikki Stevens: A local star
They came. They entertained. They conquered our hearts. For three decades, through 2021, parade-goers from Coeur d'Alene to New York and beyond wer...
They came. They entertained. They conquered our hearts. For three decades, through 2021, parade-goers from Coeur d'Alene to New York and beyond were thrilled by The Red Hot Mamas, a group of middle-aged — and older — women who refused to grow up. Ultimately, health issues forced founder Mikki Stevens to disband the Mamas on Dec. 31, 2021. But this is not about the end of the zany merrymakers, who first appeared in the 1993 Fourth of July Parade, performing what the Coeur d'Alene Press called 'a drill team spoof.