Seussical Orchestra – Costume Ideas

Seussical Orchestra musicians, here are costume ideas. We will be onstage behind the main set and will all be visible from the waist up.

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1) Drums/Bass – you have the ok from the directors to wear red if you want to get the THING costumes.
2) Musicians please stay away from red accents as those are cat colors.

Here is the official list of color accents you can use along with black and white – these are “gem” colors:

One of our directors modeling her Seuss style outfit….mmmm…..or is it Minnie Mouse?

3) The black and white scarf you see in Carrie’s photo is available at Wal-Mart for $3. Any and all musicians can use this as an accent.

4) All musicians should wear dark shoes. The Balcony WILL see all of you! No white shoes, legs must be covered. Dark pants or skirts, striped socks, tights are very cool. Also avoid wearing “shine” – we don’t want to blind the audience.

For example: Conductor will be wearing a tux with the tails pointing outward and up, a big Seuss style bow tie and on different nights an Einstein wig, a Shako (marching band hat) and/or this hat here:

IDEAS:
Men – Suspenders, Fidora Hats, Ties and Bow Ties (oversized are fun), big buttons, skinny scarfs, big flowers pinned to shirts, stripe socks. Fun colored wigs are ok!
Women – Tights (stripe or bright solid), leg warmers, earrings welcome, solid beads (not too shiny), scarves, stripey skinny scarfs, women’s flat hats (20’s to 30’s style), goofy fake flower corsages.

Women (and men) feel free to have fun with your hair. Wacky wired braids, big buns, pig tails, spikey hair, etc. If you’re not sure how to do this, Carrie James (director) will help you! Dark shoes or boots, belts welcome, hair scrunchies, big hair bows welcome. Fun colored wigs are OK!

Here are some drawings Carrie James came up with for us. Please note: COLORED WIGS ARE OK! This was decided at our last orchestra rehearsal and ok’d by directors.