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ENLARGEElainna Carter-Swanson owns more than 600 costumes and will judge this weekend's costume contest at the Umpqua Valley Wine, Art and Music Festival in Oakland.
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WHAT: The 39th annual Umpqua Valley Wine, Art and Music Festival
WHEN: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. SaturdayWHERE: Downtown Oakland
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
11:30 a.m.: Moonglow — Acoustic and Instrumental Duo, ’30s and ’40s Jazz
1:15 p.m.: Cooking with Wine Demonstration — Brandy Stumpe, Seven Feathers Hotel and Casino Resort
2 p.m.: Hotqua String Band — five-piece gypsy swing band
4 p.m.: Cooking with Wine Demonstration — Brandy Stumpe, Seven Feathers Hotel and Casino Resort
5 p.m.: Oregon Coast Lab Band, Featuring Evolution — high-energy big band swing
7 p.m.: Costume Contest, judged by Elainna Carter-Swanson
7:30 p.m.: Ten Piece Dance Band, The Essentials — tight rhythm, heavy brass and soulful vocals
WHEN: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. SaturdayWHERE: Downtown Oakland
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
11:30 a.m.: Moonglow — Acoustic and Instrumental Duo, ’30s and ’40s Jazz
1:15 p.m.: Cooking with Wine Demonstration — Brandy Stumpe, Seven Feathers Hotel and Casino Resort
2 p.m.: Hotqua String Band — five-piece gypsy swing band
4 p.m.: Cooking with Wine Demonstration — Brandy Stumpe, Seven Feathers Hotel and Casino Resort
5 p.m.: Oregon Coast Lab Band, Featuring Evolution — high-energy big band swing
7 p.m.: Costume Contest, judged by Elainna Carter-Swanson
7:30 p.m.: Ten Piece Dance Band, The Essentials — tight rhythm, heavy brass and soulful vocals
OAKLAND —If there is a costume party in Douglas County, Elainna Carter-Swanson knows about it.
The 60-year-old Sutherlin woman owns more than 600 costumes, most of which coordinate with her carriage and Friesian horses. She’s been collecting disguises for 40-some years, but couldn’t disguise the passion in her voice when talking about her hobby.
She has expensive, vintage and fantasy costumes; she has black and white sets of wings and ball gowns. She has jewels.
And for the first time, Carter-Swanson will be judging other people’s costumes at the Umpqua Valley Wine, Art and Music Festival scheduled for Saturday in Oakland.
“I’m excited to judge other people’s things,” said Carter-Swanson. “Because I know my stuff is fabulous.”
The 60-year-old Sutherlin woman owns more than 600 costumes, most of which coordinate with her carriage and Friesian horses. She’s been collecting disguises for 40-some years, but couldn’t disguise the passion in her voice when talking about her hobby.
She has expensive, vintage and fantasy costumes; she has black and white sets of wings and ball gowns. She has jewels.
And for the first time, Carter-Swanson will be judging other people’s costumes at the Umpqua Valley Wine, Art and Music Festival scheduled for Saturday in Oakland.
“I’m excited to judge other people’s things,” said Carter-Swanson. “Because I know my stuff is fabulous.”
The theme of the 39th annual festival is “Yesteryear in Oakland,” and in keeping with the theme, organizers have decided to ask participants to dress in garb reminiscent of the turn of the 20th century. Prizes of $100 each will be awarded to the best-dressed man and woman.
Carter-Swanson said she will be looking for the most “creative period look.”
Her own costumes will be few and far between during the day’s activities; she doesn’t sell or rent them and rarely allows them out of her house. Only a handful of city officials will don items from Carter-Swanson’s costume treasure chest.
“My costumes are not really for being outside all day,” said Carter-Swanson. “ I have three ball gowns from the 1900s— there’s no way I'm going to let them be dragged on the blacktop through the dirt.”
As a lifetime member of the Society for Creative Anachronism— an international group dedicated to recreating the arts and skills of pre-17th century Europe— the Sutherlin woman explained that she fell in love with period clothing and introducing live history in schools through theatrical arts.
Her passion for costumes in general, she said, is a result of her inner child combined with the fascination of turning a mundane life into a fantasy with the hem of a dress, the tip of a hat.
• You can reach reporter Cara Pallone at 957-4208 or by e-mail at cpallone@nrtoday.com.
Carter-Swanson said she will be looking for the most “creative period look.”
Her own costumes will be few and far between during the day’s activities; she doesn’t sell or rent them and rarely allows them out of her house. Only a handful of city officials will don items from Carter-Swanson’s costume treasure chest.
“My costumes are not really for being outside all day,” said Carter-Swanson. “ I have three ball gowns from the 1900s— there’s no way I'm going to let them be dragged on the blacktop through the dirt.”
As a lifetime member of the Society for Creative Anachronism— an international group dedicated to recreating the arts and skills of pre-17th century Europe— the Sutherlin woman explained that she fell in love with period clothing and introducing live history in schools through theatrical arts.
Her passion for costumes in general, she said, is a result of her inner child combined with the fascination of turning a mundane life into a fantasy with the hem of a dress, the tip of a hat.
• You can reach reporter Cara Pallone at 957-4208 or by e-mail at cpallone@nrtoday.com.
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