The Half Blood Prince at the Deathly Hallow
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The Half Blood Prince at the Deathly Hallow
Thought I'd share what we did on Friday evening.
Friday evening, there was a party at a tiny local bookstore for a tiny little book that probably no one will read.
Truth be told, it was the release party for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at Barnes and Noble's. There were games and activities for the kids to do and an all around good atmosphere of Potter enthusiasts. I thought I'd spice things up a bit and go as Professor Severus Snape. Jen and my efforts did not go to vain. As I walked past the window around 6pm as people stood in line to get their bracelets (which determined when they could get in line that night to purchase the book) I received hoots and hollows, and when I entered the store I got a standing ovation (although it may have been for the McDonald's I was carrying). I was complimented by the staff for enhancing the party. Children ran from the imposing professor with fear of losing house points or receiving detention. And to top it off, I won the adult costume contest (which I had no idea there even was one), allowing me to receive a free copy of the book and be first in line to get it. All in all, a fun night.
Now I bet you want to see the winning entry?
To see the pics from the night, go to the album
Friday evening, there was a party at a tiny local bookstore for a tiny little book that probably no one will read.
Truth be told, it was the release party for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at Barnes and Noble's. There were games and activities for the kids to do and an all around good atmosphere of Potter enthusiasts. I thought I'd spice things up a bit and go as Professor Severus Snape. Jen and my efforts did not go to vain. As I walked past the window around 6pm as people stood in line to get their bracelets (which determined when they could get in line that night to purchase the book) I received hoots and hollows, and when I entered the store I got a standing ovation (although it may have been for the McDonald's I was carrying). I was complimented by the staff for enhancing the party. Children ran from the imposing professor with fear of losing house points or receiving detention. And to top it off, I won the adult costume contest (which I had no idea there even was one), allowing me to receive a free copy of the book and be first in line to get it. All in all, a fun night.
Now I bet you want to see the winning entry?
To see the pics from the night, go to the album
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The pics are great!
I slung several hundred boxes filled with those darn books in the past week...needless to say I don't ever want to see one again!
The pics are great!
I slung several hundred boxes filled with those darn books in the past week...needless to say I don't ever want to see one again!
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that was my (ok, anthony can claim SOME work on it, but not the bulk of it - cover buttons are not fun to make and sew on) little "project" while i was procrastinating we got REALLY lucky with the fabric (a really really nice garbadine for the jacket for $1/yd - walmart and the cloak was also $1/yd )
i just wish that i had a male "form" for the jacket because it would have made the front fit a bit better, since we figured it out on my dress form (mostly) and did final fitting on anthony..
I think he is going to wear this at wizard world, but i am not 100%, we got more temp hair stuff today (it was on sale ) so at least he won't have crunchy hair from the cruddy spray-dye stuff (the color pulse stuff works SOO much better)
i just hope that he finds more times to wear it than just halloween now because it did turn out so nice (and the jacket was made without the serger, so i bound all of the seams in a nice green, so it turned out REALLY nice internally too )
jen
i just wish that i had a male "form" for the jacket because it would have made the front fit a bit better, since we figured it out on my dress form (mostly) and did final fitting on anthony..
I think he is going to wear this at wizard world, but i am not 100%, we got more temp hair stuff today (it was on sale ) so at least he won't have crunchy hair from the cruddy spray-dye stuff (the color pulse stuff works SOO much better)
i just hope that he finds more times to wear it than just halloween now because it did turn out so nice (and the jacket was made without the serger, so i bound all of the seams in a nice green, so it turned out REALLY nice internally too )
jen
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Your Snape is terrific. Now that Order of the Pheonix is out they finally give us some good views of my hero, Mad Eye Moody. At least now I can do a better job on my costume for next year. It will take that much time just to do the vest. I still have to find a better duster and to build his staff.
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what "tiny little bookstore" was this? It looks so familiar to me.
I must say, I'm a marginal (read first bok, seen first 3 movies) HP fan and this looks absolutely amazing!!
I say you to did a fine job, or in the word of the red-haired screw-up, Ron: "It's bloody brilliant."
I must say, I'm a marginal (read first bok, seen first 3 movies) HP fan and this looks absolutely amazing!!
I say you to did a fine job, or in the word of the red-haired screw-up, Ron: "It's bloody brilliant."
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Re: The Half Blood Prince at the Deathly Hallow
Wow- it's been a LONG time since any updates to this thread- but I figured that I would share a touch..
7956 suited up as Snape again for 3 things in the past 2 weeks (library, book release, movie opening).. and got some really cool pictures..
There was an AMAZING pic taken by the PR firm at the library that (thank you to them) they did send us a real version of.. (Thank you to Ostera | Design from Janesville, WI)
and then there are the other pics
no - 7956 was NOT teaching potions - there was an actual chemistry professor (dean of UW-Rock County) showing "potions" and they had someone in a snape costume who did concede to this snape
full album
http://s241.photobucket.com/albums/ff24 ... ?start=all
Did anyone else suit up for the HP premiere or for any HP events? I wore my slytherin robes to all but the movie opening (had to play a gig before going to the movie)
Jen
7956 suited up as Snape again for 3 things in the past 2 weeks (library, book release, movie opening).. and got some really cool pictures..
There was an AMAZING pic taken by the PR firm at the library that (thank you to them) they did send us a real version of.. (Thank you to Ostera | Design from Janesville, WI)
and then there are the other pics
no - 7956 was NOT teaching potions - there was an actual chemistry professor (dean of UW-Rock County) showing "potions" and they had someone in a snape costume who did concede to this snape
full album
http://s241.photobucket.com/albums/ff24 ... ?start=all
Did anyone else suit up for the HP premiere or for any HP events? I wore my slytherin robes to all but the movie opening (had to play a gig before going to the movie)
Jen
"one way of developing character is to help the less fortunate. Getting insulted for several hours is the least I can do." - Judge Tony Polumbo
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Re: The Half Blood Prince at the Deathly Hallow
I guess I did a good job as several times at the book release party (for the release of Dear Mr. Potter: Letters of Love, Loss, and Magic) and at the midnight showing, people commented about how they were suprised that "Alan Rickman could make an appearance in costume"
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Re: The Half Blood Prince at the Deathly Hallow
You look a lot like him! Like a younger awesome version and you rock it! Seriously that is really cool.
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