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. I did the embroidery on my Russian, Ukrainian, 2nd Serbian, and Romanian costumes. ~Dick Oakes

Louella Thomas and Dick Oakes, 1959, Scandinavian costume from Vyts Beliajus.

Louella Thomas & Dick Oakes
Generic Scandinavian costume
Gift from Vyts Beliajus, 1959

   Patti Wentworth and Dick Oakes, 1959, Russian costume.

Patti Wentworth & Dick Oakes
Russian costume
1959

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

Bonnie Wnuk, Dick Oakes
1st Serbian costume
1959

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
Dolina Cygany, San Diego, California
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.
Dick Oakes, Maude Sykes, 1960, Russian costume.

Maude Sykes, Dick Oakes
Russian costume
1960

   Dick and Patti Oakes, 1961, Ukrainian costume

Patti & Dick Oakes
Ukrainian costume
1961

   Dick and Patti Oakes, 1961, Ukrainian costume

Patti & Dick Oakes
Ukrainian costume
1961

   Dick and Patti Oakes, 1961, 2nd Serbian costume

Dick & Patti Oakes
2nd Serbian costume
1961

   Dick Oakes and Wentworth, 1962, Ukrainian costume

Patti Vance & Dick Oakes
Ukrainian costume
1962
Dick Oakes, Lynn Callahan, 1962, Bavarian costume

Dick Oakes & Lynn Williams
Bavarian costume
1962

   Dick Oakes and Lucy Wnuk, 1964, Polish costume

Lucy Wnuk & Dick Oakes
Polish costume
1964

   Dick Oakes and some Gandy Dancers, 1965, Hungarian costume

Dick Oakes & Gandys***
Romanian costume
1965
Gandy Dancers,
Hollywood, California,
Standing: Dick Oakes,
Dolly Czompo,
Melinda Martin.
Kneeling: Jim Martin.

   Dick Oakes, 1965, Turkish costume

Dick Oakes
Turkish costume
1965

   Dick Oakes, 1966, Bavarian costume

Dick Oakes
Bavarian costume
1966