I might be on stage, or at least my wedding gown might be
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (334404)
Rockingham, Australia
October 22, 2022 11:52pm CST
When we first came to Treeby, I priced getting my wedding dress dry-cleaned but the cost was prohibitive as, after 51 years, it needed some restoration as well as cleaning.
I tried to find a home for it and eventually, came up with the idea that a theatre group might like to add it to their wardrobe. I was given the name of several theatre groups and one has replied, saying they’ll shortly be performing a play which calls for just such a dress so we’ll be dropping the gown at their theatre on Tuesday.
While it’s a bit sad, it’s nice to think it might be appearing on stage. I wonder if they might give us free tickets to the play. That would be nice.
I’ve put up the photo before but here it comes again! It's okay to comment on the sideburns again. ![](/Content/images/emotes/lol.gif)
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
23 Oct 22
What's wrong with Vince's sideburns? ![](/Content/images/emotes/lol.gif)
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
23 Oct 22
@JudyEv
You're asking a man if sideburns "dates" another man? I see... You haven't been around many men, have you? ![](/Content/images/emotes/rasp.gif)
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@Beestring (14133)
• Hong Kong
23 Oct 22
Oh, I love the photo. Your wedding dress is so beautiful.
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@Beestring (14133)
• Hong Kong
23 Oct 22
@JudyEv Well, wearing it only once is also a blessing. ![](/Content/images/emotes/happy.gif)
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@JudyEv (334404)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Oct 22
@Beestring Haha - yes, that is very true too. I need to remember that. ![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbup.gif)
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@BarBaraPrz (46490)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
23 Oct 22
The sideburns seem well-behaved, but that nose! I'm assuming he eventually grew into it...
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
23 Oct 22
It is indeed a lovely dress.
Hope you get free tickets to the play/show.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
24 Oct 22
@JudyEv good luck to you.
It will be great to see in person your wedding dress on stage.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16686)
• China
23 Oct 22
You find a right place for your wedding dress ! Seeing the photo taken 51 years ago,you are definitely immersed in the happy recollection once again.
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@LadyDuck (467179)
• Switzerland
24 Oct 22
@JudyEv Your dress is very pretty. My dress is the dress and the fur-trimmed hood, because it was very cold when I got married. I was looking yesterday evening and the pretty daughter of my neighbors. She is tiny and not tall, she is now 18 years old and she has a boyfriend. I am going to show my dress to my neighbor.
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@1creekgirl (41067)
• United States
23 Oct 22
That's a lovely photo! Congrats on your career in live theater. Let us know more!
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@1creekgirl (41067)
• United States
24 Oct 22
@JudyEv Have you ever wanted to be on stage in person?
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@JudyEv (334404)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Oct 22
@1creekgirl A friend and I co-wrote three plays which were performed in Donnybrook. Vin and I both had parts in the chorus in a couple of musicals before we were married and Vince has performed a couple of my monologues on stage. That's about the extent of our stage careers. ![](/Content/images/emotes/happy.gif)
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@LindaOHio (170715)
• United States
23 Oct 22
What a lovely photo. I should give my dress away too.
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@JudyEv (334404)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Oct 22
@LindaOHio We did get rid of a lot but we still have too much.
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@LindaOHio (170715)
• United States
24 Oct 22
@JudyEv I kinda hate giving mine away; but we have too much stuff.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
24 Oct 22
So beautiful wedding picture! Good idea and hope you get complimentary tickets!
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@GardenGerty (159754)
• United States
24 Oct 22
I have MOST of my wedding dress here. When my daughter got married we took the sleeves from mine and put on her dress. My mom had done Irish Crochet sleeves for my ensemble. The motifs were roses with pearls in the center of each. I believe I got the idea from some wedding magazine. I know some places here in the states women donate wedding gowns to be made into baby dresses for infants who were premature or still birth to be buried in.
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@JudyEv (334404)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Oct 22
I crocheted sleeves for a blouse once out of Irish crochet motifs - with roses but without pearls. There was still some good material in this dress but I couldn't seem to find anyone who wanted to make use of it.
@FourWalls (65394)
• United States
24 Oct 22
After seeing Mungo Jerry’s sideburns in that video of “In the Summertime” there aren’t any sideburns to compare! ![](/Content/images/emotes/rofl.gif)
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@Marilynda1225 (81807)
• United States
24 Oct 22
So nice to see your beautiful wedding photo.
I hope you'll get tickets to see your wedding gown on stage. That was a great idea to offer it to a theatre group.
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@JudyEv (334404)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Oct 22
There wasn't much point in donating it a charity shop as it needs to be dry-cleaned but would cost $A250 so they would just toss it in the bin.
@Nayanikaa (45)
• Indonesia
24 Oct 22
Like the title of song "beautiful in white"
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