Thursday, April 25, 2013

Facebook is censoring

Yesterday my friend posted the following article on her status http://keithhennessey.com/2013/04/24/smarter/

The timeline that she copied it from and hers both had the article deleted.  Apparently Facebook found the article not in keeping with their TOS.  We're still trying to figure out why as there isn't anything we can see that is against the TOS.

So if you're on FB share this like crazy!  Let's drive them nuts!

Monday, April 08, 2013

Costume Closures pros & cons

Okay, I need to figure out how I want to hold these costumes closed for our current play.

Well I can easily rule out buttons as 1) they don't go with the look we want and 2) are a pain to do.

options are:

Velcro:
pros: makes changing go quickly
cons: difficult to put in the costume, hooks tend to grab onto and mess up fabric, noisy, and gives out or comes out over time.

Zipper:
pros: easy to install, lasts a long time
cons: frustrating to young actors and can be expensive.  Also tend to be tricky (grab fabric, etc)

Hook & Eye:
pros: easy to install, lasts a long time
cons: frustrating to young actors and easily ripped out (especially by young actors in a hurry)

Snaps:
pros: lasts a long time, easy for young actors to fasten
cons: time consuming to install

Honestly, I would like to just safety pin these!  But I have to choose one of the options above.