Library to Host "Downton Abbey" Headband-Making Workshop for Teens

Tompkins County Public Library will launch a month-long celebration of the final season of “Downton Abbey” Thursday, February 4 at 7 p.m. with a headband-making workshop for middle and high-schoolers.

Facilitated by local costume and accessory designer Jenny Leigh DuPuis, this program will encourage young Downton fans to explore their creativity by creating their own Art Deco-style headbands.  Participants will have an opportunity to create a flapper-style feather fascinator on a band or a comb or a jewelry-inspired chain with a dangling focal piece.

DuPuis is an Ithaca-based designer who has created costumes for Cirque du Soleil, Circus Smirkus and the Las Vegas productions of “Rock of Ages” and “Spamalot.” She toured internationally with the musical “Hairspray.”  Her whimsical creations can be found on her Etsy site, jennyleighdupuis.etsy.com.

“Downton Abbey” is a historical drama set in England and explores the British social hierarchy through the lives of an aristocratic family and their domestic servants.  Now in its sixth and final season, Downton Abbey airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on PBS.

This program is free and open to the public, and all supplies will be provided.  To register, visit (http://bit.ly/TCPLheadband or contact Teen Services Librarian Regina DeMauro at (607) 272-4557 extension 274 or rdemauro@tcpl.org.

Support for this program has been provided by the Tompkins County Public Library Foundation through funding from the Phyllis and Charles Brodhead Memorial Endowed Fund and the Michael Kammen Children's Fund.