Hope Association livens up Rumford with Winter Fashion Show

: Portraying Elvis, Keith White of Mexico strikes a pose for local paparazzi early Thursday afternoon during the Hope Association’s Winter Fashion Show held in the Rumford Armory. Association clients modeled clothing from the Armory’s The What Not Shop in 21 runway sessions set to rollicking dance music. The Hope Association serves 11 different areas in Western Maine, including Farmington, providing services for people with intellectual disabilities.

: Clients and staff of the Hope Association form a conga line beside a lady wearing a fox mask on Thursday for the association’s Winter Fashion Show runway finale in the Rumford Armory. The finale was set to Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis’s song, “The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?).” Keith White of Mexico, right center, models an Elvis outfit.

: Annabel Taylor, 18 months, of Rumford, dances on Thursday afternoon to Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis’s hit song, “The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?),” during the Hope Association’s Winter Fashion Show runway finale in the Rumford Armory.