tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8877340758526957917.post6890022319425859677..comments2023-09-06T07:37:28.433-04:00Comments on Living Near the Field: Reenactment Overload...!Duanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16316361297063801542noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8877340758526957917.post-25820457770763012512008-06-27T21:52:00.000-04:002008-06-27T21:52:00.000-04:00I don't know if I'd go as far to call it a "dying ...I don't know if I'd go as far to call it a "dying hobby" but no doubt halloween costume quality uniforms will be much in vogue next week at various venues around town.<BR/><BR/>I really dislike the big "mega" events, especially the ones that supposedly commemorate a battle anniversary since nothing they'll do will even remotely resemble the original battle they're supposedly reenacting. <BR/><BR/>But rather than "dying" I think the future of the hobby lies in the much smaller "for us by us" events hosted by the more authenticity minded groups. No bleachers and sound systems, no suttlers row, no food vendors every place you turn, just reenactors reliving a piece of the past for their own purposes. There's no money to be made there so you don't hear much about these events, but I think authentic reenacting will live on while perhaps the mega-farb-fests will die out (hey, with $4+ per gallon of gas it costs a small fortune to haul the wall tent, camp bed, tables, chairs, and coolers of snacks and beer that we all know every CW soldier took with him!) <BR/><BR/>On the other hand, if all this stuff is going on for the 145th anniversary, it boggles the mind to think about what might be in store for the 150th!Mike Nugenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10596837239476987905noreply@blogger.com