Clothes and Hair (the Trials)

(Posted by Jill)

Craig mentioned a bit about the clothes, but as a man he really has no idea what it really feels like. Every night we women have on bloomers, big full (HEAVY) slip, a bodice that Velcros to the skirt and the very full wrap-around skirt. The skirt is not fitted but has Velcro all the way around - you wrap it around and around you until it fits then stick the Velcro together. We also have hats and cloaks for the traveling scenes.

Almost everyone changes their costume at some point in the night. Men turn their vests inside out, women have 2 tops and bottoms, and switch out the darker color from the beginning to the lighter color by the finale. The core cast (speaking parts) have many more costume changes, and it is not unusual to see Joseph, Hyrum or Brigham thundering down the path behind stage madly ripping off clothes.

Hair is a big issue also. The pageant staff have very strict guidelines for what is appropriate or not. We carefully studied the photos and diagrams to figure out what would work for each of us. After all the stress of trying to find a hair extension that would work, it turned out that my hair is just long enough to work without any fake hair. We have to part our hair down the middle and pull it back from the back of the ears to put into a bun. The front part not in a bun has to "swoop" back towards the bun, covering the top of the ears. Jezi can wear braids and Erin has quite a few options - she is experimenting with ringlets.


As promised we have many pictures coming. I took quite a few pictures in rehearsal today, but it's almost midnight and we've been singing and dancing (emphasis on the dancing) since 8:00 am.