A Capitol Fourth 2011

Over Fourth of July Weekend 2011, I went with the cast of Million Dollar Quartet to Washington, DC for "A Capitol Fourth'.  In the time between the closing of the Broadway run and "A Capitol Fourth", I refurbished Jerry Lee Lewis' jacket, and my good friend Aughra Moon remade the Elvis jacket.  Her work is impeccable, and she patterned off of the old jacket. However, we did run out of time for a final fitting, so I did it on site. 

Alas, the jacket was too small.    I came back to the hotel and worked on it. A very late fitting in the hotel lobby made us realize that it was going to need more.  The next morning, after some talking with the staff at the event, I made that jacket grow ten inches.  That's right...ten inches.  I added gussets under the arms, and a pleat to the back of the jacket.  (I had the extra fabric with me.)

I was very nervous. What if the jacket ripped onstage?

Watch the video, please.

As you can see, he did his behind the back maneuver, the jacket didn't tear and I could once again breathe.