Dick Oakes' Costume Album

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My dear sister Shari wanted to show her friends pictures of the costumes in which I performed over the years. Here are most of those costumes. The first few pages are in glorious color (I did the embroidery on my Russian, Ukrainian, 2nd Serbian, and Romanian costumes). --Dick Oakes

Dick Oakes in Dolina Cygany, 1959, 4th from right, Russian costume.

Patti Wentworth, Dick Oakes (4th/5th from R) with Dolina Cygany ***
Russian costume
1959

Dick Oakes, Maude Sykes, 1960, Russian costume.

Maude Sykes, Dick Oakes
Russian costume
1960

Dick Oakes, Bonnie Wnuk, 1959, Bonnie-Polish costume, Dick-Serbian costume.

Bonnie Wnuk, Dick Oakes
1st Serbian costume
1959

Dick and Patti Oakes, 1961, Ukrainian costume

Patti & Dick Oakes
Ukrainian costume
1961

Dick Oakes and Wentworth, 1962, Ukrainian costume

Patti Vance & Dick Oakes
Ukrainian costume
1962

*** Dolina Cygany, San Diego, California, 1959.
Left to Right: LaDonna Larsen, Ed "Juni" Yacher, Gloria Bodie, Ken Olsen, Marjorie Ann Jones, John Hancock, baby Lauretta Hancock, Marjorie Ann Jones, Bill Kindt, Bonnie Wnuk, Bill Brisbin, Lucy Wnuk, Jim Santalo, Patti Wentworth, Dick Oakes, Louella Thomas, Rory Thompson, Carol Hancock.