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YOUTH STRINGED INSTRUMENT TALENT SHOW!
SPONSORED BY BLUEGRASS AT ITS FINEST, Jack & Sharry Lovan, Willow Springs, Missouri
Saturday Oct. 2nd from 1:30 to 2:30 on the music stage!
Youth 18 and under who play traditional stringed instruments (no amplifiers), as individuals or as groups, with or without singing can show off their talents on the main stage! We have time for up to twelve entries on a first-come basis. Please contact Sherry Bennett at (417) 683-4414 to enter.
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PERIOD COSTUME CONTEST! – FRIDAY and SATURDAY
$25 CASH PRIZES AWARDED IN EACH CATEGORY!
JUDGING WILL BE HELD EACH DAY AT 5:30 PM ON THE MUSIC STAGE!
While you don’t have to dress up in period clothes to be at our festival, it could be fun. And even more fun if you enter our costume contest!
ENTRY CATEGORIES: CHILDREN (females age 13 or younger; males age 13 or younger) ADULT FEMALES (age 14 or older) and ADULT MALES (age 14 or older). JUST SHOW UP IN COSTUME and COME TO THE STAGE AT 5:30 EACH DAY TO BE JUDGED!
What to wear?? Darlene Sorensen shows off a dress custom tailored for her by local seamstress Thelma Martin. “Period clothes” for our festival means anything an Ozarks homesteader, “mountain man” (or mountain woman!) or townspeople might have worn from the 1860s to the 1920s. That clearly leaves room for imagination!
In case you’re still stumped, here are some period costume resources:
Thelma Martin, Mansfield Missouri – (417) 924-3093 – Thelma will happily tailor a woman’s dress or man’s shirt in early Ozarks period style just for you. You can provide the material, or she will obtain it. We hear that Thelma’s rates are extremely reasonable with fast turn-around time. You can call her for more details.
Sue’s Old Fashions – Mountain View, Missouri – (518) 578-2833 or email: suesoldfashions@yahoo.com – Owner Sue Walters has extensive experience in making period clothing from the 1790s to the 1910s. You can see examples of her work at her website: www.suesoldfashions.com While Sue usually requires up to six weeks lead time for custom jobs, she also has “sale items” in stock which are shown on the website.
The Costume Shop, Branson, Missouri – (417) 338-8231. – Tamara Watkins tells us that they have many “retired” period dresses for sale, some at rock-bottom prices. She also has some vests for men. She suggests calling to discuss your needs.
But you really don’t have to spend any money at all. In fact, as the links below show, you may already have your costume in your closet!
Easy ideas for kid’s pioneer costumes can be found here.
More easy ideas for women and men can be found here.
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