Welcome to Dapper Day
November 17, 2017 Disney Springs
November 18, 2017 Magic Kingdom
November 19, 2017 Epcot
Why the vintage baby buggy you ask? We will get to that later.
The weather was very nice. A little rain at Epcot for just an hour. We had a great time
seeing what each of us would wear each day. We started out at Disney Springs at the
mixer for Dapper Day. We got to meet new people and the night time air was just
right. You could see the fireworks from the top of the Paddlefish. That’s a restaurant
at Disney Springs. Joanie worked for months on her 3 dresses. Ray and Joanie
made the two hats for her dresses. Ray made the main part of the hats and Joanie
finished the piping and added a longer top on the brown one. We also got the rest of
the emblems for Ray’s WWII uniform. Tim wore his and Anna got a WWII nurse’s
uniform with cape online. So when Ray found out that Anna was coming dressed in
vintage he asked Tim if he would come dressed in his uniform. We had the American
flag with 48 stars before, so we were ready. It’s great to show we love the military.
Ray and Joanie served in Germany in the 80’s. Ray is also a Vietnam veteran. We
got our picture with as many people as we could. We hope you enjoy them. We also
have photographer friends and love to show their
work here. People ask, “Where do we get a Dapper
Day button like that?” Ray would say “ on my
computer and drafting table.“ The next thing that
happens is “Can you make me one?” He makes our
buttons every Dapper Day. Ray designs most of the
artwork on our web page. Buttons, link buttons,
backgrounds, favicons etc. Now for the last 3 Dapper
Days people have given us
things to wear. This vintage
TV was designed by a
friend of ours, Pam and
Brad Clements. What a
great idea. It reminds us of
the Prime Time Diner in Hollywood Studios.
Joanie’s hats. Here is a little game we made up. At the
mixer on Friday night Joanie had one hat on and walked around. Later she put the
other hat on. So later Iris Zayas said to Ray, “Didn’t Joanie have a different hat on?”
Ray said no, that’s the same hat. Ray came back to Joanie and said “ We have a
new game to play!“ That’s Ray, always
thinking. So we went back to Iris and
said, “This hat?” Joanie changed hats for
pictures that night. We made both hats to
match her dress because that is what they did
back in the day. Our days. Love to watch the
old movies and see the hats that matched the
dresses.
Video by: Space Dream Productions
Spencer and Koura Shipton © 2017
The Army man and his wife at
the Bubblegum Wall in Epcot