Time in: 4:30 p.m.
Time out: 12:30 a.m.

When I arrived yesterday I was sent straight to the PC to help with the Hoedown characters. First I set up a bunch of bins and bags for the characters to sort the pieces of their costumes into. They were on their way back from their set and I had to have it ready before they arrived. While they were sorting, I put away some small furs from the dry room and then some larger pieces that had arrived from the big laundry place. By then I went back and inspected all the pieces the performers had brought in. I sprayed out all the shoes and made sure they were properly matched. Then I sprayed out all the headpieces and sorted through everything to find all the small furs and put them in into the washer. I hung up all the pads and furs to be sent out to NSA (the big laundry place) and left it to be picked up then I put away all the shoes, headpieces, and accessories. Next came building the characters. Since they had been used that day, I had to make sure at least one of all of the characters was set up for the next time they went out to do a set. These characters are ginormous so it was pretty difficult to build them all. One of them I literally had to crawl into in order to build him correctly.

That was all I had to do for Hoedown, so I went back to the character room. My coordinator started me out setting up Cinderella's petticoats. There's a certain number that have to be ready at all times for her so I had to build a couple so that we had the right amount. Then I helped Tweedle-Dum set up his outfit before I went to lunch. When I got back I stayed in Soil because all of the performers were getting done with their sets and dropping their stuff off. They always come in huge packs at the same time, so we try to put a bunch of costuming people there so we don't get overwhelmed. It'd be pretty easy for the place to end up a disorganized mess, but everyone stays on top of thier game so it always is organized and efficient. It's pretty amazing to watch, actually. The costuming people do a wonderful job.

The end of the night came with putting away shoes, accessories and some laundry pieces that had finished drying. Basically just setting the room up to be ready for the morning shift to come in. It's all a very well oiled machine.

That's all the magic for today!