Thursday afternoon, llamas, cows and drag queens filled the usually preppy Harvard Square for the 53rd annual Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Award parade. The "Man and Woman of the Year" awards are presented annually to performers who have made a lasting contribution to the world of entertainment.This year's Hasty Pudding Award recipient, Anjelica Huston, proudly rode down Massachusetts Avenue waving happily to onlookers. She was surrounded by Hasty Pudding male cast members wearing brightly colored dresses and large wigs.

A strange cast of characters preceeded Huston's car. Leading the parade, an Echo Farm pudding truck (followed by two live cows) supplied nourishment to the spectators. Next came representatives of a study abroad program called "Let's Go" marching with two llamas. Also included in the parade were the Harvard dance team, the cheerleading team and a convertible carrying Ms. Masssachusetts.

As soon as the parade reached the Hasty Pudding building, Huston was whisked into the theater to receive her pudding pot and to participate in the roasting ceremony. Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" played in the background while the president of theatricals, Stefan Atkinson, and vice president of the cast, Shawn Snyder, led Huston on stage.

To keep her identity from being confused with that of Whitney Houston, Atkinson and Snyder proposed that Huston prove her identity by participating in a few reenactments of her more famous roles. Since Huston played the mother, Etheline Tenenbaum in "The Royal Tenenbaums," Huston was made to feed, burp and sing to sleep one of the cast members.

Also, since Huston has a penchant for playing roles that instill fear in little boys (she played the Roald Dahl's Grand High Witch in "The Witches"), so Atkinson and Snyder brought out a little boy for Huston to scare away with the promise of watching one of her older films. In another amusing task, Huston was forced to imitate her character Morticia Addams' (from "The Addams Family") love for sadomasochism by submitting herself to being chained and whipped by a cast member in vinyl pants. Finally, the masters of ceremony were satisfied with the proof and presented Huston with the symbolic pudding pot.

Following the presentation, Huston talked with the press about the event and her career. Huston readily admitted her surprise regarding the day's events. She felt that the unusual, yet entertaining event traditions proved to be a real eye opener. Coming to the ceremony with a naave view of its traditions, Huston was unaware of the intense participation factor that would be required of her. Despite the initial shock, she seemed to take the shenanigans in good humor and stated that she felt generally flattered by the honor.

Having tried both acting and directing, Huston admitted that she found both endeavors challenging and fulfilling in different ways. While an actor goes in with expectations to be guided by directing, the director must figure it out for herself. Huston related some wise advice from her director father, John Huston, who told her that a director's job is made much easier if he casts well. Also, Huston claimed interest to be the most important thing to be successful in either undertaking.

When asked what she planned to do with the pudding pot, Huston first joked about it making a good witches' brew and then said she would use it to collect hair clippings from each member of the cast.