BB 2006 Belgium

2006 Belgium trip In August 2006 Berkshire Bedlam and The Outside Capering Crew joined together under the name 'The Big Caper' to take part in the Ka-Dans Festival in Belgium .....

The Big Caper - Berkshire Bedlam and ......	...... The Outside Capering Crew

The opening ceremony in the centre of Torhout - Sue and Jerry present our offering .....	..... and then everyone mills around for a bit ......

..... and then we get on with Lucky Pierre .....	..... before claiming this corner of Belgium for Great Britain

At the KaDans Festival, BB on an outdoor stage at Wijnendale Castle where .....	..... we had carefully translated "aaargh" into Flemish beforehand (similar but more phlegm) .....

The big finish from the combined sides	The musicians (Lawrence, Mark, Sue and Bob) take their deserved bow

And afterwards Jameson tells Andy about the new toothpaste he's been trying	Meanwhile the same musicians (plus Jerry) play to an otherwise empty courtyard

Next day, a performance in the church at Wijnendale .....	..... for which Simon and Yvonne had produced the most immaculate coconuts we'd ever seen .....

.... which we proceeded to smash to smithereens ....	..... and took great delight in doing so

Another big finish for everyone - featuring Jerry in flight	The next day, we are introduced by the comperes before our performance

The show gets under way with a joint Princess Royal .....	..... and progresses with a Knees Up for everyone....

.... and ends with another joint flying finish	A 'fraternization evening' - Andy with chef, 'Mr. Barbeque', who has seen a few kebabs in his time

Some of the facilities (in the churchyard) were fully air conditioned	While in Belgium, we felt compelled to do 'Wizo the Flem' - once

On our day off we went to Bruges - where it rained .....	...... continuously. Of course it never rains on Berkshire Bedlam, but this was The Big Caper .....

On the Tuesday we were at another castle .....	..... where it started to rain again .....

..... especially when the vintage cars went by (the point of us being there!)	But the weather improved later and we roped in German Peter to help us

Sue, it's OK when you're on holiday, but don't even think about it back in England	Our last day, and an evening trip to the coast at De Panne .....

..... where we performed in this theatre .....	..... on this impressive stage .....

..... where we Mazurka'd ....	...... and Coconutted ....

..... and Simon led us and the audience in this interesting hovering move .....	..... before we Sworded .....

..... finishing our tour with our now customary joint big finish	Back at the departure party, we got a plaque from the organisers .....

..... and gifts from the Hungarians .....	..... and Tim worked on his souvenir hangover