Introduction: Carly Willes

My name is Carly and this is my second semester at BYUH. I am from Highland, Utah. The temple behind me in the picture is the Timpanogos Mountain Temple in American Fork.
I love making and learning new things. My major is psychology, because I love learning about people. I enjoy the piano, ukulele, and reading.
I am excited for costume construction and I can't wait to see what we accomplish with the play.

Gamer, Cosplayer and Food Lover

Hello fellow classmates. My name is Luis Miguel Arredondo Casas (In Mexico you get two last names), but you can all call me Luis (not Lewis and definitely not Louise). I am a senior majoring in political science and minoring in Japanese. My desire to learn Japanese comes from my love of anime, Japanese animation, and the culture of this wonderful country. I was able to visit Japan some weeks ago and those days were some of the most beautiful and lovely days of my life.

I view anime and video games like art that goes one step further. Its music, drawing, writing and designing all combined to tell a beautiful story that not only is pleasing to the eye, but also transcending into someones life and soul. This view of mine transfers into the way I see cosplay. Many anime fans do cosplay for the fame or the beautiful clothes. I personally do cosplay to pay homage to those characters that I feel have earned a special place in my heart and that I feel I have something important to learn from.

I love eating, but due to the fact that my mother has worked as a chef and is always learning new things to cook, I am a very picky eater. I do not eat food just because is there, I try to eat things that I really like and can enjoy. An easy example of this, is the fact that I normally do not eat any common brand chocolates, because I prefer dark chocolate. So, no matter how many snickers I receive during a day, I will most likely throw them away or give them to my roommate at the end of the day.

I am excited to help in this semester's theater production and I look forward to learn and have fun with all of you.
Nice to meet you and see you around.

Introducing: Sister Dooley!

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Mother, Learner, Surfer. Introducing Sis. Dooley!

Bro & Sis Dooley at Makapu'u Lookout

I can't believe I am the mother of 4 children ages 12-19! Time has flown by so much faster than I ever imagined it could. My oldest son is on mission in Nova Scotia and my baby is in 7th grade, her first year at Kahuku High and Intermediate. Growing up, when asked what I wanted to be when I grew up I said, "a mother". I have thoroughly enjoyed this lifelong career.

I love learning. I am always trying new things and my favorite thing to read is non-fiction. Yep! I know I'm weird. Some of the things I have taught myself to do over the years include: baking perfect chocolate chip cookies and home-made bread; maintaining roses, grape vines, and now tropical flora; remodeling houses and refinishing wood floors; budgeting and pinching pennies. My newest foray in learning is graduate school. I am studying at University of Arkansas--online of course--and my course of study is Apparel Merchandising and Product Development.

Some other things I enjoy are running, biking, hiking, and surfing. Surfing is a new skill I learned just a few years ago. It took me 2 months of dedicated strength training and practice to ride my first wave unassisted. This year I made the goal of surfing everyday. I don't go on Sunday's and I was gone for 6 days to take my son to the MTC but I have otherwise met my goal. I am up to 261 days of surfing so far!

I am looking forward to working with ya'll on costuming Fiddler on the Roof. It is my 13th production here at BYU--Hawaii.  Help me make it the best one yet! I hope you enjoy your semester in the Costume shop.  See you in class!