I’ve been searching for a New Jersey tourism commercial from the 80s that used to run on WNJN, and can’t find it anywhere. It had voice over narrating Washington’s Christmas attack on Trenton, over footage of Continentals marching through snow, and ended with the Americans bursting in on the Hessians in their barracks. I can find plenty of those old “New Jersey and You” PSAs on youtube, but so far this one has eluded me. It was a neat little short, because it conveyed all the drama and conflict of the Revolution in less than a minute. Has anyone seen this, other than me?
Best. Writing. Contest. Ever.
And not just because I won in 2011. Because the feedback I received was top notch–the same calibre you’d expect from an MFA workshop at USC filled with the sharpest writers in the class. Even if I hadn’t been a finalist in my category and gone on to win the Gold Ticket round and the amazing critique from Kelley Armstrong, it still would have been worth the price of entering.
Check out their score sheets, rules, and deadlines (June 1st) here.
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Stays
Angie’s stays needed to be taken in. I removed six reeds and took an inch off either side of the laces.
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Open front gown!
We asked the folks at Lavender’s Green to copy this gown from the Met for us in blue silk:
Here’s Angie Jepson modeling the result. We picked cobalt to contrast with the Redcoat uniforms and the green and yellow facade of the Shirely Eustis House.
The great thing about this style is that it is fitted, body conscious, documentable for the 1770s, and still appealing to the contemporary eye. Angie is our heroine, so we wanted her to look terrific–but also relatable.
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Robe a l’anglaise
Here’s Georgia Lyman in the gold brocade robe a l’anglaise. It’s sitting on top of a set of stays and some pillow-style panniers.
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Epaulets, sashes, and neck stocks!
Here’s Liam McNeill in his uniform.
Most of our 18th century British kit was supplied by the wonderful folks at Gedney Godwin, but Eerie Events veterans might recognize the breeches in this photo…
Redcoats!
More costume fittings today and some dialect work. Doug Cochrane, who will play General Howe in the trailer, here models his costume with the assistance of Bobby and Elizabeth Wood.
His stockings are still in the post…
And Kim Carrell demonstrated the art of the 18th century cravat, and the flipped “R.”
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