If your Lodge has a York Rite that meets in the same building, you might ask them to borrow their costumes. Almost all the York Rites and Scottish Rites have costumes for their parts, and at least the case of the York Rite, there’s an analogy of parts that can cover many of the MM degree drama parts, such as the two Kings and t…
If your Lodge has a York Rite that meets in the same building, you might ask them to borrow their costumes. Almost all the York Rites and Scottish Rites have costumes for their parts, and at least the case of the York Rite, there’s an analogy of parts that can cover many of the MM degree drama parts, such as the two Kings and the Deacons. Unfortunately, not all the parts are covered, such as the Craftsman and their sinister counterparts. You’d have to get inventive to cover for that.
If you wished to purchase a set to do a MM drama, that can get pretty expensive. Olympia Lodge No. 1 has a MM degree set, and Harmony Lodge No. 18 asked the Centralia York Rite if they’re willing to sell them one of their surplus sets. (Mergers, etc.) When they offered a thousand dollars for the set, I thought our Chapter won the lottery, but it took a few minutes to realize that when you’re looking at full King robes, they cost plenty of money all by themselves, and that doesn’t even account for the Chaplain, Marshal, Deacons and Stewards, and the S/FM. That would run you well over $1,000 alone, and you still need other robes!
One cool thing about the Craftsman/Ruffian outfits that Oly #1 has is the Aprons. Not only are they leather, they’re rough cut, just like fresh, tanned hide from a sheep. All who’ve played these parts are Really impressed by the aprons.
Given the large number of York Rite closures and consolidations, even if a Lodge doesn't have a corresponding York Rite within its building, it should be fairly easy to find a Lodge that does have these costumes hanging in a closet somewhere.
Exactly. Centralia's York Rite inherited a few costume sets from the Mergers of the Chapters in Pacific and Grays Harbor counties. We sold one set, but unfortunately, the other sets are either worn out or no longer have matching parts. As such, we cobbled together what was best, kept those, and sold the next best set to Harmony Lodge. We still have a lot of robes in the closet that can be restored, though, if a Lodge has a member who knows how to do that, or has the financial means to "Farm it out."
WB Glenn:
If your Lodge has a York Rite that meets in the same building, you might ask them to borrow their costumes. Almost all the York Rites and Scottish Rites have costumes for their parts, and at least the case of the York Rite, there’s an analogy of parts that can cover many of the MM degree drama parts, such as the two Kings and the Deacons. Unfortunately, not all the parts are covered, such as the Craftsman and their sinister counterparts. You’d have to get inventive to cover for that.
If you wished to purchase a set to do a MM drama, that can get pretty expensive. Olympia Lodge No. 1 has a MM degree set, and Harmony Lodge No. 18 asked the Centralia York Rite if they’re willing to sell them one of their surplus sets. (Mergers, etc.) When they offered a thousand dollars for the set, I thought our Chapter won the lottery, but it took a few minutes to realize that when you’re looking at full King robes, they cost plenty of money all by themselves, and that doesn’t even account for the Chaplain, Marshal, Deacons and Stewards, and the S/FM. That would run you well over $1,000 alone, and you still need other robes!
One cool thing about the Craftsman/Ruffian outfits that Oly #1 has is the Aprons. Not only are they leather, they’re rough cut, just like fresh, tanned hide from a sheep. All who’ve played these parts are Really impressed by the aprons.
Given the large number of York Rite closures and consolidations, even if a Lodge doesn't have a corresponding York Rite within its building, it should be fairly easy to find a Lodge that does have these costumes hanging in a closet somewhere.
Exactly. Centralia's York Rite inherited a few costume sets from the Mergers of the Chapters in Pacific and Grays Harbor counties. We sold one set, but unfortunately, the other sets are either worn out or no longer have matching parts. As such, we cobbled together what was best, kept those, and sold the next best set to Harmony Lodge. We still have a lot of robes in the closet that can be restored, though, if a Lodge has a member who knows how to do that, or has the financial means to "Farm it out."