Nany Evans oral history.indd - Washington Secretary of State

een a long day. Then Dan was up a few hours later, off to go be governor. Well, I was up
too with the boys.
Hughes: (Handing her a photo) I don’t know
if this was your first inaugural gown, but I
thought it was really lovely. I love this photo.
Evans: (laughs) That was in 1973. The dress
is bright red – a pretty deep, cranberry sort
of red.
Hughes: Which son is this with you?
Evans: That’s Danny, our oldest son. … And
those long gloves I’m wearing! I still have
those gloves somewhere. So what is he –
about 12? He’s got a Prince Valiant haircut.
He was born in ’60 so this would be the 1973
Inaugural Ball. I liked that dress, too. It was
Danny dances with his mom at the 1973 Inaugural Ball.
Evans family album
bright red and very daring because the back
was bare. It had a jacket. I wore the jacket
for the official proceedings that took place. Then I did take the red jacket off to dance. Dan
liked that too. (laughs)
Hughes: What I like is the look in that boy’s eyes. He isn’t looking embarrassed to be
dancing with his mom. He’s really proud of her.
Evans: He was having a wonderful time. But Mark was not. I remember that, Mark went
home early. Mark was not going to dance.
Hughes: I think a lot of little boys would be real self-conscious.
Evans: No, Danny liked things like that.
Hughes: Did you have any first impressions about the Mansion as a place to live, that
when you turned on the faucets, flushed the toilet or whatever, that you were going to
have some challenges?
Evans: Well, it didn’t take long to discover the little idiosyncrasies that the house had. The
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