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Jun. 25th, 2016 08:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chocolatepotI'm so glad I went to Cape Vincent. I wasn't sure if I would because it's an hour and a half away, but I wrote to Nancy yesterday and made sure she was going and got an invitation to carpool with her and Rita. So I went! Neither of my Regency outfits are quite satisfactory, but the thesis ensemble is at least comfortable so I wore it. We only did three dances - Duke of Kent, Lord Byron's Maggot (always great fun with our group, because a couple of people are real hams and play up the 1st man/2nd woman & vice versa bits), and Turn of the Tide - but we did each once as a demonstration and then all eight of us went to the crowd and got someone to come back and be our partners for a second round. Then after a break in which we checked out the tall ship docking, we came back and did the Boulanger because this TINY GIRL had missed us before and really wanted to dance. I got to be her partner! (As much as there are partners in the Boulanger.)
Afterward we got dinner for free from the lunch menu at the restaurant across the street - I think someone connected with the reenactment was paying for it and then was going to bill us out of our dues or something. I had a fish and chips sandwich and it was delicious.
I'd done some pin-curling before I left home and I was really hopeful that it would work, but my hair's just too long for those front curls - they were kind of spindly and hung down my face to my shoulders, so I incorporated them into my bun. Maybe if I use only a few hairs next time? I'm going to try it out again tomorrow morning.
As I stepped on my hem and tore out one side of the neckline drawstring in Turn of the Tide, I was reflecting on how I definitely need a new outfit. It's so annoying, I want to be able to concentrate on accessorizing! I always feel so plain because I don't have a purse, bonnet, chemisette, etc. But I need a more 1812y dress like the peacock blue one, but not dark silk taffeta because it's too hot. Ankle-length for dancing.
Edit: tried a smaller bit of hair over my ear, wrapped it around a pen as a gauge before pinning it and spritzing, let it sit until it was dry and then took it out, and it looks really good. Can't wait for the next event! I'll do it longer then and hopefully get a more sausagey curl.
Afterward we got dinner for free from the lunch menu at the restaurant across the street - I think someone connected with the reenactment was paying for it and then was going to bill us out of our dues or something. I had a fish and chips sandwich and it was delicious.
I'd done some pin-curling before I left home and I was really hopeful that it would work, but my hair's just too long for those front curls - they were kind of spindly and hung down my face to my shoulders, so I incorporated them into my bun. Maybe if I use only a few hairs next time? I'm going to try it out again tomorrow morning.
As I stepped on my hem and tore out one side of the neckline drawstring in Turn of the Tide, I was reflecting on how I definitely need a new outfit. It's so annoying, I want to be able to concentrate on accessorizing! I always feel so plain because I don't have a purse, bonnet, chemisette, etc. But I need a more 1812y dress like the peacock blue one, but not dark silk taffeta because it's too hot. Ankle-length for dancing.
Edit: tried a smaller bit of hair over my ear, wrapped it around a pen as a gauge before pinning it and spritzing, let it sit until it was dry and then took it out, and it looks really good. Can't wait for the next event! I'll do it longer then and hopefully get a more sausagey curl.
