Howdy Y'all!

Hey Everyone!

So I'm super excited to announce that I have officially booked my trip to go to the Texas Renaissance Festival! Why would this be exciting you say? Well, this happens to be one of the festivals where Adam Winrich performs at!!! (Which means I get to meet him in person, in case you haven't put two and two together yet haha)

I cannot wait!!! I'm going to try and shoot him a message beforehand, just sort of to give him the heads up that I would love to speak with him once he has a spare moment.

Soooo...Yea!

More exciting news is that I have a Whip solo at the Faire I work at which is cool. Yay!

I have to say, I am super busy/tired/crazed running around as much as I am but I think it's so going to be worth it.

As far as whipping, I am going to continue my work with different types of dresses/costuming but I also have some other things I hope to work on in the next months or so.

Stay tuned!

Until Next Time,

Signed.
Your Scarlett SnapDragon

Whip Meets Skirt

So, rumor has it that "You can't whip in skirts!!!"....yyyeeaa...Let me explain something to you all. When someone tells me "you can't", my usual response is "watch me". I've never liked being told I couldn't do something and am always determined to proving those "nah-sayiers" wrong.

That being said, I've decided to shoot a small serious of videos of me whip cracking in different levels of skirt. This first video is of me in an A-line prom tulle prom dress that I used when I was in high school. I was shocked that it fit (if not a size too big) and found it only mildly challenging to whip crack in. The biggest challenge was making sure the whip did not snag in the skirt. But since my whip was dry and the tulle of the skirt did not really catch the nylon of the whip, I was more or less in good shape.

What you'll also notice is I added a veil more so for the added fun/challenge. The veil definitely limited my viewing capabilities...but that being said, this only poses a slight extra challenge.

Here's the video with my Bullwhip:

Here's the video with my Double Stocks:

I'm super happy to be working on this and am rather enjoying playing around with various  elements of costuming that may prove difficult. Each outfit I whip crack in add a new element of challenge (in a sort of manner anyways!)


I plan on doing this in another ballgown I have that is more flowy and a hoop skirt with bum role. I also have some shorter skirts I might add into the mix while I am at it.


Stay Tuned,

Until Next Time,

Signed
Your Scarlett SnapDragon

See No Evil

After having seen a few Whip crackers perform double stocks blindfolded I felt it was time to give it a go.

First things that came to mind: What's the big deal? You're just moving your arms exactly the same way as you would if you weren't blindfolded.

Once I was experimenting with it, I realized that yes, you are still moving exactly the same but there is something to be said about not being able to visually see where your whips/audience are.

When you are blindfolded, you become much more aware of how the whips feel in your hand. After all, you are no longer able to see if they are tangled or not. So, you listen carefully and feel the pull of your whips. It's definitely an interesting sensation.

Here's how it turned out for me:

As you can see, I rotated slighting too much (or perhaps too little) on my last spinny-do-hickey. So by the end I'm at a sort of diagonal to the camera. That's not so bad. What you might be able to see is I totally thought my whips were tangled at the very end and that I was going to hit myself in the head. (Hence the slight flinch)

This was a lot of fun. And, with the right flashy blindfold, could be very intriguing to an audience. While not entirely complex, there are some challenges to it. I would love to do this while balancing on something to sort of "one up" the "trick". Awesome Sauce!

Until Next Time,

Signed,
Your Scarlett SnapDragon