answering a question
Sep. 25th, 2006 11:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
acroyearI was asked yesterday if ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
faireraven and I "have" to dress up for pub sing the way we do. This is probably in reaction to seeing others on cast who are definitely part of pub sing changing costume and character from their normal street and stage characters elsewhere in the festival during the day. Short answer is no, we don't have to. We are not contracted to be at pub sing at all - we do what we do because we love doing it and we like that it's appreciated.
The answer specifically for ME is that, like say the chess match people and some of the stage acts, I'm one of the more "active" people on site (doing between 8 and 12 dances during the day) and end up one sweaty mess by the end. Changing into cleaner garb for pub sing is one way I make myself feel better: a dry shirt or dry socks can do wonders for one's morale.
It also helps patrons have a more pleasant experience by not smelling ME instead of their beer (or in some cases, their own stinky selves ;-) ).
The other answer is that I have a ton of nice stuff that I like wearing but can't morris dance in due to economic station, contemporary placement (some of my Elizabethan/Stewart kits or saturday's 18th-century pirate) or physical weight. Pub sing alternative garb gives me the opportunity to wear the nicer stuff that would otherwise be a major hindrence to my street performance.
faireraven and I "have" to dress up for pub sing the way we do. This is probably in reaction to seeing others on cast who are definitely part of pub sing changing costume and character from their normal street and stage characters elsewhere in the festival during the day. Short answer is no, we don't have to. We are not contracted to be at pub sing at all - we do what we do because we love doing it and we like that it's appreciated.The answer specifically for ME is that, like say the chess match people and some of the stage acts, I'm one of the more "active" people on site (doing between 8 and 12 dances during the day) and end up one sweaty mess by the end. Changing into cleaner garb for pub sing is one way I make myself feel better: a dry shirt or dry socks can do wonders for one's morale.
It also helps patrons have a more pleasant experience by not smelling ME instead of their beer (or in some cases, their own stinky selves ;-) ).
The other answer is that I have a ton of nice stuff that I like wearing but can't morris dance in due to economic station, contemporary placement (some of my Elizabethan/Stewart kits or saturday's 18th-century pirate) or physical weight. Pub sing alternative garb gives me the opportunity to wear the nicer stuff that would otherwise be a major hindrence to my street performance.
