March 19, 2024 • 9 mins
Nanette Mershon and Joyce King Jennings discussed the Queens Daughter's 71st annual Fashion Show and Luncheon. Get details here...
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(00:00):
First, I have some delightful guestsin the studio with me. I don't
say delightful very oft often. ThenetteMershon, I don't do that that often.
So you are, Yes, indeed, it's good to have you here
in the studio. And are youthe real Joyce Jennings. I am Joyce
King Jennings, Joyce King Jennings.My father first, William H. King.
(00:21):
That's right, William H. King, King of Louisville Downs. I
remember that we're still going to havea reunion one of these days. That
would be awesome. Yeah, becausethey're they're enjoying that uh as a what
do they call it now? That'sthe Derby City gaming. Yeah, but
that was what what? What didyour dad? What kind of property was
(00:42):
there? Did your dad build Louisville? It was an empty lot. Was
it like a you put the shovelin the ground. Was it like a
car lot or a salvage lot?It was a field? So I didn't
realize. That's pretty good. That'ssome good evil history. I like that.
I like to know these things.I know you do. But we've
(01:03):
got a present. Talk about you'releading those troops. I was talking to
a woman on here yesterday. She'sone of the toughest people in the universe.
She's an mm A fighter, andI told her that she was the
third toughest person on the planet.And I didn't even tell her that the
(01:25):
second toughest was actually a grizzly bear. But the number one I was thinking
about was you. You were notI'm easy. We're having MMA fights coming
up here late in the month.You want, can I put your name
in? Oh, come on,I'll be your manager. We would be
great at this. You want tohurt me, No, you're tough,
Joyce King Jennys, You're tough,Terry, give it some thought. I'll
(01:49):
think it now. I know whyyou're here for the Queen's Daughter's seventy first
annual fashion Show and luncheon. Sowho's gonna Who's gonna tell me about the
first Nannette And that is the realchair and I'm just her sub chair co
chair because I didn't want to bein this by ourselfs. But go right
ahead and tell me all about theevent in the net. Well, this
(02:10):
event's been going on for seventy oneyears, and Queen's Daughters has been around
for over one hundred years. Ibet your mom was in Queen's Daughters like
our mothers. You bet wonderful Catholicwomen's organization that you know, just serves
many people in the Louisville community,such as Catholic charities. We do a
lot of things for girls and boyswho want to attend Catholic schools. We
(02:35):
endow scholarships to students to go toschool. So it's just a great organization
of women involved in the Catholic church. And so this is their one big
hurrah every year. Right, It'sa great supportive network to help all these
folks get into these schools and exactlyexactly, so we're really excited. It's
going to be at the Crown PlazaHotel on April eleventh. I want you
(02:57):
to know Joyce contacting months ago andsaid I need you to be a top
model, And I said, Joyce, I cannot do that. We wanting
you to model every year. TerrorI know, but the other models,
the other models would just leave oncethey saw me. They would just say,
I can't compete with that guy.You make the show. He would
make the show. So I said, have you and your wife model next
year? I said, respectfully,no, right, Joyce, Yes,
(03:19):
you did for the last five years. But we'll see. I'm just still
ripped and I don't want to embarrassthese youngsters. They've seen me and it's
just like, oh, I gottago up against grandpa, you know,
Abs, And it's like, no, So you do have You have a
whole lineup of great fashions. Isn'tDillard's the sponsor? Dilich is our sponsor.
Each person in the show is goingto wear three outfits that were like
(03:40):
a casual outfit, a derby outfit, and a formal outfits. There'll be
three sections in the show. Dillard'sis fabulous. They've been with us for
years now in the show and we'rereally excited to be a part of it
again with them. Yeah, andthen Claudia is helping you. Isn't she
my buddy from TV? Yes,she is Claudia Coffee. She's a great
isn't she something? She's wonderful,adorable. Yeah. Once they let her
(04:03):
out of prison, I think she'sreally turned her life from it. She
has, and she looks fabulous anyway, I made that up. Joy,
she's not been in prison. Don'tsay that to her because she'll come over
here and punch me. Right inthe face. Everybody knows better. So
listen, Terry, I want totell you about the models. Please do
(04:24):
yes, because you know, mostshows have these glamorous models and all that,
but we have the community. Icall it fun, fashion and diversity
because we have seventeen women models fromdifferent parishes, you know, bring the
crowd yep. We have five menand one is a priest, father Jeff
(04:46):
Schooner from Saint Patrick's. I knowhim great. He's got a model,
so you could model some year.Look at that. I know she did
ask me. My line just saidI'm too ripped, so he's excited.
Yeah, Dillard's gets upset. Theygive me the his jackets and I put
them on their rip because my musclesthey swell, you know. Okay,
never mind, moving right along.And then we have three high school kids.
(05:12):
Well are so high school they're they'rescholarship students. Uh huh, I
got scholarships last year. One goesto Sacred Heart, one's from Assumption.
And then a little guy, alittle guy, a young man got one.
He goes to stay next but he'snot going to be in the show,
okay. And then we have alittle girl from Nativity because we sponsor
a child five thousand dollars a year. Great school. It is. Her
(05:35):
name's Isabella and she's going to bein it. That's great. I love
this. The Queen's Daughters seventy firstAnnual fashion Show on luncheon. And then
there's got to be a way toget tickets. You can either buy a
whole table or individual. Yes,but wait a minute, Miss Kentucky is
going to model. She's beautiful.I thought you seen her picture and miss
(05:55):
University of Louisville. Oh, that'suh Olivia Olivia Andrews. Yes, and
she's so cute. And do youknow her? No? I don't.
Oh you need she does social media, she says adorable. So isn't that
exciting to have a very nice mixtureof people and these crowned heads. I
mean, she's almost as big asKate Middleton except we can find Olivia Andrews
(06:17):
right, Yes we can. Yes, we can't think that was really her
at the Farmer's Marketer or were theymaking up that is that video? I
can't decide. I just feel sorryfor I saw so many people online say
that's not her. It's like,come on and stop with this nonsense.
But wait, Okay, I know, Kate. You want me to get
her for your show. Sure,we'll get her to come out. Oh
yeah, we're buddies. Okay,good. But I want to thank Melanie
(06:41):
Tate and Joan Izard for working withall these models to get them dressed and
sit on the stage. And they'reat Dillard's right now helping some of them.
And I know you have great rafflestoo, including premium Kentucky Oaks Experience
that's nice, a PGA experience.There's Capitol Prize that's money, right,
and then how that works, that'sright money. All that goes just to
(07:03):
add dollars you know in our budgetto help more students go to schools and
help Catholic charities and places like that. Solid term purse prize, what does
that mean? Oh, there's aperson and it's stuffed with one thousand dollars
worth of gift cards. Isn't thatcool that women love that? It's a
great idea. But Nanette, Iwant you to talk about the sponsors.
(07:27):
Oh, We've got some great sponsors. Most of them are our women,
uh that are part of Queen's Daughters. But we have the Macan Foundation,
we have send uh Collision Centers asa uh sponsor. My sister Mary Riserd
is a sponsor. Carol. HebelStockyards guys to model and they wouldn't do
(07:51):
it. Yeah, Stockyards bank like, they're great supporter of Queen's Daughters and
uh. In fact, my sonworks for Stockyards and he's gonna model.
Oh my gosh, are you oneof those moms who's gonna be out there
to tuck in your shirt? Yell? Think I will tell you you,
Oh no, don't do that anywell, you got a great lineup.
(08:11):
I'm impressed. A Right, what'sthe date on the show? April eleventh.
That's a Thursday, doors open,eleven, lunch and show at noontime.
And you're doing it at the CrapClaza on Philip's Land. Right.
How do people get tickets? Youcan get tickets by going online to our
website at Queen's Daughters dot com.It's Queen's Daughter's ink ink dot com.
(08:33):
Thank you, yep, Okay,that's good. We got everything covered.
I think so. All right,Joyce, I'm gonna let you rub my
muscle one time for you. I'mtelling you, everybody, come out.
It's gonna be a great show.It's gonna see you again, Killer,
good to see you, thanks somuch. Next, Sacred Heart Valkyries.
(08:54):
We've got to be excited about thattoo. Queen's Daughter seventy first Aniel Fashion
Show. It is Thursday, Aprileleventh or open eleven, lunch and show
noontime. Claudia Coffee's the host andit's at the Crown Plaza. That's Phillips
Laye, the front door of theFairgrounds. You know where that is.
Totails at Queen's Daughtersinc. Dot com
First, I have some delightful guestsin the studio with me. I don't
say delightful very oft often. ThenetteMershon, I don't do that that often.
So you are, Yes, indeed, it's good to have you here
in the studio. And are youthe real Joyce Jennings. I am Joyce
King Jennings, Joyce King Jennings.My father first, William H. King.
(00:21):
That's right, William H. King, King of Louisville Downs. I
remember that we're still going to havea reunion one of these days. That
would be awesome. Yeah, becausethey're they're enjoying that uh as a what
do they call it now? That'sthe Derby City gaming. Yeah, but
that was what what? What didyour dad? What kind of property was
(00:42):
there? Did your dad build Louisville? It was an empty lot. Was
it like a you put the shovelin the ground. Was it like a
car lot or a salvage lot?It was a field? So I didn't
realize. That's pretty good. That'ssome good evil history. I like that.
I like to know these things.I know you do. But we've
(01:03):
got a present. Talk about you'releading those troops. I was talking to
a woman on here yesterday. She'sone of the toughest people in the universe.
She's an mm A fighter, andI told her that she was the
third toughest person on the planet.And I didn't even tell her that the
(01:25):
second toughest was actually a grizzly bear. But the number one I was thinking
about was you. You were notI'm easy. We're having MMA fights coming
up here late in the month.You want, can I put your name
in? Oh, come on,I'll be your manager. We would be
great at this. You want tohurt me, No, you're tough,
Joyce King Jennys, You're tough,Terry, give it some thought. I'll
(01:49):
think it now. I know whyyou're here for the Queen's Daughter's seventy first
annual fashion Show and luncheon. Sowho's gonna Who's gonna tell me about the
first Nannette And that is the realchair and I'm just her sub chair co
chair because I didn't want to bein this by ourselfs. But go right
ahead and tell me all about theevent in the net. Well, this
(02:10):
event's been going on for seventy oneyears, and Queen's Daughters has been around
for over one hundred years. Ibet your mom was in Queen's Daughters like
our mothers. You bet wonderful Catholicwomen's organization that you know, just serves
many people in the Louisville community,such as Catholic charities. We do a
lot of things for girls and boyswho want to attend Catholic schools. We
(02:35):
endow scholarships to students to go toschool. So it's just a great organization
of women involved in the Catholic church. And so this is their one big
hurrah every year. Right, It'sa great supportive network to help all these
folks get into these schools and exactlyexactly, so we're really excited. It's
going to be at the Crown PlazaHotel on April eleventh. I want you
(02:57):
to know Joyce contacting months ago andsaid I need you to be a top
model, And I said, Joyce, I cannot do that. We wanting
you to model every year. TerrorI know, but the other models,
the other models would just leave oncethey saw me. They would just say,
I can't compete with that guy.You make the show. He would
make the show. So I said, have you and your wife model next
year? I said, respectfully,no, right, Joyce, Yes,
(03:19):
you did for the last five years. But we'll see. I'm just still
ripped and I don't want to embarrassthese youngsters. They've seen me and it's
just like, oh, I gottago up against grandpa, you know,
Abs, And it's like, no, So you do have You have a
whole lineup of great fashions. Isn'tDillard's the sponsor? Dilich is our sponsor.
Each person in the show is goingto wear three outfits that were like
(03:40):
a casual outfit, a derby outfit, and a formal outfits. There'll be
three sections in the show. Dillard'sis fabulous. They've been with us for
years now in the show and we'rereally excited to be a part of it
again with them. Yeah, andthen Claudia is helping you. Isn't she
my buddy from TV? Yes,she is Claudia Coffee. She's a great
isn't she something? She's wonderful,adorable. Yeah. Once they let her
(04:03):
out of prison, I think she'sreally turned her life from it. She
has, and she looks fabulous anyway, I made that up. Joy,
she's not been in prison. Don'tsay that to her because she'll come over
here and punch me. Right inthe face. Everybody knows better. So
listen, Terry, I want totell you about the models. Please do
(04:24):
yes, because you know, mostshows have these glamorous models and all that,
but we have the community. Icall it fun, fashion and diversity
because we have seventeen women models fromdifferent parishes, you know, bring the
crowd yep. We have five menand one is a priest, father Jeff
(04:46):
Schooner from Saint Patrick's. I knowhim great. He's got a model,
so you could model some year.Look at that. I know she did
ask me. My line just saidI'm too ripped, so he's excited.
Yeah, Dillard's gets upset. Theygive me the his jackets and I put
them on their rip because my musclesthey swell, you know. Okay,
never mind, moving right along.And then we have three high school kids.
(05:12):
Well are so high school they're they'rescholarship students. Uh huh, I
got scholarships last year. One goesto Sacred Heart, one's from Assumption.
And then a little guy, alittle guy, a young man got one.
He goes to stay next but he'snot going to be in the show,
okay. And then we have alittle girl from Nativity because we sponsor
a child five thousand dollars a year. Great school. It is. Her
(05:35):
name's Isabella and she's going to bein it. That's great. I love
this. The Queen's Daughters seventy firstAnnual fashion Show on luncheon. And then
there's got to be a way toget tickets. You can either buy a
whole table or individual. Yes,but wait a minute, Miss Kentucky is
going to model. She's beautiful.I thought you seen her picture and miss
(05:55):
University of Louisville. Oh, that'suh Olivia Olivia Andrews. Yes, and
she's so cute. And do youknow her? No? I don't.
Oh you need she does social media, she says adorable. So isn't that
exciting to have a very nice mixtureof people and these crowned heads. I
mean, she's almost as big asKate Middleton except we can find Olivia Andrews
(06:17):
right, Yes we can. Yes, we can't think that was really her
at the Farmer's Marketer or were theymaking up that is that video? I
can't decide. I just feel sorryfor I saw so many people online say
that's not her. It's like,come on and stop with this nonsense.
But wait, Okay, I know, Kate. You want me to get
her for your show. Sure,we'll get her to come out. Oh
yeah, we're buddies. Okay,good. But I want to thank Melanie
(06:41):
Tate and Joan Izard for working withall these models to get them dressed and
sit on the stage. And they'reat Dillard's right now helping some of them.
And I know you have great rafflestoo, including premium Kentucky Oaks Experience
that's nice, a PGA experience.There's Capitol Prize that's money, right,
and then how that works, that'sright money. All that goes just to
(07:03):
add dollars you know in our budgetto help more students go to schools and
help Catholic charities and places like that. Solid term purse prize, what does
that mean? Oh, there's aperson and it's stuffed with one thousand dollars
worth of gift cards. Isn't thatcool that women love that? It's a
great idea. But Nanette, Iwant you to talk about the sponsors.
(07:27):
Oh, We've got some great sponsors. Most of them are our women,
uh that are part of Queen's Daughters. But we have the Macan Foundation,
we have send uh Collision Centers asa uh sponsor. My sister Mary Riserd
is a sponsor. Carol. HebelStockyards guys to model and they wouldn't do
(07:51):
it. Yeah, Stockyards bank like, they're great supporter of Queen's Daughters and
uh. In fact, my sonworks for Stockyards and he's gonna model.
Oh my gosh, are you oneof those moms who's gonna be out there
to tuck in your shirt? Yell? Think I will tell you you,
Oh no, don't do that anywell, you got a great lineup.
(08:11):
I'm impressed. A Right, what'sthe date on the show? April eleventh.
That's a Thursday, doors open,eleven, lunch and show at noontime.
And you're doing it at the CrapClaza on Philip's Land. Right.
How do people get tickets? Youcan get tickets by going online to our
website at Queen's Daughters dot com.It's Queen's Daughter's ink ink dot com.
(08:33):
Thank you, yep, Okay,that's good. We got everything covered.
I think so. All right,Joyce, I'm gonna let you rub my
muscle one time for you. I'mtelling you, everybody, come out.
It's gonna be a great show.It's gonna see you again, Killer,
good to see you, thanks somuch. Next, Sacred Heart Valkyries.
(08:54):
We've got to be excited about thattoo. Queen's Daughter seventy first Aniel Fashion
Show. It is Thursday, Aprileleventh or open eleven, lunch and show
noontime. Claudia Coffee's the host andit's at the Crown Plaza. That's Phillips
Laye, the front door of theFairgrounds. You know where that is.
Totails at Queen's Daughtersinc. Dot com
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