What does it take to do a good historical performance? -- Overcoming fear of research with historians' powerful tools -- Designing your performance -- Performance: it's all about the audience when there's no fourth wall -- Sharing the mantle of authority: young people interpret history -- Using historical performance skills to enhance other traditions of costumed interpretation -- Dreams and plans -- Appendix A: Historical performance camp preparation timetable -- Appendix B: Daily responsibilities of local arrangements chair during historical performance camp -- Appendix C: Sample flyer -- Appendix D: Sample application and registration form -- Appendix E: Sample schedule: historical performance camp -- Appendix F: sample schedule: night at your museum camp! -- Appendix G: sample historic figures list -- Appendix H: special invitation -- Appendix I: office tools and supplies for historical performance camp -- Appendix J: hat scenario exercise -- Appendix K: sample historical performance camp final day activities -- Appendix l: night at the museum evaluation.
