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>>HI, I'M ANGELA MONTERITH,
AND THANKS FOR JOINING
US ON BYU WEEKLY.
TODAY WE'LL TAKE YOU TO
PLACES ON AND OFF CAMPUS
WHERE STUDENTS AND FACULTY
ARE DOING WHAT THEY DO BEST.
COMING UP: GETTING AN 'A'
IN CLASS HAS A LOT TO DO
WITH WHERE YOU LIVE.
SOUND A LITTLE OFF THE WALL?
WE'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT.
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED
WHAT A MILLION-DOLLAR
WARDROBE LOOKS LIKE?
WE'LL TAKE YOU INSIDE A CLOSET
THAT'S GOT A DIFFERENT OUTFIT
FOEVERY DAY OF THE YEAR,
AND WE'LL TAKE YOU TO
THSET OF A MIE WHERE
STUDENTS A DOING A SOOL
ASSIGNMENT A LONG
WAYS FROM CAMPUS.
YOU THINK THAT SOUNDS EXCITING?
WE'LL SHOW YOU ALL THESE
STORIES AND EVEN
MORE WHEN WE COME BACK.
DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL!
>>ALGERIA,KRAINE, SCOTLAND,
JUST SOME OF THE COUNTRIES
REPRESENTED IN BYU'S
COSTUME WAREHOUSE.
REPORTER ALEXIS FLAKE TAKES
US ON A TOUR OF THIS
MILLION-DOLLAR CLOSET.
>>WELCOME TO BYU'S
COSTUME WAREHOUSE.
>>THERE'S NDREDS, I WOULD
SAY PROBABLY AT LEAST 1000,
MAYBE 1500 JUST HERE ALONG
WITH ALL THE BOOTS AND THE
PROPS AND EVERYTHING THAT
GOES WITH THE ACCESSORIES,
SO YEAH.
SO WE HAVE QUITE A FEW.
>>YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW IT,
BUT THIS PLAIN-LOOKING
BUILDING IS FILLED TO THE
BRIM WITH COSTUMES THAT ARE
ANYTHING BUT ORDARY.
>> START WITA RIGHT HE,
SO WE HAVE SOME FROM
AFGHANISTAN, AFRICA, ARMENIA,
BULGARIA, WELL, AUSTRIA,
THEN BULGARIA.
>>ALGERIA, ALBANIA, ISRAEL
AND TURKEY, IT SEEMS LIKE
THIS PLACE IS HAVING
AN IDENTITY CRISIS.
BUT IT'S NOT, THIS IS JUST
WHERE BYU'S WORLD DANCE TEAM,
FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE FOLK
DANCE TEAM, KEEPS THE
MARITY OF ITCOSTUMES.
>>THIS IS A COSTUME REFERENCE
GUIDE THAT I KEEP AND IT'S
AGAIN, BY ALPHABETICAL ORDER,
SO THIS PARTICULAR ONE
I'LL SHOW YOTHIS ONE,
THIS IAUSTRIA, T MEN LOVE
TO WEAR THE LEDERHOSEN,
THEY THINK IT'S SO FUN.
>>IF YOU THOUGHT COLOR-CODING
YOUR CLOSET WAS A CHORE,
IMAGINE KEEPING THIS PLACE
ORGANIZED, BUT AMY HANDY HAS
BEEN COSTUMING THE WORLD DANCE
TEAM FOR 12 YEARS, AND SHE'S
GOT DOWN TO AART.
NO BUTTON, FEATHER, OR
SLIPPER IS OUT
OF ITS PROPER PLACE.
>>WE HAVE THESE HATS THAT WE
STORE THIS WAY, AND THEN
SNAP IT , SO WHEN THE GUYS
ARE DANCING IN IT, THIS IS
ACTUALLY FOR A GUY, ANYWAY,
SO WHEN THEY'RE DANCING IN IT
THEY HAVE THIS BIG BEAUTIFUL,
THESE ARE PEACOCK FEATHERS,
ANYWAYS, BIG BEAUTIFUL THING
THAT THEY WEAR ON THEIR HEAD,
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ONE BEAUTIFUL
HAT THAT WE USE FOR POLISH.
ALSO, THIS RIGHT HERE
IS SKIRT FROSERBIA,
AND A LOT OF TIMES WE STORE OUR
IRTS THIS Y, JUST IN AN
OLD NYLON BECAUSE IF YOU HANG
THEM THE PLEATS TEND TO COME
OUT AND NOT STAY AS CRISP,
AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE
USUALLY DO TO STORE A LOT
OF OUR PLEATED SKIRTS,
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
>>I THOUGHT IT'D BE A GOOD
IDEA TO GET A TASTE OF THE
PERFORMING LIFE BY PUTTING
ON A COSTUME MYSELF,
D AFTER BEG PROFESSIALLY
OUTFITTED IN A VERY
TRADIONAL SCOTSH SKIRT,
I HAD A WHOLE NEW
APPRECIATION FOR WORLD DANCE.
THIS SCOTTISH COSTUME TOOK ME
AT LEAST 15 MINUTES TO PUT ON.
LUCKILY, I HAD THE TIME, BUT
SOME DANCERS JUST GET A
MINUTE TO CHANGE.
>>AND GETTING THE DETAILS
RIGHT WHEN YOU'RE
REPRESENTING ANOTHER CULTURE
IS CRITICAL HERE, AND THAT'S
WHY SOMETIMES AMY JUST LEAVES
IT UP TO THE PROFESSIONALS,
EVEN IF THEY'RE HALFWAY
AROUND THE WORLD.
>>A LOT OF TIMES IT'S CHEAPER
FOR TO GET THCOSTUMES
FROM THE COUNTRIES, HAVE THEM
MADE OVER IN THE COUNTRIES
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THESE
WOMEN THAT MAKE THEM, OR MEN,
THEY'VE BEEN DOING THEM FOR
CENTURIES AND SO THEY KNOW
WHAT THEY NEED TO DO,
AND THEY HAVE THE MATERIALS
AND THE RESOURCES, BUT A LOT
OF TIMES WE MAKE STUFF HERE,
IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE
COUNTRY AND THE COSTUME.
>>AND AS FAR AS RESOURCES GO,
THE WORLD DANCE TEAM IS
SITTING PRETTY WITH ABOUT 50