It's easy to see that chocolate cake and lemonade combined with live doo-wop music and vintage clothes have all the makings of a Saturday afternoon getaway right in Sioux Falls.
The Banquet, Goodwill, Salvation Army, Savers and St. Vincent De Paul are working together to put on a 2 p.m. style show focusing on thrift store clothing. The fundraiser will support programs for The Banquet, which provides meals to homeless and low-income people.
Vintage clothing shopper Rory Boyer had the idea for the fundraiser and has helped put the pieces together, says Madeline Shields, special project coordinator for The Banquet. "We talked about it and thought it would be fun."
What's not to like? The clothes are economical. The models are volunteers. The food is donated, and the music is gratis. The Banquet and participating thrift stores are selling the $4.50 tickets, which will be available at the door.
"The money raised will go into our general operating budget," Shields says.
Volunteers, guests and employees will model spring and summer outfits culled from the thrift store racks. The 30 outfits worn by women, children and men are for sale and will include a bridal gown and dresses for attendants.
Christie Ware and her daughter Meloydie, 11, will be modeling at the show.
"I'll be wearing a pink top with yellow buttons and a skort. It's like a jean color, with red sandals that are really pretty with silver flowers on them," Meloydie says. "I will be carrying a pink purse with black stripes and also wearing two bracelets. One is orange and yellow. The other is blue with flowers." A pink and white hat completes her ensemble.
Meloydie is so enchanted with her new duds that her mom plans to buy the outfit when the fashion show is over.
Christie Ware's outfit includes green pleated shorts, a knit jersey shirt, earrings and straw slides.
So far the shopping has been fun, but neither has modeled before, and they admit to some pre-show jitters. They're glad the show will be on familiar turf at The Banquet.
"Sometimes we help out there, and sometimes we eat there," Meloydie says.
The new Banquet has plenty of room for visitors. "The dining room seats about 180 people," Shields says.
Door prizes are planned, and entertainment will be provided by Joyous Harmony, with four women and a piano.
"We've been singing together a couple of years. We just do it to have fun. We sing for anyplace that wants to have entertainment and don't charge anything," says Shiloh Oorlog, pianist and singer for the group. She also works at The Banquet.
"We sing oldies, popular, folk and Christian," she says. "There will be music the whole time, with piano music during the modeling and more songs during the food."
Organizers haven't made plans to turn the style show into an annual event, but they know it shows promise.
"This won't be our last one, but we're going to take it a little slow," Shields says.
"I think it's going to be exciting," says Christie Ware.
Her daughter agrees. "I'm excited. It's going to be really fun."
Reach reporter Dorene Weinstein at 331-2315.
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