Jingle bell bottoms (some Zep/Floyd content)

[Vilma <zepgirly@xxxxxxxxx>]

Article that I Thought some of you might enjoy, a trip
back to the 70's and yeah there is a Zep & Floyd
mention.

Jingle bell-bottoms: Have a '70s holiday party

Here?s how to have yourself a groovy little Christmas.

By LISA GUTIERREZ
The Kansas City Star
 
It must have happened while we were shining our disco
ball.

The ?70s came back.

To the max.

Platform shoes and maxi skirts. Groovy graphics on
dinner plates and wrapping paper. ?The Jeffersons? on
cable. The first season of ?Saturday Night Live,?
circa 1975, just out on DVD. Even the Captain and
Tennille have a new Christmas CD.

So in that spirit, let?s have a very Brady Christmas!

If you didn?t live through the ?Keep on
Truckin? ? decade, the current production going
on at the Coterie Theatre will show you what you
missed. The action in Judy Blume?s ?Tales of a Fourth
Grade Nothing? takes place during a 1970s Christmas.

See those teal bell-bottoms? The orange Shirley
Partridge pantsuit? That?s what they wore in the ?70s.

Dig?

The designers for the set, costumes and music had an
easy time re-creating the look and sounds of the era,
and here they share how you can put together that ?70s
Christmas at home.

Far out!

How to trim your home

>From shag rugs to bean bags, prop designer Ron Megee
found it all.

?There?s so much ?70s out there right now,? said
Megee, who decorates his own home with a 7-foot yellow
Christmas tree from the ?70s, decked out in lime-green
ornaments.

?I think, truly, people are racing to get back to a
simpler time.?

Muted greens and golds are the colors of a ?70s
Christmas, said Megee, who dressed the stage for Late
Night Theatre?s current production of ?A Scary Carrie
Christmas Carol? in the same ?70s vibe.

At the River Market Antique Mall, he found a treasure
trove of ?70s goodies, from teardrop-shaped ornaments
to plastic lighted Santas.

What else you need:

?A felt tree skirt. Check Boomerang on 39th Street,
where Megee also found tablecloths with vintage
prints.

?Gold garland. ?As artificial as you can possibly get.
Gold garland was the major trend, and it?s back.?

?A retro Nativity scene. Oversized figurines, a
big-big baby Jesus.

?Vintage-print wrapping paper. Check Party City.

What to give

The car aisle at Toys ?R? Us is where Megee found
miniature remakes of the hot cars of the ?70s,
including the Mustang and Firebird. ?The one in the
show is that weird lime-green color from 1971,? he
said.

He also found a stash of ?70s-inspired lunchboxes at
Retro Inferno in downtown Kansas City. Is there
someone on your shopping list who would love a Holly
Hobbie lunchbox?

What you need:

?For the home: A Tupperware deviled egg container and
a lava lamp. Megee bought shag rugs and beanbags for
the play from the Delia?s catalog (delias.com), but
try Target, Kmart and Linens ?n Things, too.

?For the kids: Tinkertoys, Lincoln Logs, Mystery Date
board game.

?For the fashionista: Adidas or Puma sneakers, big
hoop earrings, a halter blouse, sweater coat, a Keep
on Truckin? T-shirt.

What to wear

>From Nordstrom to Target, Coterie costume designer
Jennifer Myers Ecton found the ?70s alive and well.

?From the colors to the mixing of patterns to
layering,? she said. ?All of those things are very
reminiscent and just scream ?70s.?

She scoured vintage shops but also scored threads at
T.J. Maxx.

?An interesting side note: Most of the men?s pieces I
found, a lot of the cast members wanted to know if
they could buy the things we didn?t use.?

What you need:

?Something crocheted, preferably in an open-weave.
Think scarves, hats, shawls and ponchos.

?A macramé choker.

?Candies. Those are shoes.

?Anything embroidered. ?It was very ?in? to embroider
all over Levi jackets, to repair holes, and sew on
patches, and to decorate with names, flowers, suns,
peace signs, hearts,? Ecton said.

?A wrap dress. ?The wrap dress in cotton jersey by
Diane von Furstenberg was very big in the mid-?70s.
Very flattering to most women?s figures.?

?Something plaid ? a skirt, pants, jumper, blazer.
Even better, mix your something-plaid with
something-striped.

?Corduroy pants, flared. True-to-the-era colors:
various shades of tan and brown, burgundy and
bottle-green.

?Knee-high socks or striped tights.

What to listen to

There?s no shortage of what Coterie sound designer
David Kiehl refers to as ?so many idiotic Christmas
records? from the ?70s. Everyone from the Partridge
Family and Brady Bunch to Johnny Cash and Grandpa
Walton recorded holiday songs.

One of the most popular Christmas crooners of the
decade? Karen Carpenter.

Merry Christmas, darling.

But don?t stick with Christmas music while you?re
making gingerbread. To keep the action in the play
moving, Kiehl set it to lots of pre-disco ?70s funk
and soul, ?because it?s more interesting than James
Taylor.?

Music you need:

?Stevie Wonder

?The Jackson Five

?David Bowie

?Led Zeppelin

?Pink Floyd?s ?Dark Side of the Moon.? ?I think if
people don?t have Led Zeppelin or ?Dark Side of the
Moon,? ? Kiehl said, ?I don?t know what?s wrong
with them.?

?The ?Superfly? soundtrack

What to eat

You can?t have a ?70s Christmas without Pop Rocks,
Necco wafers, Lemonheads and Pixy Stix in the
stockings. (Candy cigarettes would be so-oooo
politically incorrect. But they were fun in the ?70s.)

For your retro Christmas party, channel Carol Brady.
(Even though we suspect housekeeper Alice did all the
cooking.)

What you need:

?Appetizers: Fondue, deviled eggs, stuffed celery

?Dessert: Hummingbird cake, baked Alaska, cherries
jubilee. (Search cooks.com.)

?Main course: Quiche Lorraine, beef Stroganoff

?Side dishes: Three-bean salad, green beans au gratin,
ambrosia salad, Watergate salad, Waldorf salad

?Beverages: Kool-Aid, Harvey wallbangers, tequila
sunrises


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BE THERE OR BE SQUARE 

?What : ?Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing?

?When: Through Dec. 29

?Where: Coterie Theatre, Crown Center

?Cost: $14 adults; $8 under age 18, full-time students
and seniors 60 and older

?Info: (816) 474-6552 or coterietheatre.org.


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To reach Lisa Gutierrez, call (816) 234-4987 or send
e-mail to lgutierrez@xxxxxxxxxxx  




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