On Saturday night, July 11th, 2009, the Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History Venue in Kennesaw, GA had a "Night at the Museum" event. Just like in the movies, they were planning on having an event where the museum exhibits come to life and interact with the guests and with each other. It was an awesome idea and everyone was clamoring to do it once the invite went out to us in the 501st Georgia Garrison to be a part of it all.
The premise was the museum had obtained a meteoroid from the Smithsonian which of course has an unusual effect on all of the exhibits. The main thing that was asked of us was to never break "character". This time we were not dressing up as Star Was troopers, we WERE Star Wars troopers! We had to be fully in character 100% of the time when we were in front of the public.
There was all kinds of costumes today. Ben Franklin, Abe Lincoln, Queen Elizabeth, WWII Soldiers, Attila the Hun, Civil War Soldiers, live statues, and then there was us Star Wars guys interacting with it all. Let me tell you it was a FANTASTIC time!
Some of us decided not to don the usual Star Wars getups. This event was special and many of our members have other costuming interests as well. Here's a couple of our pirating folk!
We trooped from 5pm when the doors opened to 8pm when they closed. It was EXHAUSTING but everyone loved every minute of it.
And here's the gang, the conquering heroes of the night. Great job, Troopers!! (and Pirates, and Soldiers!)
Sunday, July 12, 2009
July 11th, 2009 - Night at the Southern Museum
Sunday, May 24, 2009
March 28, 2009 - Warner Robins Young Astronaut Day
It was a RAINY day in Georgia on March 28, 2009 when a group of us slogged down caravan style making the 2+ hour trip to Warner Robins, GA to the Air and Space Museum for Young Astronauts Day. I don't think I ever drove that far in that much rain before. Luckily the main event was indoors, but it did limit our mobility somewhat as we had to mainly stay in that one building.
Basically we were tasked to "entertain" the kids, parents and educators during their afternoon lunch break. And we were a big hit. We took lots of photos.
Liz, our TIE Pilot got the most attention today since she fit in the best with all of the surrounding fighter planes.
And it was great to troop with Florida Garrison's Squad 7, who made the trip up from northern Florida for the day. Add in all of our friends from the Rebel Legion and it was a real party!
