Cheap formal wear?

[DWFII]

Since I wasn't there, I can't say for certain, but were those individuals you saw reenactors? Granted, there are reenactors and reenactors -- I saw my fair share of both in a decade of participating in living history with NPS.

T.

I have a very close friend in Williamsburg...he's actually head of his department at Colonial Williamsburg.

He has done a lot of re-enacting in his career, all time periods including the Colonial period. At present he is a corporal in the 2nd Glasgow.

Of course he is an historian of the first water, but one thing he has drilled into my head over the years is the necessity to pay attention to detail, to get it right, and to respect the tradition--that it does matter, in other words...

In fact, from talking to him about his Civil War reenacting, I gather they even have a word for someone who doesn't realize that it matters--they call them "BOB's"--short for "Better Off Bowling."

[macwilkin]

I have a very close friend in Williamsburg...he's actually head of his department at Colonial Williamsburg.

He has done a lot of re-enacting in his career, all time periods including the Colonial period. At present he is a corporal in the 2nd Glasgow.

Of course he is an historian of the first water, but one thing he has drilled into my head over the years is the necessity to pay attention to detail, to get it right, and to respect the tradition--that it does matter, in other words...

In fact, from talking to him about his Civil War reenacting, I gather they even have a word for someone who doesn't realize that it matters--they call them "BOB's"--short for "Better Off Bowling."

BOBs...I'll have to remember that one. In my day, we just called 'em Farbs.

Your friend is quite correct...that was the same thing that was drilled into my head in NPS.

T.