I just spent this last Casa de Fruta renaissance faire chatting with Kayta about German costuming for the 16th century and my upcoming firsts attemp at proper garb for the Dickens Festival. She was and is an inspiration, and will be deeply missed.
--- On Mon, 11/8/10, penny1a <[email protected]> wrote: From: penny1a <[email protected]> Subject: [h-cost] Fwd: R.I.P. Carolyn Kayta Barrows To: "h-costume" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, November 8, 2010, 4:34 PM [Penny Ladnier] Forwarding this about Kayta. She was a h-costume member for years. Kayta sure will be missed. >> She is survived by two daughters, Eileen Martz, Eleanor Martz Gomez, >> Eleanor's husband Paolo Gomez, her "little" brother Gary, his wife >> Sabrina, and their children, and her mother. >> >> According to Eleanor, Kayta's stated wishes were that she did not >> want a >> funeral or big memorial service. As an alternative, I would suggest: >> >> Have a small gathering of friends, and serve caramels and >> butterscotch >> flavored items. Kayta greatly enjoyed butterscotch pudding. >> >> No matter which group Kayta was in, she was frequently a teacher. In >> S.C.A. and science fiction fandom, she taught hand crafts such as >> embroidery, hand sewing, and provided information on how to be a >> better >> costumer. For Dickens Faire, some remember her for helping them learn >> how to dance. So, if you have something that you can teach others, do >> so. It doesn't have to be hand crafts. Just share your knowledge with >> other people, and that will be a memorial to her. >> >> If you have a historical park in your neighborhood, help it out. >> See if >> they would like some historical re-enactors to put on period >> appropriate >> events. Kayta was involved with the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco >> where she created period appropriate events, one of them being a >> Suffragette Protest in March, I believe. If someone local could >> step in >> and keep events alive there, that would be a living memorial. >> >> One of the best gifts that Kayta gave me was that she was >> diplomatically >> honest with me when no one else would tell me things that I needed to >> know. I encourage others to do this with someone that others may find >> difficult. >> >> At this point, Kayta's daughters have not stated any particular >> wishes. >> If people want to send condolence messages, I will forward them. I do >> not feel right publishing their e-mail addresses at this time. If >> anything is stated, I will let people know. __________________________________________________________ Penny Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites <http://www.costumegallery.com> www.costumegallery.com 14 websites of fashion, textiles, & costume history ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.21, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.16250) http://www.pctools.com/ ======= -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
