Gentlebeings: You're addressing part of the problem; namely that things have gotten too expensive for people to attend a lot of conventions, especially...
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Ricky & Karen Dick
castleb@...
Apr 1, 2002 1:59 pm
The Costume-Maker's Art was published by a professional publisher. I don't think another one is going to happen again unless one of us wins the lottery, or a...
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Elaine Mami
ecmami@...
Apr 1, 2002 2:04 pm
Ricky & Karen, I've just noticed something awesome - first you 2 became "pillars of the community", now you are part of the costuming community's "elder...
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Ricky & Karen Dick
castleb@...
Apr 1, 2002 2:15 pm
... The first book was done using existing photos taken by various fan photographers at conventions. I believe this could be done again, as most of those...
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Ricky & Karen Dick
castleb@...
Apr 1, 2002 2:59 pm
I'm too damn young to be an "elder statesman." Even though next year, I will have been costuming for 30 years. Gak. --Karen...
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randwhit@...
Apr 1, 2002 3:29 pm
In a message dated 4/1/02 7:16:48 AM US Mountain Standard Time, ... We now have an option that didn't really exist when the original "Costume Maker's Art" was...
OK. Let's say the $100K figure is correct. I'll have a talk with my wife about a closer approximation on that since she's directly associated with the...
Bruce the Lesser. That's my moniker. I'm a costumer out of the St. Louis costuming Guild. Compared to all of you a brand new newbie. Anyway does anyone know...
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Ricky & Karen Dick
castleb@...
Apr 1, 2002 4:29 pm
... Given the choice between 'em, I'd go with Costume-Con, too. First, the whole con is focused on my main area of interest (costuming). Second, the size of...
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Ricky & Karen Dick
castleb@...
Apr 1, 2002 4:55 pm
... Sorry to hear it is that way. DragonCon must not be as cool as we once thought. ... Yay for you! ... That's sad and uncalled for, and encourages mediocrity...
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Ricky & Karen Dick
castleb@...
Apr 1, 2002 5:16 pm
... True. ... True. I had a stay-at-home Mom. Sewing is kind of a sedentary pastime, too, but does not have the same allure as TV, video games, or the...
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mscip@...
Apr 1, 2002 7:00 pm
... Hmmmmm. ... True on both counts. ... A possibility. The reason that I like a book, though, is that you can take it anywhere and show it to people. Until...
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MicheleSol@...
Apr 1, 2002 7:03 pm
Why did this come as an attachment requiring me to download it? Michele "If you can't laugh while doing it, it's not worth doing!"...
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mscip@...
Apr 1, 2002 7:11 pm
... I've seen this on the West coast, mostly done by the L.A. crowd. ... I think most people realize that unless you have something spactular, one person on an...
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Ricky & Karen Dick
castleb@...
Apr 1, 2002 7:50 pm
... I'm glad someone is thinking along the same lines. :-) The only time I ever saw it done (in L.A.!), it was more of a comedy skit than a costume...
Then there was the "Herd" at Chicon... Moo!!! JohnO ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday...
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Alix Jordan
eddana@...
Apr 1, 2002 9:07 pm
Gentlebeings: Rank beginners are always intimidated by what they don't know, or think that they can't do, or have been told that they can't do. I talk to...
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Alix Jordan
eddana@...
Apr 1, 2002 9:23 pm
I was born in 1950 and am therefore a baby boomer. ... The hippie movement did not reach Niagra Falls, Ontario. One guy from my class dropped out and went to...
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Alix Jordan
eddana@...
Apr 1, 2002 9:27 pm
Gentlebeings: Barb Schofield and Martin Miller have submitted their plans for the Torcon III masquerade. They are just waiting for the concom to get around to...
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Trudy Leonard
georgialei@...
Apr 1, 2002 9:40 pm
**Did I already send this? If I did, ignore it. The server was doing something funky at the time I wrote it.** I've done a number of weddings now, with both...
AOL users might want to take note here. If you subscribe to digest and the conversation gets particularly large (another good reason to snip posts, btw), be...
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Stephanie Carrigg-Regan
bada.boom@...
Apr 1, 2002 10:48 pm
... think ... For me, I blame Carol Salemi. If it wasn't for her bringing me to a LunaCon in 1995 and having me clerk for Rob Himmelsbach while he judged...
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randwhit@...
Apr 2, 2002 12:01 am
In a message dated 4/1/02 12:08:02 PM US Mountain Standard Time, ... it ... We may need to invent a Virtual Coffee Table to create a market for digital art...
From: <randwhit@...> ... digital ... Sony has a "digital picture frame" already. You transfer your pictures to a memory stick, plug it in, and the pictures...
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mscip@...
Apr 2, 2002 12:59 am
... Hmmmm. I thought we needed to do the virtual book to create a demand for the actual hard-bound book. ;-) Until later-- Carole...
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Stephanie Carrigg-Regan
bada.boom@...
Apr 2, 2002 1:32 am
Here's some insight as to the costs for creating a second TCMA. My husband is the Production Services Manager for Jones and Barlett Publishers, one of the top...
It has been my understanding that Costume Maker's Press has contacted Lark Books on the subject. If I remember correctly, they are not interested in...
From: "Bruno" <bruno@...> ... Books on the subject. If I remember correctly, they are not interested in reprinting TCMA and they either will...
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bbriant@...
Apr 2, 2002 3:26 am
... Lark Books on the subject. If I remember correctly, they are not interested in reprinting TCMA and they either will not release the rights so that someone...
... wasn't ... It was Joe himself who made that comment. To quit the masquerades because there was, "No more competition." This decision came, incidentally,...
