First of all, props to you guys for finding our skit so fast! AGSMA was hoping that I'd plug it here, but I arrived at the boards and found it right off. Thank you for all your sweet comments! We are doubly pleased that there are Richie and Blake Superior fans.
Masquerades! They're such fun and a great way to meet other people who are as crazy as you are. I've learned so much from AGSMA just by entering with them. If you're feeling the urge, do enter! Fun for you and hopefully your audience too!
In Masquerade experiences with AGSMA, I've found this (or slight variations) to be the golden rule of costumes that aren't created by the wearer:
(from Anime Expo Masquerade guidelines)
9. Costumes and Props must be constructed by the contestants. The only 2 exceptions are:
1. Costumes and Props of a group were made by members of the group.
2. Costumes and Props were made by or helped by non professional family/friends without monetary compensations. Any assistance from family/friends is limited to one group.
So it's fine to wear something that was created by another member of your group. For example, my sister made Richie, Bloo (both of which she wore) and the Mac costume that I wore. We both made the Cheese puppet that Liddo-chan used. Furtech made the Eduardo that WayneKaa wore, WayneKaa made Wilt and Coco that were piloted by Liddo-chan and our friend, etc, Liddo-chan made the Frankie that she wore. I wrote the script, we all recorded the voices, our last Florida-teammate made the final recording. Team effort!
I think the lines are fuzzier with props--you MUST give credit to the maker, but I don't think they have to be in the group.
But no worries, Masquerades appreciate entries of all kinds, and they judge accordingly--Junior, Novice, Journeyman and Master. Just be sure to read up and follow the Masq's rules, and that's all there is to it!
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