The Kit
Current Kit
Kit has varied over the years but since our renaming from Annie’s Fantasies in 2018 we slightly altered our look. Instead of the red Annies Fantasies T-shirts, we are now in ‘Dennis the Menace’ style black and red striped tops which match our socks/tights but still with our waistcoats and black skirts or trousers. We’ll keep our individually ‘customised’ look with our decorated waistcoats, hats and jewellery, badges and bells though…that’s what it’s all about!
We get our stripy tops from these helpful people:
Tenerton 2021
Halesworth Day of Dance 2022
Colchester Eco festival 2021
Kit Changes
Our first kit used to be coloured t-shirts, black breeches, red socks and red clogs. Some dancers used to wear berets
Sometime in the 2000s (noughties?) we moved towards rainbow stripes on the socks and pullovers, and the dancers developed individual designs for the backs of their waistcoats, reflecting their interests such as gardening, or just designs that pleased them. It all got a bit psychedelic…..
At the end of 2013 a vote was held and the decision was made to change to a red-and-black theme, but retaining the individual waistcoat designs. The kit next consisted of:
Leigh Folk Festival 2015
Red clogs, with bells on, black breeches OR a black skirt with red underskirt or petticoat, red Annies T shirt, black waistcoat, customised on the front and back in any way you choose, red-and-black striped socks or leggings, and optional extras including headgear, bracelets and strings of beads, and of course a big
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First outing in new kit at Frost Vandoorn Fest 2018
Wivenhoe 80/90’s
1990’s/ 2000’s?
Early visit to Broadstairs Folk Week that toned with their shirts. This kit as worn in the 1980s and 1990s
Early Wivenhoe Again?
Individual Designed Waistcoat Back Pieces
Kit and Equipement
Last but not least some Musicians
