Friday 26 September 2014

Annabelle and I

    Here I am with Annabelle - she's sitting on the "0" of the big 2014 at Confederation Landing in Charlottetown!
Here's the rest of us!

Wednesday 24 September 2014

1864 Display at Confederation Court Mall

    I was asked to supply period clothing for a display at the Confederation Court Mall in the area that connects to the underground passage to the Confederation Center of the Arts.  Here's a link to their Facebook page including their photo and quote...
     Here's their quote that goes with this posting on August 29th...
     "Glorious period costumes from Arnold Smith are on display at The Confederation Court Mall lower level.  Also on display is an 1800's music box.  Happy Founder Week!"

Townspeople greeting the Father's of Confederation

     I was asked to gather a collection of 14 people and outfit them in period clothing to represent the townspeople of Charlottetown as the re-enactment of the arrival of John A. MacDonald coming ashore at the foot of Great George Street for the Charlottetown Conference, September 1864. 
     Here's the photo of the folks I gathered together for the re-enactment.  This Guardian newspaper photo appeared on their website later that day, August 30th...
...along with this photo of John A. MacDonald arriving.  Here's the link...
Below are a few photos of the day taken by Carter Jeffery.
A few of the folks I gathered together had their own costumes.

At the Celebration Zone

     This summer we had a costume display at the Celebration Zone at the Charlottetown Waterfront in celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Father's of Confederation Conference.
  Here I am with our period dresses.
     I presented a few talks and my sister Anita did demonstrations weekly.
Below is Anita with her daughters Angela and Willeen and her granddaughter Annabell.