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| Excellent decor throughout! Is that skeleton evidence of Fritz's good marks in anatomy class, back at the art academy? |
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| Waltraude's invitation - who could turn it down? |
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| Fritz in his wildly decorated studio, 1978 |
On finding more rolls of randomly painted packaging paper, it made sense to dig through old family photo albums, to see how it all pieced together back then. Wow, that turns out to be a fun tangent to get onto! Apparently a good two weeks or more went into the preparation (mostly decorating?) of the parties that were hosted by the Stehwiens in their new addition to the house, a nice large studio. The ambience created by dressing up the walls, as well as 'lowering' the ceiling and adding music and mystery made quite an impression on friends and colleagues. Most were wonderfully and amazingly creative in their costumes as well, which really made the parties a success. Especially with the challenge of trying to marry the traditions - Halloween (mostly for children, 40 years ago) and the German carnival, usually at the end of February.
More on this topic in spring...
