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Post by Edward St. Vincent on Sept 24, 2006 17:53:40 GMT -5
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Post by Fainche O'Ceallaigh on Sept 27, 2006 20:56:54 GMT -5
It's enough for me trying to contend with yards and yards of fabric in that small space without having any extra "baggage." ;D No, see, that's what the handicapped portaprivies are for. They were a GODSEND this year. With all the props I had hooked onto my belt, and that awful dress, and bloomers, and all the layers of a faire costume (it was worse as a gypsy) - the handicapped privies were just the right size for clunky faire costumes. |
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DameGoode
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Post by DameGoode on Sept 28, 2006 7:49:31 GMT -5
Yeah, try a hoop skirt in full Elizabethian court garb. That's a really scary trip! At least with wings and Gypsy gear you can de-garb before entering the horror. You can't exactly drop the three skirts you are wearing (usually expensive fabric and it's muddy) to run in the skivvies to the portalet. Although I suppose you could IF you've a booth friend close enough to them.
Suggestions for next year, more more more more music!
As for worrying about bagpipes, go to a REAL Highland Games! Try 25 pipe bands in 5 square miles playing 13 different songs at different times! It works. (Not that I am suggesting that for GLMF! We'd really never hear Silent Lion!)
And I think our site needs more color! I know this is difficult due to weather. Mud tends to drown everything out. But it's a medieval fest. Medieval means really clashing bright colors! (Well for nobility and festival days.....)
Just my opinion.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Sept 28, 2006 8:19:28 GMT -5
25 bands playing 13 different songs on bagpipes. WOW!!! My question to you is how do you know they were 13 different songs? With the exception of "Amazing Grace" every song I've ever heard on a bagpipe sounded like every other song I ever heard on a bagpipe. So, midst the cacophony of untold pipes how could you distinguish one from another? HANK.
P.S. As you might gather, I'm not a HUGE bagpipe fan. Barrett is quite enough for me. I really don't want to hear bagpipes from every corner of the shire, non stop from 10AM till 7:00PM!!
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Sept 28, 2006 8:36:13 GMT -5
As to the subject of costumes, far be it from me to tell anyone what they can wear. But from what I have seen on folks at the Faire does cause me to make some comments. Maybe you should consider practicality over authenticity. The ladies especially. I've seen beautiful skirts absorb 20 lbs of water and mud on a rainy day, don't you find cleaning that a total nightmare? Not to mention going to the privy in a skirt that billows out in a 6 ft diameter circle. And while some of the material is absolutely gorgeous, is it really comfortable on a 95 degree day with 98% humidity? A lot of folks looked like they were being cooked in their own sweat. Just my two cents worth. HANK.
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Post by Sir Trevor on Sept 28, 2006 9:43:24 GMT -5
As to the subject of costumes, far be it from me to tell anyone what they can wear. But from what I have seen on folks at the Faire does cause me to make some comments. Maybe you should consider practicality over authenticity. The ladies especially. I've seen beautiful skirts absorb 20 lbs of water and mud on a rainy day, don't you find cleaning that a total nightmare? Not to mention going to the privy in a skirt that billows out in a 6 ft diameter circle. And while some of the material is absolutely gorgeous, is it really comfortable on a 95 degree day with 98% humidity? A lot of folks looked like they were being cooked in their own sweat. Just my two cents worth. HANK. Hank. You don't get it. A lot of the fun for these people is the ability to wear these beautiful outfits. It's one of the main reasons to go. There is no sense to own things like this if you aren't going to wear them out somewhere occasionally. Just like suits of armor. Yeah, you might bake like you are in a tin can, but you get to show off the cool armor! I know exactly what these people are thinking. I have done the same thing myself. Not at faire. But imagine wearing approxamately 40 pounds of halloween costume in a hot, tightly packed bar for a halloween party sometime. Yeah, it's a major hastle. But it is so worth it to see people admiring the cool gruesomeness of your work. |
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Post by Sir Trevor on Sept 28, 2006 9:46:46 GMT -5
And I think our site needs more color! I know this is difficult due to weather. Mud tends to drown everything out. But it's a medieval fest. Medieval means really clashing bright colors! (Well for nobility and festival days.....) Just my opinion. I can kind of see where you are coming from on this. Though they have been getting more colorful. The problem is, that it doesn't last. I remember opening weekend, how bright and colorfull a lot of things were. After a few weeks of the sun beating on it, and the rain, and the mud, things kind of got that worn out look. Especially the banners and such. Britny and I even talked about it a little either final weekend, or the weekend before that. All those bright banners on the road coming up to the parking lot, really weren't bright and colorful anymore. They were almost sad. That, or we were just projecting because we knew faire would be over soon. |
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Post by rebeccajane on Sept 28, 2006 14:40:15 GMT -5
i've seen lots of faires... and the color, i've learned is an illusion. the characters and shows and songs really, truely do make things bright.
aside from that every faire i've seen has the same chipped paint and faded flags.
i think getting familiar with those signs and banners takes the color out.
i truely do.
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Post by DameGoode on Oct 2, 2006 12:16:19 GMT -5
Okay, if you are all done with shoot down the suggestion....
If better materials are used, I don't think that the faire will have the "washed out" look that it gets mid-run and over-all. Let's not forget the year carpet glue was used, because it intially looked like stuaco (sp?) (Italian plaster?) but was cheaper. As soon as it got hot, it was another matter altogether. (And that was not Sarah) But it's stuff like that I am referring to.
And Rebecca Jane, I also have been to a lot of faires. For a lot of years, not that it renders your opinion of my opinion invalid, HOWEVER I am an informed consumer. Color does matters, almost as much as landscaping. What is the point of putting people on the stages if the stages are out of plumb, slimey, and dilapatdated? It limits what the performers can DO, and ipso facto their performance in general. (Not to mention THEIR enjoyment of the whole experience.)
PS Hank, my dad decided we had to be woken up with pipe bands as children. You get to know the different songs. Barret is fantastic, it's true but he only plays 4 songs at GLMF.
And pretty dresses are cool! It's worth the effort. (Besides, I don't think I would wear Elizabethian to GLMF, that's for Michigan or other more open faires with less snag and drag factor.)
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Post by Lady Catharine on Oct 2, 2006 17:16:59 GMT -5
Rebecca Jane,
the longer you're involved in dif faires,the more you'll form you own opinion's.
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Post by Sir Trevor on Oct 2, 2006 18:46:08 GMT -5
Not shooting them down.
Trying to keep the discussion going.
And I know what you mean about the carpet glue. I have painted that stage.
So glad they have covered it over now.
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Post by bunbun / Hank on Oct 2, 2006 23:06:47 GMT -5
DameGoode...I whole heartily agree with you and Trevor about that damn carpet glue. He and I have had the dubious "pleasure" of scraping that stuff off the main gate and the Johnny Phoenix stage. That stuff is a nightmare to deal with when trying to repaint. As to the stages being dilapidated, ha, you ain't kidding there. I know the Stumble Inn stage is so bouncy I half expect it to collapse when they have all those people up there dancing.
I guess you know your bagpipes, cuz I never noticed Barrett playing FOUR different songs. I always thought it was the same song. Weren't bagpipes originally intended to make horrorific noises to frighten enemy warriors? I can see where that would work!
And I don't really think anyone is "shooting Down" your ideas, most of em are really good. As Trevor stated, we are just commenting on them as part of an ongoing discussion. HANK.
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Post by rebeccajane on Oct 2, 2006 23:20:00 GMT -5
and that was one of them, terribly sorry. i thought this was an open discussion.
sincerely.. i am sorry.
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Post by Sir Trevor on Oct 3, 2006 7:21:08 GMT -5
Hank, I may be wrong here, but I think the Stumble Inn stage is supposed to be bouncy.
I can't remember who told me, but I remember being told that stages that are intended to have dance on them are intentionally made bouncy.
The give to the floor is for 2 reasons.
One is that isn't as stressfull to legs and feet of the dancers.
Second is that it prolongs the life of the stage. By having some give, there isn't as much stress on the supports and the boards so they last longer and have less of a chance of breaking.
I remember it coming up in a discussion about the then Sherwood Stage. Back when they had gypsie dance over there.
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Post by Griffin on Oct 3, 2006 7:48:01 GMT -5
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