Thirteen years ago they participated in the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival parade as the Adirondack Wild Women. They carried lawn chairs, with which they did a dance routine at intervals in their march through the town. No one seemed to be able to remember Adirondack Wild Women. Everyone simply called them the Lawn Chair Ladies; and, after a couple of years, they adopted that as their official name. They started out as a small group. Now they number thirty-six, their self-imposed limit (there’s a waiting list to join); and they long ago became the highlight of Carnival’s signature event. Their garb and routine each year reflect the Carnival theme, which, for 2008, is Hooray for Hollywood – harkening to the time when many famous entertainers came here for their health or to perform for those who were convalescing, and to when Saranac Lake was a location for numerous silent films.