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Take a look at what you may have missed. Get ideas for events you would like to see again and events you would like to host. (contact Shawn Crosby, the Vice President)

Tuesdays, 7:30 pm : Crocheting and Knitting Enthusiasts meetup at Togo's 5709 Rosemead Blvd. in Temple City. Hosted by Margery Rich.

August 1-3: Costume College! At the Airtel Plaza Hotel in Van Nuys. If you are looking to buy a membership, inquire at CGWCostumers@yahoogroups.com to find people that may be selling theirs. Classes, workshops, lectures, costume exhibits, hospitality suite with a pirate theme, and more. At the Airtel Hotel, 7277 Valjean Avenue, Van Nuys, CA.

September 5-28, 2008 : CGW Costume Exhibit and Competition at the LA County Fair. Go to LA County Fair website for more details. Notice! The costume winners are announced! The CGW sponsors a costume competition at the County Fair, and here are the winners.

Sunday, September 14, 2008, 12:30 - 6:00 pm: "What ho, Jeeves!" A Live Action Role Playing Game and 1930's picnic at a countryside fair. The fair included footraces; quilting, and baking competitions; games of bingo and croquet; and a tea tent. Please go to "What ho, Jeeves!" for more information. Hosted by Colleen Crosby.

Sunday, October 12, 2008, 11:00 am The "Post-Mortem" meeting for Costume College 2008.

Tuesday, October 14, 7-9 pm: South Bay Sewing Circle.

Saturday, October 18, 10am - 3pm: Ribbonwork class and Tea hosted by WASABI Sewing Circle. Basic Ribbonwork class taught by Elizabeth Reed. Lleave the event with a sampler card of basic techniques and ribbon roses. The cost of the tea and class was approximately $20.

November 1, 5-9 pm: CGW goes to the Gasfitter's Ball - A Sherlock Holmes Dinner Dance. 5:00 - 10:00 p.m. For details, go to www.lahacal.org. Click on the calendar, scroll down to this date and event, and click on the link.

November 15, 2008: CGW Storms Downtown Fullerton at 12:00 noon. We visited the Fullerton Museum Center to view their exhibit, The Purse and the Person: A Century of Women, followed by shopping and a late lunch at Steamers Jazz Club and Cafe. Fantastic handbags highly encouraged! Organized by Elizabeth McCash

November 28-30, 2008 : LosCon 35: A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the LosCon.
Thanksgiving weekend at the LAX Mariott hotel. Jess Miller coordinated the masquerade with her usual panache. The entry list was small, but included some excellent entries. There were costume-related panels and a CGW table.

Sunday, November 30, afternoon -- Once again the CGW attended the Messiah Sing Along presented by the Yorba Linda Arts Alliance, and the Handel Society, and California Choirs and the Richard Nixon Library. Here is a photo, courtesy of organizer Loralee Page-Ortez.

December 2008

December 5, 8 pm: It's a Dickens of a Christmas. See a Victorian Holiday Christmas whodunit show at Elise's Tearoom in Long Beach. $27.50 for appetizer, dessert and show.

January 2-4: Anime Los Angeles. Great place to see anime costumes. Help out at the Costume Repair Station or see the Masquerade. Contact Jess Miller for more details.

January 10: CGW Holiday Party. Bring your favorite dish to share and visit with other members.

January 11, 2 pm: Skating party in downtown Los Angeles! Put on your ice skating outfit or come as you are. RSVPs already include Dickens and 1910s costumes. We had tea at the Biltmore at 2 pm ($36 or $41 if you'd like champagne, which includes tax and tip, which consists of a pot of tea, a selection of elegant tea sandwiches, freshly baked scones with Devonshire cream and jam and a selection of miniature pastries). At 4:30 pm we strolled to the skating location in Pershing Square. Skating was one hour at a cost of $6 + $2 for skate rental.

An evening at the Edison Nightclub (Wednesday, March 11)
The Edison, which describes itself as a signature lounge alive with artifacts from its history as Downtwon LA’s first private power plant; a celebration of an era of invention and imagination – the blending of science, art, and industry, is a sort of a living history nightclub. Lucent Dossier is an adult event and the event cost $20. See http://www.edisondowntown.com/ for details on the event.

CGW Beggar’s Bazaar (Saturday, March 14)
The CGW Beggar’s Bazaar is the place to buy (or sell, there’s still time to sign up) your unneeded costumes, fabric, ribbon, crafts, costume books, or anything a costumer might need.

FIDM Gallery 17th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design (Saturday, March 21, 2009)
Hope you joined us for dimsum in Chinatown, followed by a tour of the FIDM Gallery. Dimsum, or Chinese brunch, at the Empress Pavilion, cost around $12. FIDM is free.

If you can't make this date, be sure to catch the FIDM exhibit on your own. http://fidm.edu/resources/museum+galleries/current-exhibitions.html

Applications due for the LA County Fair (Thursday, July 9)
Entries due for the LA County Fair (Tuesday, July 14) Here's a chance to win a scholarship for Costume College 2010! Costumes in the categories of Historical Recreation, Historical Interpretation, Science Fiction/Fantasy, or Theatrical must have been completed since one year of August 1, 2008. Note that this allows you to have been working on the costume for longer than one year. It must simply have been finished no more than a year ago.

Finish Your Finery (Saturday, July 18) Don't have your College ensemble quite done yet? Need fitting help? Trimming advice? CGW members are organizing a day devoted to helping each other finish those last minute costume details. There were three locations:

• Nuevo in Riverside County: Hosted by Shelley Peters at the Nuevo Community Church Annex. The cost was a $7 donation for use of the room. Everyone brought sewing machines, projects and potluck lunch dishes. The room was available from 9 AM to 6 PM and had lots of light, large tables for cutting, ironing board, plugs, music & chocolate. Also available were a Victorian Corset Workshop $120 (all materials and step by step instruction provided) or other Civil War Period Construction Workshops $40. Hosted by Shelley Peters.
• Rollling Hills Estate in Los Angeles: Hosted by the South Bay Sewing Circle. The cost was $10 per person for lunch, snacks & drinks. There were 2 sewing machines available or bring your own. (Please state in your RSVP whether you will bring a machine and roughly the size of the project you are working on, i.e. a hand project or cutting out a hoop skirt. There are two irons/ironing boards and plenty of space, tables, and chairs.
• Van Nuys, Hosted by Regina Lawson.

Costume College post-mortem
Sunday, August 30, 2009, 1:00 - 3:00 pm

HCA 1870's Picnic - Sunday, September 20, 12:00 - 4:00 pm
In conjunction with the Historical Citizens' Association, we picnicked in costume. Bring your own picnic (in 1870's-era picnic baskets, dishes, etc.) and join in a croquet tournament. You must be in costume of the 1870's to participate. Location : Banning Residence Museum. (The Museum is located in Wilmington, a city near Long Beach, CA.)

Sound of Music Sing-along - Hollywood Bowl (8 pm, Saturday, September 26) Dress in your dandiest dirndle to sing with all your friends at the Bowl.

October 2009 Events

Day of Fashion at the Los Angeles County Fair - Saturday, October 3, 2009
Share whatever costume you'd like to model with the audience at the LA County Fair. A $5 entry fee gave you admission to the fair and parking. Entry forms at www.lacountyfair.com/competitions (Day of Fashion). Contact Annie Mitschek for a space in the fashion show or for further questions.

November 2009 Events

Messiah Sing Along on Sunday, November 29, 2009.

Join the CGW at the Yorba Linda Art Alliance. The event was held again at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda.  Concerts were at 1:00p and 3:30p - doors open one hour prior.  Georgian attire highly encouraged, but Regency, Victorian, or current "dressy"  is fine.  (Let's show people what historical for these eras looked like).  There are large bathrooms and an area where you can change if needed.  A group from the CGW will attend the second seating and go to dinner at the Summit House in Fullerton afterward. The concert was free (donations are appreciated).  Dinner ran about $30-$35 per person- open menu.  We had a table for 12 reserved in the main dining room at 6:30 PM. 

December 2009 Events

December 20, 2009 - Ice Skating Meet for the CGW

Crowne Plaza's "Splash" restaurant proved to be a bit too much even with discounts, as was Portofino's "Baleen", the other spiffy restaurant in the area. We shifted reservations for around 30 to the more affordable Ruby's Diner, right next to the Rink and our changing area. If this is more common fare than you were expecting, apologies; you are still welcome to visit one the other two restaurants which are very nearby.

Skate Location:
Seaside Ice at Seaside  Lagoon

March 2010

Saturday, March 13, 9am-1pm - cancelled, but look for it in the Fall!

The CGW Beggar’s Bazaar is the place to buy or sell anything a costumer might be deemed to need. All CGW members are welcome to sell. All profits from your sale are yours to keep.