Stock-culling opportunity and Summer Wig Symposium

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A couple quick reposts before i head out for the dentist (boo) and then hatblock casting (yay):

First up, I'm always on the lookout for recycling opportunities for stock-culling, and this is a great one. Clean out your stock of nylons! And, partner with some local hair salons to help with the oil spill cleanup in the Gulf! This info came through the costumers' e-list from UNCSA's Martha Ruskai:

There is an organization stuffing old and new pantyhose and old and new tights with human hair and animal fur to make booms that will soak up the oil spill in the Gulf.

If while doing your end of school year purge, or beginning of summer stock sorting please consider sending those old dead elastic hose to

http://www.matteroftrust.org/

You must sign up to donate. They will then send you an email with the address of where to send.

The other forwarded bit of info is on this summer's USITT Costume Commission Summer Symposium, which is hosted by UNC School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, NC. The topic is wigs and hair, and here's the info from Vice-Commissioner of Symposia Kevin McCluskey:

This summer's symposium "Wig Making and Styling" will be held August 5-7 at The School of Design and Production at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The symposium is hosted by Martha Ruskai.

The Commission is proud to support this unique chance for focused study in wig making and styling, both areas of interest continually requested by members as subjects for workshops and symposium. Martha has worked hard to put together a strong symposium, one at which everyone will leave with a focused study in their area of interest.

So here is a great chance to work with wig and hair artists who have designed and worked in more venues than I can write here....

You can download a symposium brochure and registration form at:
http://www.usitt.org/CostumeSymposium.aspx