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Although most belugas around here are seen as white humps above the water (they swim at the surface and have no dorsal
fin), many of the costumes were sounding (tails up) or breaching (heads up). There are several heads, just because they're
likeable, and lots of tails because belugas have beautiful flukes and flukes were the easiest to make. Twenty-four costumes
were planned for the pod.
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| Phil and Nina and their boat barn, where the Beluga Babes were born. |
The day before the race, women carrying sewing machines and creativity converged to create the costumes. We all cooperated
with camaraderie and completed our 24 costumes in one day. There was even time to join the contra-dance that evening!
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| Sewing machines, fabric, silk flowers and ribbon covered all the copious workspaces in the barn. |
The Beluga Babes included:
Deborah Boege-Tobin
Jen Booz
Nina Daley
Laurie Daniel
Carmen Field
Gail Heineman
Carol Kerkvliet
Therese Lewandowski
Terri Mach
Sue Mauger
Mary McBurney
Ann Oberlitner
Emilie and Elsa Otis
Lia Parker
Melon Purcell
Elisa Russ
Bette Seaman
Caroline Storm
Nicky Szarzi
Yvette Tousignant
Barb Way
Honorary Belugas:
Phil Cowan
Owen Tousignant
Support Critters:
Kusko Kerkvliet
Sally Purcell
Tyson Purcell
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| Pre-race fitting. |
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| Yet another use for a blue tarp - IT'S OUR OCEAN! |
Nina and Phil donated their old unappreciated blue tarp from the wood pile, enabling Carol's great idea of making an ocean
for the whales to be realized. We cut a hole for each beluga, and the pod swam together for a group photo.
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| Oh yeah, we're supposed to ski. |
The Beluga Babes won the Best Group Theme prize. Although newspaper coverage was curiously minimal, there is a lovely photo
of Emilie Otis skiing and pulling her juvenile beluga babe Elsa in a sled (with proper gray, not white, coloration), in the
February 7, 2007 Homer Tribune, page A9.
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| Impromptu tailgate party apres-ski. |
More Beluga pages:
Anchorage pre-preparation
More crafting at Melon's
Boat Barn Day
Pre-ski face paint at the barn
Belugas in the ocean
Loose Belugas
As the pod disperses
All photos on all the Beluga pages are clickable links to a full-size photo that will open in a separate window!
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