Checc Theme 09, so what will it be??

[kayleigh]

OK so everyone is probably focused on other caving trips but I have booked my flights and am excited about CHECC already.
So we need a theme.
My fancy dress box is still at my parent's house so my options are more limited than usual and I have to fly over from Belfast so no big cardboard structures this year.
Idea 1) Everyones costume based on a furry suit, think:
Carebears
Animals
Teletubbies
Superted
Disney
Baby
etc

Idea 2) Cartoon characters (although I think kent did this 2 years ago)

Discuss

[kayleigh]

fruit and veg - ok so it would take some work, but i'd love to see tree as a pinapple or edd as a carrot

[RuthB]

We could go as ninjas.... in a variety of types, cowboy ninja, old ninja, flasher ninja..... anything you want really
same base costume with a variety of additional items....

Or following on from cartoon characters snow white and the seven dwarfs, although there should hopefully be more of us.

[kayleigh]

James would have to be snow white as a dwarf wouldnt be fancy dress

[Sally]

I still like the furry suit idea, partly because we failed to do it in Romania cos most people had wet furrys by then.

I'm struggling to come up with alternatives. We could all dress up as one very random thing (the more random the better).

Someone suggested things you find under ground e.g. cavers, rocks, mars bars, spiders, potatoes, carrots etc. I'm not sure other clubs would know what was going on though.

I agree it needs deciding soon. I think Monday should be the deadline.

[kayleigh]

if we do furries can i call baby as its easy to bring over.

[Edd]

Me as a carrot I can understand but Tree as a pineapple I don't. Tree's not coming either; can't remember the exact reasons but probably because she's working in Scotland - I'll find out tomorrow lunchtime in St Andrews.

I'm doing SUSS fancy dress not UBSS fancy dress but Snow White & the Seven Dwarves has lots of milage. You can make them into interesting dwarves like Sleazy, Queasy and so on.

[kayleigh]

Tree's not coming because she is accompanying david to a dinner.
Dickon's ales idea is good.
I quite like the idea of being black sheep or hobgoblin.

[Crow]

Loving the ales theme

[Sally]

Cat confirmed ales is the fancy dress theme so ...

I think my choice is waggledance. Please don't choose Bees organic or any other bee costumes cos that would be dull.

Other good ones might be Spitfire and Badger original.

[Cat Hulse]

Just to let everyone know the others ppl have already bagged:
Ruth = Hobgoblin
Alice = Old Speckled hen

Still not sure what mine will be, though got a few more ideas from the whetherspoons ales catalogue:
Holy Cow (Wood's brewery, shropshire)
Scarecrow bitter (highwood brewery, Lincolnshire)
The Deer Hunter (Harvieston)- Geoff you could recycle last yrs outfit!
Ressurrection Ale (clark's brewery, Yorkshire)

[Crow]

Im claiming Trashy Blonde

Real ale festival sites are a good place to look for inspiration.

[kayleigh]

I would like to lay claim to either grim reaper (at least 2 brewerys) or potholer (cheddar) depending on time for costume design.
Totty pot sounds good.
And someone really should do bishops finger.

[Cat Hulse]

I'm doing holy cow
also think charlie is going to do Christmas Ale

Everyone remember to email me the logos asap, 12:00 thursday at the latest as I need to get them printed!

ta xxx

[Cat Hulse]

Also Stu has taken Merlin's magic x