Also from a personal viewpoint, I enjoy some people who do first
person and interacting with them to some extent. But I have
experienced the sort who are overbearing, set on "acting" and treat
other interpretors as extras. (insulting, etc.) If that was going on
in the program, I would lose interest. Other people might enjoy that
kind of conflict.
Those of us in costume do first person. And the other volunteers at the
site, plus most of the Rangers, do what they always do, and can answer the
modern questions our characters can't ("Where's the nearest ATM machine?").
Thinking in terms of being new to the group, I would be very annoyed
if I was told my (about to be made or purchased) things were ok, and
then told later that they were not. ESPECIALLY if someone knew all
along they were not right but did not say anything!
One time I got all my fabric approved and was halfway to finishing my dress
before I was told not only that one of my colors was wrong but that it had
never been approved in the first place (same person approved and then
objected). I had to drop out of the program because I couldn't afford to
change fabrics. I'm now in a position to make sure that this doesn't
happen to any of our people.
out. Also have you considered if someone decides to give or loan
their old, incorrect item to a new person in the group?
Most of our women's garments are from our stock, so this won't happen for them.
If you can't see
the difference when the person is dressed, how soon must it be
replaced?
If it really doesn't show, I'll probably never notice it (modern
underwear), and there's only so much looking I'm prepared to do. I'll only
notice if its lack (corset, petticoat) shows.
Shirts were what I was thinking of when I mentioned replacements occasioned
by wear. If someone is currently wearing one of our shirts which I think
it's not quite right, I will offer to replace it with a more acceptable one
when that one wears out. But I will offer to do neat mends on any
otherwise acceptable shirt, regardless of ownership, because I think neat
mends done in a period style make any costume shirt look more like a real
historical garment.
There will be people complaining about "uniforms"
and "cookie cutter" looks.
Starting with me. I know what I want for the women by general silhouette,
and will provide as many different examples of this as I can, to avoid
having us all looking as "cookie cutter" as our uniformed park rangers do.
CarolynKayta Barrows
dollmaker, fibre artist, textillian
www.FunStuft.com
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