**Stay Tuned.... this is long, but totally worth the read (says ME) At the end is an EPIC ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!** When I was 9, I remember watching The Academy Awards with my box of colored pencils and sketchbook sprawled out on the coffee table in front of me. A few years earlier, Chers Bob Mackie Oscar gown was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. I was NOT going to miss a moment of this years fashion-- it was my FAVORITE night of the year. I have ALWAYS loved fashion and fashion design. I KNEW at that age that I WOULD be a fashion designer someday. When I was in middle school, I would spend countless hours looking through magazines, cutting and gluing different pictures to make outfits and mixed and matched my closet tirelessly to never outfit repeat. By the time I had entered High School, I was known for having a unique sense of style. I remembered that I was the first one in my school to wear bell bottom pants-- (were talking early 90s, people.... the PINCH ROLL and Eastlands were still in style). I would search the thrift shops tirelessly for weird clothes from decades before, I would scour my moms closet for clothes she had stored away. I even would borrow dads clothes from time to time... his jean jacket from 1975 was totally rad!! Apparently, my drama teacher, Mr. Chapman noticed my flair for dramatic (and often homemade) fashion as he cornered me and wanted me to head up the costumes in several of our High School plays. That was it-- I was a goner.... from the moment when I stepped onto the costume loft at Emporia High School and smelled that musty cedar filled air, I was hooked. All of the costumes from shows past, donated wares from grandmas attic, piles of vintage fabric.... THIS was my DREAM!!!!! I can remember it as clearly as it were breakfast this morning. Then, to be honest... I screwed up. In college, I worked. A LOT.... and, to that end, my studies took second seat to making money. I regret not taking more loans and developing my craft. I look back and wish I had paid more attention in Susan Mais costume courses.... but I didnt. By the time I found out graduate school would be necessary for me to pursue a career in design, my skills were too far behind. And, I had fallen in love with Josh- who was more prepared (and a million times more talented) to take the plunge into a MFA Program. So, I, changed my major. And, with the help of Miss Kenna, I was able to graduate on time and with a good major that I could help support Josh and I as he went through graduate school. That, I do NOT regret. Its been an amazing dozen-or-so years. Ive learned, Ive matured, Ive cultivated my people skills and all the while, Ive desperately missed fashion, theatre and creativity. Three years ago, I started NipperAnne Designs: Unique kiddo clothes and accessories to help quench my creative thirst and its truly been a blessing. Then, I was offered to costume a few Salina Community Theatre CTA Shows (John)... and-- it was back. THAT love. My affair with the theatre was renewed. When I was asked by Vickee Spicer to design Legally Blonde, I felt like the luckiest girl in the entire Universe!! Since that moment, SCT has filled every corner of my heart, soul, and mind! I have had the privilege of working alongside many of the greatest, most loving, kind-hearted, talented and honest people I have ever known. They have placed their faith in me and encouraged me beyond measure. So-- I am PLEASED to announce that TOMORROW.... I start my NEW JOB as Salina Community Theatres official full-time COSTUME LADY!!!!!! I am more excited than I can really put into words. Thank you to the staff and board at SCT and especially to Michael Spicer, who is an absolute treasure, for giving me THE opportunity that this gal has been waiting for and dreaming of for nearly my entire life. Right now, I feel absolutely and totally COMPLETE. #thanksmom
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:37:32 +0000
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