Arle -
Check out Alan Keith's California group doing traditional french songs.
http://www.keithmusic.com/TdF.html
Get a generic loose fitting peasant shirt, colorful scarf, and snappy
hat, and you are off, without spending bunches of cash.
I'm guessing that the peasant shirt is suitable for all kinds of busking,
Renn.Faires, periods and nations. Peasants were everywhere.
- Paul
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On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 12:44:31 -0400 Arle Lommel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
> I'm hoping for some suggestions of what sort of costuming might go
> well with a more or less French folk HG. Every year in October I
> participate in a local program in Bloomington, Indiana called the
> Ghost Walk and go playing my gurdy to accompany processions of
> students and other people around to see supposedly haunted sites.
> The
> past three years I have gone as a monk, but this year I am looking
>
> for something different. I would like whatever I find to be
> something
> that would also work well for busking, perhaps something "old
> looking" to people.
>
> As a note, I do NOT want to be dressed as a jester, particularly not
>
> in one of those ridiculous polyester jobs in dayglo colors that you
>
> can find everywhere.
>
> I should also mention that I am more interested in patterns than in
>
> any pre-made costume, since anything worth having for use as a
> busker
> and for processions will really need to be custom made. If anyone
> has
> any suggestions for what might work well, please let me know. (Also,
>
> since my name does not reveal my gender, I am male, so
> recommendations for "merry wench" or "peasant lassie" outfits would
>
> not help me.)
>
> Best,
>
> Arle
>
>
