Contacts
Here's how to get in touch with the people who run Costume College.
If you need to mail anything, here's the address:
Costumer's Guild West, Inc.
2148 S. Fremont, Box 24
Alhambra, CA 91806
We have provided the list below in order to make obtaining information about Costume College easier for you. Please be sure to contact the correct committee head with your questions. You will receive a quicker and better response by getting in touch with the right committee head in the first place. Additionally, please remember that all Costume College committee members are volunteers. It usually takes about 48 hours for us to return your e-mail.
Dean of Costume College: Colleen Crosby
(or, if she is not available, the Assistant Dean: Elizabeth Reed)
- General questions about Costume College.
- More information about Costume College.
- How much memberships/tickets cost.
- Which department should be contacted with a question.
- How to get more involved in Costume College.
- Obtaining an application for Costume College.
- Whether memberships are still available for Costume College or tickets for Gala or Tea.
- When Registration Booklets will be mailed.
- How to dress for Costume College.
- How to purchase a College membership, and/or Gala/Tea tickets.
- Never received acknowledgement of my membership/ticket purchase.
- Inquire about the status of a membership.
- What you purchased (i.e. College memberships, Gala, or Tea tickets).
- What is the status of a Registration Packet.
- How much memberships/tickets cost.
- Never received a Registration Packet after the mailing.
- Address/phone no./contact info change
- Information needed about obtaining a refund or membership transfer.
- Need to request a refund or membership transfer.
Programmer: Jennifer Mulvey
- Want to offer to teach.
- Want to suggest a class or teacher.
- Want to know the status of a limited attendance class requests.·
- Want to drop a requested limited attendance class.
- Want further information about a class or teacher.
- Want to know about the class schedule.
- Want any information regarding classes or teachers.
- Want to know how to sign-up for limited attendance classes.
Tours: Annie Mitschek
- Want to know any information regarding a tour.
- Want to suggest or offer a location for a tour.
- Want to know what tours are being offered.
- Want to know about the tour schedule/prices.
- Want further information regarding tours.
- Want to drop a requested tour.
- Want to know how to sign up for tours.
- Want to know how to dress for tours.
The Costumer's Marketplace: Mela Hoyt-Hayden and Cat Slater Woodward
- Want to be a dealer in the Marketplace.
- Want to know about space prices in the Marketplace.
- Want general information about the Marketplace.
- Want a dealer's packet for the Marketplace.
- Want to know which dealers will be in the Marketplace. (See the Marketplace page.)
- Want to know more about the dealers or items being sold in the Marketplace.
Roommates: contact the Roommate Coordinator if you
- Want to arrange for a roommate during Costume College.
- Want to complain about someone with whom you have roomed in the past through our Roommate Coordination service.
- Want to know more about our Roommate Coordination service.
Costume College always needs more volunteers. Volunteers are vital to:
- getting equipment from one room to another
- telling people how to find classes and exhibits, the hospitality suite and other places of interest at College
- setting up the Gala and the Tea
- helping people find other people at College
The Time Travelers' Gala: ask the Gala Mistress if you
- Want to know the Gala menu.
- Want to know more about the music at the Gala
- Want to know how to dress for the Gala.
- Want information about the Gala.
- Want to offer to help with the Gala.
- Want to know more about the special meals offered at the Gala.
The Fantasy Tea: ask the Tea Coordinator if you
- Want to know about the Tea menu.
- Want to know how to dress for the Tea.
- Want general information about the Tea.
- Want to offer to help with the Tea.
Hospitality Suite: please contact the Hospitality Coordinator
Information Desk: talk to the Information Coordinator
- Want to know about making reservations at the hotel
- Experiencing a problem with the hotel.
- Want to know about parking at the hotel.
- Want to know more about the hotel.
- Want to know about room rates/facilities at the hotel.
- Need special arrangements for disabled persons at the hotel.
- Want to know about room availability at the hotel.
- Want to know how to get to the hotel from the airport, the train station
- Want to know how to get back to the airport, etc.
Website and Publicity: Web Liaison: Kathy Lear
- Report a problem with the Costume College website - broken links, for example.
- Want to know when information will be published on the Costume College website.
Treasurer of the CGW: Natalie Meyer
- Have a question about a check sent that hasn't been cashed (please allow six to eight weeks for checks to be processed before inquiring).
- Have a question about a refund requested that you have not received (please allow six to eight weeks for refunds to be processed before inquiring)
New Member Development chair: Elizabeth McCash.
- Want more information regarding the Costumer's Guild West?
- Want to know how to join?
- What's it all about?
- What does it do?
Other questions about the CGW, Inc. and/or Costume College? Anything else?
Contact the President of the CGW: Annie Mitschek
- Want permission to use information from the Costume College or Costumer's Guild West website for a publication?
- Want a press kit regarding Costume College or the Costumer's Guild West?