SAN DIEGO – The Best In Show award at the 2003 Comic-Con Masquerade went to the One Ring Circus, a group of devoted Tolkien fans and costumers that wowed judges and audience alike.
The group (Judy Grivich, Mitch Steinberger, Aimee Steinberger, Carolyn Staehle, Leah Jakusovszky, Kelly Bolton, Cathleen Trowbridge, Cordelia Willis, Kelly Lima, A.J. Wu, Annie Kim, Nina Kempf) presented their 100 percent self-produced costumes along with an adapted “The Pitch” from Moulin Rouge. They stopped by the TORn booth the following day, giving us a chance to find out the full details of what went into the award-winning entry.
The concept was born at a Two Towers line party when Bolton and Willis discussed the idea. The lyrics were adapted and the ball was set rolling. Bolton, who works at a crime lab credited her job with providing her inspiration. “I do a lot of costuming because my job is boring and I don’t get to express myself creatively. I am not good at art and I am okay at writing but I am pretty good at sewing.”
Apparently her “pretty good” is good enough to win awards when combined with the sewing and other talents of the rest of the troupe. Grivich who was a fully-armoured, fully bearded and fully nosed invested an estimated 500 hours of work into her elaborate garb that weighed in at about 50 pounds. Much of the work involved making her armour which was linked by hand – all 15,000 pieces. She is unable to raise her arms above her head but knew right away she would be Gimli when the “fellowship” was announced. “It’s the height thing,” she said. Even the “easy” costumes average about 100 hours of work each.
Members of the group exchanged talent work in order to get the costumes at their top polish.
Richard Taylor of WETA Workshops spotted the troupe by the TORn booth and came over to congratulate them, calling their work “brilliant.” The group was pretty floored to be complimented by Taylor who they hold in high regard.
“HE actually came up to US,” Willis said.
The all California group which has its eye on production stills from Return Of The King has its own website at http://www.Stitchinbabes.com/orcindex.html
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Emerald Rose recently received a batch of photos of the TORn Two Towers – One Party. The shots include photos of Billy Boyd and John Rhys-Davies in the VIP room. There is also a Windows Media movie of the dance floor and the band during the second set, that gives a taste of the excitement of the evening. Thanks to Annie Menedez for the pictures. [More]
We’ve mirrored the video file on the TORn server to ease the load. (Requires Media Player) [More]
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Ringer Hithlain dug up the transcript from Andrew Denton’s interview with Anne Lennox on Enough Rope confirming the report we had earlier this morning (EDT perspective).[More]
Personally I’m *very* excited about this news, being a long-time Lennox fan. –Tookish
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Our very own Gaming Havens has updated to include a transcript of this past weekend’s chat with Alessio Cavatore, posted information about owning your own Hobbit Hole in Middle-earth Online, and a very interesting tidbit about someone transforming their fireplace into Helm’s Deep! So hop on your Giant Eagle, and journey into the Gaming Havens!
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BeastyBunny writes: Do you live in the San Francisco Bay Area? Are you an LOTR fan? Do you like good food, the outdoors and talking Tolkien? Then this is the event for you! [More]
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BeastyBunny writes: Do you live in the San Francisco Bay Area? Are you an LOTR fan? Do you like good food, the outdoors and talking Tolkien? Then this is the event for you!
The SF Bay Area Potluck Picnic and Apple Cook-off is this Saturday, July 26, 2003 from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm!
We have reserved a wonderful meadow at Stern Grove in the Sunset District and are inviting all LOTR fans to bring your favorite dish and join us for an afternoon. We will be holding an Apple Cook-off where folks can show off their culinary skill and try for loads of wonderful prizes donated by Arms of Valor, Houghton Mifflin and Sideshow Weta as well as numerous fans.
To find out more, get directions and to sign-up, please visit:
http://www.beastybunny.com/lotr/sf_moot/partyindex.htm
If you plan to attend and/or enter the Cook-off, please visit the site and use the on-line sign-up form. This will help the organizers ensure a smooth and well organized event.
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact BeastyBunny at jschuler2000@yahoo.com
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