A Mayflower Tribute
- Elizabeth and Stephen Hopkins. My son's ancestors
**1920s through 1970s**
- 1920s - Roaring 20s Charleston Chick
- 1950s & 1960s - Worked at Ed Debevics Oldies Restaurant. Elvis tributes
- 1960s - Four Seasons Jersey Girl
- 1960s - Four Seasons Rag Doll
- 1960s - Go Go Girl
- 1960s - Sonny & Cher
- 1970s - Abba Dancing Queen
- 1970s - Movie Grease.
Pink Lady. Summer Lovin'
- 1970s - Movie Grease. Beauty School Drop Out
**1980s Rock Groups**
- Boston
- Drop Kick Murphy
- Led Zeppelin (I had out-of-body experiences to Kashmir)
- Guns and Roses
- Bon Jovi
- White Snake
- Journey
- Foreigner
- Astronaut Lady
**Beatles & Royalty**
- Beatles & Me
- Beatles Sgt. Pepper Lonely Heart Club Band
- Princess Diana & Prince Charles
- Princess Diana's gown. I found the wedding dress I used for stage at the Salvation Army Chicago Center. After star Anna Nicole Smith died tragically, it was sent there. She wore it when she married the billionaire.
- Collector items: Royal Peggy Nisbet dolls I took on Las Vegas karaoke stages.
- Kate Middleton's wedding gown. I sewed my own version of it.
- Barbie Bride
- Bridal Barbie dancing on table
**Cats**
- Mama
- Daddy. Took him on the karaoke stage for Father's Day
**Celine Dion & Titanic**
- Large Purple Hat, long white jacket, Rose from The Titanic.
Heart Locket, posters.
- Celine white suit with sunglasses
- Molly Brown rescued passengers from the sinking Titanic.
**Chicago - birthplace**
- Mama and me 8332 S. Colfax
- Saved baby from apartment blaze upstairs
- City 2000: most interesting people in Chicago for the millennium
- Elvis-a on Rush Street
- Tuxedoed Waitress: #1 George Jewell caterer to the stars
- Gator Woman when I worked at Quaker Oats/Gatorade. Company picnic
- Chicago Blackhawks - hockey skater
- Chicago White Sox - baseball
- Elvis-a at White Sox Comiskey Stadium
- Chicago Cubby Bear
- Chicago Honey Bear
- Blues Brothers' Sister
- Mrs. Al Capone
**Christian Scientist Stars**
- Alan Shephard, 1st man in outer space
- Bea Roegge, Teacher
- Bonnie Carroll, TAPS, "Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors"
- Bud Egil Krogh, President Richard Nixon's secretary. He allowed Elvis an unannounced visit to meet with the president. "Elvis Meets Nixon."
- H.R. Haldeman President Nixon's Chief of Staff agreed to the visit.
- Picture most requested in the National Archives: President Nixon & Elvis shaking hands.
- Charles Percy, Senator from my ancestral state of Illinois
- Claire Wiest, my art teacher who taught European Impressionist painting
- Desirée Goyette, Singer, composer, voice over for Betty Boop.
- Doris Day, Actress & Singer
- Dwight Frye, Broadway and Hollywood actor
- Elizabeth Taylor, Actress
- Erin Williams, Around the Clock
CD for CedarS Bible & Horseback Riding Camps
- George Bright Engel played Georgette Mary Tyler Moore Show
-
Jean Harlow, 1st sex symbol
- Jean Stapleton, Edith on the TV show All in the Family
-
Jim Henson, Creator of the Muppets. Miss Piggy my best costume
- Larry Groce, Disney singer, Christian Science Hymns, Mountain Stage Host
- Marilyn Monroe, grandmother Christian Scientist. Actress, singer, dancer
- Marlon Brando, Actor
- Mary Baker Eddy, Discover and Founder Christian Science healing
- Michael Nesmith, actor, singer, songwriter, guitarist. TV show, The Monkees.
Mother Bette invented "Liquid Paper."
-
Phyllis Ford Frick, Musical Comedy, Director Seniors as Stars
- Queen of Karaoke, me. Had home birthing without drugs, with a Christian Science practitioner & nurse, midwife & doctor. Had Art Exhibition. Church suit.
- Robert Duvall - Actor
- Robin Williams, Improvisational Actor. Mork & Mindy TV Show
-
Val Kilmer,
Actor
**Christmas**
– Mother Mary, Joseph human father, and holy baby Jesus. I sing in Latin: Ave Maria
- Jesus disciple mentioned 12 times more than any other: Mary Magdalene
- Angel
- Christmas Tree framed artwork on black velvet. Made from vintage jewelry
- On the Christmas tree is a tiny jeweled Purple Heart Medal as my deceased Veteran was awarded for shedding his blood for America.
- Elvis Graceland Musical Christmas. He always won Christmas awards for his life-sized Nativity Scene and decorations.
- Harry Chapin costumed karaoke tribute song Mr. Tanner
that has Oh Holy Night
in the back ground.
- Snow White musical Christmas doll
- Song: Dominick the Donkey
- Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
- Tweety & Sylvester Christmas
- Mistletoe for song "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
- Christmas White leather, fur trim, and muff
- Hound Dog
- Tall to the ceiling Inflatable Snowman
– Baker/ Chef - Gingerbread House
– Dickens Christmas Caroler
– Drummer Girl
– Ghost of Mrs. Jacob Marley, A Christmas Carol
– Mrs. Santa, bells, tambourine, muff
– Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
– Snoopy
– Toy Soldier
- Polar Bear Express
- New Years Baby & 2 Polar Bear cubs
- Happy New Year Baby
**Cosplay**
- Cos Girl
**Country & Western**
- Daisy Duke, Dukes of Hazzard
- Dukes of Hazzard
sounds making car #1
- Hank Williams Jr. on flag
- Patsy Cline white boots with cut out stars
- Patsy Cline fringed suede jacket
- June Carter Cash, Johnny Cash
- Country Sheriff, guns, holster
- Loretta Lynn, Coal Miner's Daughter.
-
Hank the horse as tribute to Hank Williams, Sr. & Jr.
- Country costume, hat, tiara, Hank the horse!
- Mrs. General Lee
- Devil Went Down to Georgia tribute Charlie Daniels. 2 fiddles. One pink, the other painted gold with German gold fleck scattered on the surface.
- Dolly Parton. My 1st costumed karaoke character
- Lil' White Church
- Lynyrd Skynyrd, Excalibur Vegas, where I performed costumed karaoke
- Country Chuck Manning, Nevada Broadcaster's Hall of Fame, karaoke
**Dances**
- Disco
- Belly dancer
- Charleston
- Hula
- Country line dance
- Tap
- Ballet
- Locomotion Dance
- Polka Dancing Lady
- Line Dance at George Jewell #1 Chicago Caterer to the Stars. I was Human Resource Director for Human Development.
- Jitterbug, Polish Polka, Italian Tarantella, Zorba the Greek, Hokey Pokey, French Can-Can, Ballroom Dancing, Dance of the Veils, Limbo, Disco, Chicken Dance at Vegas Hofbrauhaus House, Ballet, Tap, Irish dance, Tango, Waltz, Chorus Line, Cowboy Boogie, Samba, Mambo #5, Macarena, Madonna's Vogue, Twist, Dear Lady Twist, Mashed Potatoes, Electric Slide, Peppermint Twist, At the Hop, BooGaLoo, Stroll, Watusi, Achy Breaky Heart, Cha-Cha Slide, Cha-Cha, Cupid Shuffle, Washing Machine, The Roach, The Fly, Square Dancing, Bus Stop, The Wobble, Shimmy, Hula, The Locomotion, Charleston, Belly Dance, The Jerk, The Freddy, Cooperhead Road line dance, The Pony, The Frug, The Bunny Hop, The Swim, The Popeye, Hitch Hike, the Bristol Stomp, The Monkey, The Strut, The Tighten Up, Calypso, Applejack, and Hand Jive.
**Disney, Cartoons, Animals**
- Cinderella & Prince Charming
- Polar Bear Lady, Great White Polar Bear Day February 27
- Donald Duck and Daisy Duck Kissing
- Donald's nephews, Huey, Dewey & Louie
- Donald's Uncle Scrooge
- Costume Form I made with Daisy Duck's picture
- Minnie and Mickey Mouse
- Pinocchio's sister, Penelope
- Mrs. Davy Jones Pirates of the Caribbean
-
Chicken (Hen) Lays Egg
- Clown
**Disney Snow White**
- Movie Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs
-
Snow white kisses dwarf, Dopey, on the head. He's smarter
- My wicked Stepmother Queen's costume for karaoke stages
- Wicked Queen drinks potion to transform into a witch to kill Snow White
- Wicked witch kills Snow White with poisoned apple
- Wicked Witch costume on Vegas Strip stage
- Green monster fingers for witch
- White rat for effect
- Witches cauldron for fog prop
- Rags to Riches Snow White
- Rags Snow White
- Riches Snow White
- The Prince
- Picture for top of coffin
- I made a transportable coffin with plexiglas on the top. Laid in it with flashlight in front of stage awaiting my karaoke turn.
- Russian Collectable postcard. Snow White is blonde
- Picture on top of coffin of the Prince kissing Snow White and bringing her back from death.
**Elvis-a** 85,000 Tribute artists. I say and sing "I love Elvis."
- Elvis Gospel How Great Thou Art
-
Graceland, Elvis' home & cemetery. Daddy & Grandpa Valentine gravediggers
- Graceland portrait: Elvis had very blonde hair, blue eyes, light skin as Jesus had.
- Wig I made for Elvis-a for karaoke
- Restored, painted, and framed the Elvis painting
- Sewed and Made-in-America Gold Lame leggings for Elvis-a costume
- Authentic Elvis belt I purchased and wore for costumed karaoke
- My 1950s self-made costume
- Fabric for cape
- Sister Rose took me to see Elvis when I was 9. I prayed for him during concert. 2 months later, he met Dolores Hart, movie, Loving You.
Both spiritually minded. She left Hollywood to become a cloistered nun until today & took a religious vow of silence as I did from ages 7-42.
- Elvis Solder boy in Germany
- Me as Elvis-a
- Movie Change of Habit
with Mary Tyler Moore. Same as Dolores Hart wears today.
- Elvis song, Polk Salad Annie,
about a girl and her mother meaner than alligators.
- Me, Elvis, and James Dean on costumed karaoke stage
- Jailhouse Rock
**European & Japanese
- Polish Lady singing Johnny's Knocking
-
Tribute to Polish American singer Bobby Vinton "Melody of Love."
- Polish self Made-in-America costume with accordion
- Polish Dancing Lady
- Polish karaoke props
- Chicago's Polish Constitution Parade
- Polish Queen Jadwiga & her axe tried to release her lover from the castle dungeon: 11-year-old head of army, William.
- Eva Peron, Don't Cry for Me Argentina
-
French torch singer,
Édith Piaf, La Vien Rose
-
French Moulin Rouge singer
-
French Can-Can dancer
- French Queen Marie Antoinette
- French Queen's self-made hoop skirt
- French Queen's self-made wig I sewed with three pieces
- French Queen Marie gown for the Las Vegas karaoke stage
- French Queen's portraitess
- German Milk Maid
- German Shepherd tribute to my former pet, Queenie, who mothered 52 puppies, including 13 from Von Nassau Sherpa. Some of his pups worth $10,000
- Irish Woolen Long Cape and Hood
- Irish parade
- Ireland pot-of-gold
- Italian Girl on Chicago karaoke TV, Glamour Productions
- I modeled at the Art Institute Las Vegas. Japanese Royal Bride
- My Japanese Royal Bride gown and self made hat and white bow on Las Vegas karaoke stage
- Carmen Miranda Portugal and Brazil
- Carmen Miranda Tuitti Fruiti Girl
- Spain
- Spain puppeteer and antique blue-eyed puppet
- Spanish headpiece
- Spain, also used for Mexican murdered Selena's performance
- Scottish Bagpipers
**Firefighters, Police, Occupations**
- March 29, 1960 - I helped save a 3-month old baby. Made costume tribute
- Firefighter costume, life-like doll, Las Vegas Mandalay Bay, House of Blues
- Firefighter costume on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas Boulevard/Flamingo
- Police Woman handcuffs and gun
- Fashion Police
- School Girl or Author as me with my manuscript & published books
- Tuxedoed Waitress
- Grandpa Kopaczewski, Polish Russian General & EJE Chief Railroad Engineer
- Maid turned Author
- Nurse
**Gone with the Wind #1 Movie, Scarlett O'Hara nurse to Southern Veterans
- Poster
- Ashley Wilkes, the soldier Scarlett loved
- Scarlett's wig I designed
- Famous Gone with the Wind
white BBQ gown. Self-taught, sewed & designed
- Made the necklace
- Made the umbrella
- Collector's doll Scarlett O'Hara White gown
- Me as Scarlett O'Hara and friend Clarence Malcolm as General Lee
- Baker's Heirloom Seed Festival. Changed to White and Green gowns
- Famous Green Velvet Gown
- Scarlett needed $300 to save the family plantation after the Civil War
- Self Made-in-America Scarlett O'Hara hat.
- Scarlett O'Hara Green Velvet Gown and purse, Las Vegas Trump Towers
- Scarlett at the Mandalay Bay House of Blues
- Black Funeral Gown, hat, veil, and cameo necklace
- Blue Portrait Gown, white fur beaded wrap I made
- Singing in the Blue Scarlett Gown with RockStar, RockBand karaoke
- Poster with Scarlett and Rhett Butler, the infamous Christmas gown & veil I sewed and Made-in-America
- White / Blue /Black "Don't Look Back" gown
**Halloween**
- Dracula
- Alice Cooper's Ballad of Dwight Frye. I break out of self-designed straightjacket on karaoke stage in Las Vegas
- Alice Cooper's Dead Babies Gothic Baby carriage
- Alice Cooper's Dead Baby Bette
- Alice Cooper's Poison
-
Weird Al's Like a Surgeon
-
Halloween She-Devil
- Glamorous Witch
- Witch's hat I made with tarantula spider legs
- Ghostbusters
- Ghost Riders in the Sky
- Gravedigger
Dave Matthews, Grandpa Valentine & Daddy were gravediggers, the lowest paying job in America.
- Orange witch's hat
- Halloween skeletonize weapon
- Skeleton head with red eyes that light up
- Bride of Frankenstein
- Halloween Katrina the Cat & her mouse
- Elvira
- Mrs. Freddy Krueger from the movie Nightmare on Elm Street
-
Bride of Death costume. See separate tab for the day I scared author, Stephen King, Bag of Bones'
book signing.
- Vulture
**House of Blues**
- Me singing the White Blues
- Costume: Mama of 12 babies, worked full time, caretaker for Grandpa, made food from scratch "if" we had money. Daddy worked, lowest wages
- Blues costume. Mama's ripped up shoes and ragged dirty dress
- Homeless man as my Vietnam Veteran who was a victim of suicide after a woman who studied voodoo stole him from me and the boys. Karaoke was a way I could make others happy and to heal the grief I still carry.
- Pregnant mother
- Jailhouse Rock, Elvis' I Wanna Be Free
about a prisoner
- My first Janis Joplin tribute Cry Baby, Me & Bobby McGee, Piece of My Heart, One Good Man.
-
Janis Joplin, White blues singer. The album cover Pearl
inspired by self-made costume and boa headpiece.
- Janis Joplin's song Ball and Chain
-
Joplin was an artist and painted Jesus in the Garden of Agony
- House of Blues, my Lady Leprechaun costume
- Blues Brothers Sister
- Smoke on the Water
-
Tony House of Blues RockStar, RockBand karaoke lead guitarist and singer
- Tommy & Christian guitarist at the House of Blues
- Max the drummer at the House of Blues who told me he was Jewish
- Audience takes a picture, my free souvenir. I never got paid but did it out of love
**Jesus Christ**
- Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary & announced Immaculate Conception
- Jesus statue I purchased on the way to karaoke at the World Greatest Souvenir Store in Las Vegas. I looked for a smaller object; mine is 2 1/2' tall.
- I took a whip on stage as Jesus whipped the Jewish moneychangers out of the Temple and then healed the sick people
- Jesus and a statue of Mother Mary & the whip
- Self-made cross earrings
- I Love Jesus necklace
- St. Mary Magdalene's where I attended as a girl: the mural of the Jews crucifixion of Jesus.
- Easter Egg basket represented Jesus' Resurrection
- I baked and professionally decorated an Easter Lamb, then cut it up, and distributed it to the audience and karaoke staff
- On stage as an Easter Bunny
- Jesus and Mary Magdalene, most mentioned disciple
**Patriotic & Military**
- First President General George Washington and First Lady Martha
- President Andrew Jackson used to have dinners for 20 and then dance for 4 hours with the citizens.
- President John Kennedy's wife, Jackie. I sewed the Pink suit, hat, and made the Chanel-type purse. It's the suit she wore the day of the assassination. Princess Diana and Michelle Obama wore it also.
- Uncle Sam's wife, Samantha. Sang "Politically Uncorrect."
- Decorated patriotic hat
- Mink coat in the form of an American flag. I asked to borrow it after 9/11 to pay USA tributes
- Seven American flags no one wanted so I took them on Vegas stages, got people from the audience to hold them, and sang patriotic songs as a choir.
- Me & deceased US Marine Purple Heart Hall of Honor husband. Only 1 of 100 veterans sheds their blood. His ancestry back to the first ship to colonize America, The Mayflower.
His ancestor, Stephen & Elizabeth Hopkins. Their baby, Oceanus, only child born on the ship from England to America.
- Metalized holy picture. A similar religious object saved my veteran husband's life when he battled the Non-European American Communists, who killed 100,000,000 European American Christians since 1917.
- Self Made-in-America picture hat with feathered boas, a US Marine lady hat on top, and 1776 American flagged fabric.
- Purple Heart medal of honor
- Orbs in picture
-
Me mourning at veteran husband's tombstone at Veterans' cemetery. All he wanted was the end of Communism & 21-gun salute funeral. He got the funeral he wanted but not the end of Communism.
- My US Marine sword blade. Jewish Star of David & Made in China carved in it. In 2007, I protested at the "No More Wars For Israel" conference. In 2020, President Trump ended the Middle Eastern Wars.
- Vintage jeweled Christmas Tree picture I restored
- There's a book that opens up with artist husband's veterans picture.
- Also in the artwork is a small replica of the Purple Heart Medal
- I have four military costumed tributes
- MARINES: US Marine Lady with Sword & Sheath. I sang He's Got a Purple Heart; She's Got a Heart of Gold.
Freddie Hart.
- AIR FORCE: I Dream of Jeannie TV about two Air Force astronauts. My costume, framed pictures for stage, and self-made hairpiece.
- Barbara Eden star of Jeannie.
Many people say I look like her. My veteran husband's favorite show.
- I'm on stage singing Genie in a Bottle.
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Navy: Female version of the famous Cracker Jack costume. Sang In the Navy.
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ARMY: Mrs. George Patton. He was considered the greatest general in US history.
**Queens and Goddesses**
- Queen of Karaoke, first costume, self Made-in-America
- Marie Antoinette, French Queen, Beheaded. Sewed 3' wig, added mask, and butterfly for costumed karaoke. In real life she was simple and wore cotton dresses.
- Self Made-in-America hoop skirt for that 1700s era.
- Full Queen Marie Antoinette Costume
- Her portraitess
- I jeweled a snake for Cobra Lady
- Golden Goddess
- White Roman Goddess
- Me with White Roman Julius Caesar at Caesar's Palace's 40th anniversary
- Lady Godiva rode without clothes on a horse down the streets of English to protest taxes to her lord husband. She defended the citizenry. It might be a myth or a lesson.
- Mardi Gras New Orleans. Queen's hat along with my Queen of Karaoke self Made-in- America costume.
**Singers & Stars**
- Dolly Parton, my first costume for karaoke
- Cher
- Cher hat I made from the movie Mermaid
- Fish necklace I created for my costumed karaoke tribute to the movie Mermaid
- I designed the Mermaid's fins from Dollar Store iridescent tissue paper, attached wires for each hand, and the fish's fins flapped as I walked through the aisles.
- Diana Ross and the Supremes or Supremacists
- Frank Sinatra Tribute. Belted out My Way, Chicago, New York-New York, Witchcraft
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Tribute to 1950s legend James Dean, Elvis' idol
- Me as "Miss Kiss"
- Lady Gaga Bad Romance
and Pokerface
-
Kava the Cave Woman for costumed karaoke
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Cave woman costume props: real bones I painted
-
Madonna. Made a top inspired by the Gaultier Cones.
Sang many of her songs with costumes I sewed and designed.
- I laid on stage backward as Madonna dressed in Marilyn Monroe's Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend's pink gown that I made also
- Mae West, actress, singer, screenwriter, comedian, sex symbol.
- Bought a new white guitar, case, tuner, and an extra set of strings for $.01 on eBay. No one wanted it but me.
- Robert Palmer, back up singer with white guitar
- Queen of Hearts from a Poker deck
- Renaissance Woman
- Fleetwood Mac - Stevie Nix. Vietnam Veteran husband's favorite group. As a FritoLay manager, he'd have parties for his sales staff & play the album Rumors all night long.
- Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nix. When I had home-birthing, 10 lb. baby boy without drugs, my veteran husband played the song Go Your Own Way to drown out my universe-shattering screams during labor.
- Tina Turner Mad Max Beyond the Thunderdome
- Tina Turner
- Queen of Karaoke Showgirl with Peacock Feathered headpiece
- Tribute to the rock group White Snake. In karaoke sang, Shake my Tree and Here We Go Again
- I Love Lucy
Tribute TV series
- I Love Lucy
Vita-Meata-Vega-Men Commercial
- I Made-in-America, Lucy 1950s hat
- Two Blue Extraterrestrials UFOs
- Two Blue Extraterrestrials and baby UFOs
- Sinead O'Connor Baldheaded Singer
- Lil' Orphan Annie tribute & the cartoon for the day I was born
**Sports**
- See Chicago tab for Chicago sports
- Baseball, Tribute to St. Louis Hall of Fame Polish American #6 Stan Musial.
- Baseball St. Louis Cardinals
- Cardinals mascot Fred Bird hat, bat, and ball
- Vintage Double Bubble bat & ball keyring
- Stan Musial tribute. Red sequined shorts and tights, red sequined shoes, white jersey, red cardinal bird on a pine branch for costumed karaoke
- Golf Girl
- Tennis Barbie, made the white tennis outfit with bloomers and the hat
- Gymnastics, Branson, Missouri. Me as Elvis-a
- YMCA weight-lifting
- YMCA kicks
- Nascar Nellie a tribute to race car driving
**Stephen King Author"
- The day I scared horror author, Stephen King. His first book signing. Even though my company, George Jewell assigned me to scare him & the audience, King called the police on me thinking I was a stalker.Chicago Harold Washington Library.
- Audience pix
- Bride of Death costume I first rented, then made my own for costumed karaoke. On stage, Las Vegas karaoke, holding Stephen King's book, "Bag of Bones."
**Superheroines**
Autobiography Protestor
Batwoman
Wonder Woman
Renaissance - Silver Chain Mail Mazia
**Wizard of Oz**
- Scarecrow
-Glinda the Good Witch's jewelry I adorned and added to cutout
- Witch and Glinda
- Dorothy's Ruby Red Slippers
- Dorothy, Toto, Glinda
- Toto the Dog
- Lion's Badge of Courage
- Lion
- Lil’ Munchkin - Lollipop Land. I sewed slippers and attached to hem of long skirt that covered my legs when I knelt to look like a small person.
- Munchkin & Glinda
- Tin Woman makeup
- Tin Woman props, axe, heart made from an old CD, real oil can.
- Wicked Monkey
- Wicked Witch of the East w/broom
- Wicked Witch costume on top, Dorothy's hidden underneath. When Dorothy threw boiling water on the witch, the witch melted to the stage floor. When the music played Ding Dong the Witch is dead,
I slowly took off the outer witch costume and stood up as Dorothy!