501st legion
Below you’ll find my blog posts about various 501st or Rebel Legion "trooping" events we have attended.
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Leia debut/updates, art, the usual
FIRST AND FOREMOST…… Chase and I took the last big load of my costume stuff out to my parents last Monday night. And… I GOT IT ALL IN THE CLOSET Guysssss… that is like 80% of my costumes all shoved into one closet. I mean I can’t GET to anything, but i can’t believe I got it all in there.…
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Sci-Fi Night, Leia progress, etc
It’s the usual post-weekend Monday update. First up! Saturday night we went to Sci-Fi night with the Riverkings. When they say “take a silly picture” I never know what to do LOL It was fun, Chase wants to go to another game just to sit and watch. Which brings me to Leia updates…. This was probably the second-to-last troop for…
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Happy 4th
Hi everybody! I’m back from my four day weekend. Did I do everything on that to-do list? HA. Of course not. The point of a to-do list is to look back and see everything you DIDN’T do. But I’ll get to all that. As usual, let’s start at the beginning… Friday night I picked up Kevin and we ran to…
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Yeah, go to Jackson, go comb your hair
Spent the weekend in Jackson! Had a great time. Friday night we just picked up dinner and ate at my grandparent’s which worked out great because I was able to watch RuPaul’s Drag Race (I thought I’d have to wait til I got home Sunday). Played some battlefront with Chase, he hated it. But at least he played. Saturday we…
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John Williams Tribute!
This weekend we got to do a really fun event – the Memphis Symphony Orchestra was doing a John Williams tribute and invited us out for it. Friday night we went up to the rehearsal to get an idea of what they wanted us to do. For each Star wars song they wanted a related character or characters onstage. For…
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Pink Palace event
Yesterday we did a little event at the Pink Palace! One of my fav places in the world. Since it was earlier in the day, Chase couldn’t get off in time for it so mom drove us over. (After New Year’s Eve I refuse to drive in costume unless I absolutely have to LOL) Since it was a Deep Space…
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Glinda, and Frozen
Part One: Glinda I finished up the Glinda bodice Saturday! Friday night I had a near panic attack over the ribbons, because as I got to the end I realized I was running shorter than I expected. As I got to the last segment I was two strips short. But, I had 6 stripes on the left side of the…
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Bricks and Minifigs Event
Got Chase’s pics from Saturday uploaded! Sometimes when I know I’m in the background of a photo Chase is taking I just stare at him. Trying to convince a little boy which Star Wars Lego he should get… I was pushing for Leia… the stormtroopers were pushing for more stormtroopers.
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Memphis Redbirds Star Wars Night!
I haven’t gotten to troop this event since 2010, because they usually hold it right before Dragon Con when I’m sequestered to my sewing room. This year it was in May so I finally got to participate again! Leia problems: I can’t get my sunglasses all the way on with the buns. They usually get stuck at some point so…
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More Edith progress + Jackson Generals pics
Had a fun and busy weekend. We went up to Jackson Friday night to stay with my grandparents, had dinner at Cracker Barrel and drove Mema crazy with Snapchat. Catty Bob Saturday morning we did a bit of shopping. I got some fabric. Then it was time to head over to the ballpark for Star Wars night. The weather cleared…
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TFA Pics!
Finally got my TFA pics uploaded – most of these are just from my iphone. These are from both Thurs night and a 2nd showing we trooped Saturday morning. Thursday night – the girls! [pic url=https://kelldar.smugmug.com/501stRebel-Legion–Local-Events/The-Force-Awakens/i-NJ3Br7S/0/S/4-S.jpg align=center] Recreating our post-Attack of the Clones IHOP photo… ALL THE LEIAS! Back in the heyday of Star Wars prequels, Harry Potters and Lord…
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Memphis Grizz Pics
Chase gave me his pictures from the Grizz Star Wars Night! Before the crowd… Photo-ops (the X-Wing pilots were the Grizz Spirit Squad) Yoda selfie Got to get pics with some awesome people Group pics After the game, couple of shots on the way to the car. Yay.
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Weekend Stuff
Friday night was the Grizz Star Wars Night! Chase hasn’t sent me his photos yet. Here’s a few off my phone. My new buns! They worked pretty well! The hair is still pretty slippery, being brand new, but a ton of hairspray (seriously eyes were watering, I had to step out of the bathroom for a few minutes) kept them…
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Battlefront 3 Midnight Release
So last night we trooped the midnight release of Battlefront 3 at Best Buy! Chase had play practice so I thought I was on my own… until Kevin ended up staying with us last night. Yay! I was going to put him in Luke, but he arrived at my house with a big fuzzy beard. So I pulled the jedi…
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A few more Jackson Generals pics
Chase gave me his pics! Man I love how my Amidala costume looks from the back. As I mentioned elsewhere I’m amazed at how this costume has stood the test of time. If I’d left the edges of the petals unfinished, closer to how the actual dress looks, it would have long since frayed into oblivion… the serged petals are…
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Craziness
Let’s start on Friday. Friday after work, we loaded up the car with costumes and Kevins and drove up to my grandparent’s house in Jackson. Had a quick dinner with them (which Kevin enjoyed because he got spaghetti) then back home for the evening. Saturday we got up, went and had breakfast, did a little running around. The bookstore up…
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FCBD and May the Fourth
This past weekend we went up to Jackson for two events! Free Comic Book Day at Books-a-Million, and Star Wars Night with the Jackson Generals. We stayed friday through sunday with my grandparents, which is always fun. I was hoping they’d get to come out and see us at the baseball game but unfortunately the rain kept them home! Anyway,…
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WSMI Huntsville Pics!
Only a month late 🙂 I posted our pics from the opening weekend of the Huntsville Star Wars WSMI exhibit last night. From that I was able to get a few new pics of my ceremonial dress: It’s still not the way I want it; maybe one day eventually they’ll be a version 3, who knows. Anyway, my Donna Troy…
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WSMI Huntsville 2010 Recap
It’s been over a week since I last posted!! Been busy. Working on getting stuff ready for Huntsville this past weekend! Huntsville was half awesome and half sucky. The sucky: My mom fell in the driveway before we left and sprained her wrist, my dad got some kind of bug bite on his arm that got continually worse throughout the…
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365 Project – Padme Cut Senate + More Redbirds Pics
today’s princess is… Padme. Shocker, I know. I got Chase’s pics from the Redbirds game, and I also nicked a couple that the Redbirds team sent to us. Here’s my fav from the Redbirds: And Chase’s… We just look like we’re having a nice conversation LOL Vader throwing the opening pitch, and me walking out onto the field…. I just…
