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Mardi Gras fun Veloise 02-07-2008
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Posted by Veloise on February 7, 2008, 7:58 am
Last year it was an outdoor parade.

This year I found some friends to play with, and we performed for four
hours inside a former vintage warehouse rehabbed into a great multi-
floor, multi-venue destination restaurants & bars.

Here's a still:
http://home.earthlink.net/~karendunnam/mgsous.jpg

Found those pants at a thrift at least two years ago (very small).
Located purple fabric for the side strips, sut the strips. Lost the
strips (I moved last year). Found the strips. Sewed the strips in,
discovered they were a couple inches too short, dug through scraps to
find leftovers from my other gold sparkly top (it came with long
sleeves). Finished the pants about an hour before the gig. (Many
compliments from the spectators.)

Hard to tell...this gold top has purple and green masks sewn on it.
That was a trip: put on top, put on sousaphone. Arrange masks, pin.
Remove horn, reposition masks. Sew. (Start with the eyeholes, it works
better.) My house has a low clearance so I had to move carefully.

The bell cover is the one I made a few years ago. More rave reviews.
No one threw stuff at me this year.

One of the building floors had a gumbo cook-off, and my police
department's decorated table had those little MG flags. One of them
somehow attached itself to the horn.

The large green beads flash (little batteries) and I'm wearing a MG
flag as a cape. My music pards didn't believe me when I mentioned the
velcro-on water bottle holder. (I need a MG water bottle. Found some
on Oriental Trading, but I don't need a dozen of them.)

As we convened, the guys were impressed. They thought I'd been up all
night preparing this outfit and accessorries. (Not shown: my gold MG
slippers, MG-striped socks. Hard to see: my MG word earrings.)

Here's some hard-to-see live action, but the audio is pretty good.
http://www.spike.com/profile/veloise/video/2939977

(Wish we could find us a halfway decent trumpet player. Yes, he's a
pro.)

Enjoy!

--Karen D.

Posted by Kirsten Sollie on February 7, 2008, 10:07 am

> Last year it was an outdoor parade.
>
> This year I found some friends to play with, and we performed for four
> hours inside a former vintage warehouse rehabbed into a great multi-
> floor, multi-venue destination restaurants & bars.
>
> Here's a still:
> http://home.earthlink.net/~karendunnam/mgsous.jpg
>
> Found those pants at a thrift at least two years ago (very small).
> Located purple fabric for the side strips, sut the strips. Lost the
> strips (I moved last year). Found the strips. Sewed the strips in,
> discovered they were a couple inches too short, dug through scraps to
> find leftovers from my other gold sparkly top (it came with long
> sleeves). Finished the pants about an hour before the gig. (Many
> compliments from the spectators.)
>
> Hard to tell...this gold top has purple and green masks sewn on it.
> That was a trip: put on top, put on sousaphone. Arrange masks, pin.
> Remove horn, reposition masks. Sew. (Start with the eyeholes, it works
> better.) My house has a low clearance so I had to move carefully.
>
> The bell cover is the one I made a few years ago. More rave reviews.
> No one threw stuff at me this year.
>
> One of the building floors had a gumbo cook-off, and my police
> department's decorated table had those little MG flags. One of them
> somehow attached itself to the horn.
>
> The large green beads flash (little batteries) and I'm wearing a MG
> flag as a cape. My music pards didn't believe me when I mentioned the
> velcro-on water bottle holder. (I need a MG water bottle. Found some
> on Oriental Trading, but I don't need a dozen of them.)
>
> As we convened, the guys were impressed. They thought I'd been up all
> night preparing this outfit and accessorries. (Not shown: my gold MG
> slippers, MG-striped socks. Hard to see: my MG word earrings.)
>
> Here's some hard-to-see live action, but the audio is pretty good.
> http://www.spike.com/profile/veloise/video/2939977
>
> (Wish we could find us a halfway decent trumpet player. Yes, he's a
> pro.)
>
> Enjoy!
>
> --Karen D.


Very cool! I love the water bottle and the fleur d'li (not sure about the
spelling) pants!

Kirsten


Posted by betsey on February 7, 2008, 10:21 am
> Last year it was an outdoor parade.
>
> This year I found some friends to play with, and we performed for four
> hours inside a former vintage warehouse rehabbed into a great multi-
> floor, multi-venue destination restaurants & bars.
>
> Here's a still:http://home.earthlink.net/~karendunnam/mgsous.jpg
>
> Found those pants at a thrift at least two years ago (very small).
> Located purple fabric for the side strips, sut the strips. Lost the
> strips (I moved last year). Found the strips. Sewed the strips in,
> discovered they were a couple inches too short, dug through scraps to
> find leftovers from my other gold sparkly top (it came with long
> sleeves). Finished the pants about an hour before the gig. (Many
> compliments from the spectators.)
>
> Hard to tell...this gold top has purple and green masks sewn on it.
> That was a trip: put on top, put on sousaphone. Arrange masks, pin.
> Remove horn, reposition masks. Sew. (Start with the eyeholes, it works
> better.) My house has a low clearance so I had to move carefully.
>
> The bell cover is the one I made a few years ago. More rave reviews.
> No one threw stuff at me this year.
>
> One of the building floors had a gumbo cook-off, and my police
> department's decorated table had those little MG flags. One of them
> somehow attached itself to the horn.
>
> The large green beads flash (little batteries) and I'm wearing a MG
> flag as a cape. My music pards didn't believe me when I mentioned the
> velcro-on water bottle holder. (I need a MG water bottle. Found some
> on Oriental Trading, but I don't need a dozen of them.)
>
> As we convened, the guys were impressed. They thought I'd been up all
> night preparing this outfit and accessorries. (Not shown: my gold MG
> slippers, MG-striped socks. Hard to see: my MG word earrings.)
>
> Here's some hard-to-see live action, but the audio is pretty good.http://w=
ww.spike.com/profile/veloise/video/2939977
>
> (Wish we could find us a halfway decent trumpet player. Yes, he's a
> pro.)
>
> Enjoy!
>
> --Karen D.

Karen--

Really Really neat!!

betsey

Posted by Emily Bengston on February 7, 2008, 11:46 am



On 2/7/08 6:58 AM, in article
95ac8048-5aaa-4d5c-8b79-dc4854f11298@s13g2000prd.googlegroups.com, "Veloise"

> Last year it was an outdoor parade.
>
> This year I found some friends to play with, and we performed for four
> hours inside a former vintage warehouse rehabbed into a great multi-
> floor, multi-venue destination restaurants & bars.
>
> Here's a still:
> http://home.earthlink.net/~karendunnam/mgsous.jpg
>
> Found those pants at a thrift at least two years ago (very small).
> Located purple fabric for the side strips, sut the strips. Lost the
> strips (I moved last year). Found the strips. Sewed the strips in,
> discovered they were a couple inches too short, dug through scraps to
> find leftovers from my other gold sparkly top (it came with long
> sleeves). Finished the pants about an hour before the gig. (Many
> compliments from the spectators.)
>
> Hard to tell...this gold top has purple and green masks sewn on it.
> That was a trip: put on top, put on sousaphone. Arrange masks, pin.
> Remove horn, reposition masks. Sew. (Start with the eyeholes, it works
> better.) My house has a low clearance so I had to move carefully.
>
> The bell cover is the one I made a few years ago. More rave reviews.
> No one threw stuff at me this year.
>
> One of the building floors had a gumbo cook-off, and my police
> department's decorated table had those little MG flags. One of them
> somehow attached itself to the horn.
>
> The large green beads flash (little batteries) and I'm wearing a MG
> flag as a cape. My music pards didn't believe me when I mentioned the
> velcro-on water bottle holder. (I need a MG water bottle. Found some
> on Oriental Trading, but I don't need a dozen of them.)
>
> As we convened, the guys were impressed. They thought I'd been up all
> night preparing this outfit and accessorries. (Not shown: my gold MG
> slippers, MG-striped socks. Hard to see: my MG word earrings.)
>
> Here's some hard-to-see live action, but the audio is pretty good.
> http://www.spike.com/profile/veloise/video/2939977
>
> (Wish we could find us a halfway decent trumpet player. Yes, he's a
> pro.)
>
> Enjoy!
>
> --Karen D.


That is an outstanding outfit! And you all look & sound like you're having
a fantastic time. Although most of my siblings live in the new Orleans area
and some have participated in M G parades & parties over the past 50 years,
I have never gone or had any desire to go there during M G, because of my
intense discomfort in crowds.
Emily


Posted by Veloise on February 9, 2008, 8:03 pm
Took some picks of my fantabulous outfit and components, added to my
project page.

http://home.earthlink.net/~krdunnam/projects.htm

Those shoes just kill me, in a good way.

--Karen D.

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