(16 Dec 2024)
NETHERLANDS DICKENS FESTIVAL
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Deventer, Netherlands – 14 December 2024
1. Pan from Dickens costume characters on rooftop to the street of Deventer
2. Various of street scenes with characters in costumes
3. Close of eighty-four-year-old Emmy Strik, founder of the Dickens festival in Deventer
4. Mid of Emmy Strik with a woman dressed as Queen Victoria
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Emmy Strik, founder of the Dickens festival in Deventer:|
“All the clothes are my clothes, so some have a little bit themselves, then I ask them to send me a photo (of their clothes) because I will see if it’s really Dickensian.”
6. Various of ceremony with Queen Victoria being carried in a sedan
7. Mid of people parading in Dickensian costumes
8. Mid of Sandra Nieland acting as Queen Victoria
9. SOUNDBITE(English) Sandra Nieland, acting as Queen Victoria:
“In the younger years, she (Queen Victoria) was, of course, a beautiful queen. And in the older years, she was mourning for her husband, Albert, and she was always in black and not (wearing) too much of stuff. Just her rings. I saw her rings. She always wore a lot of rings.”
10. Close of Sandra Nieland
11. Various of street scenes with characters in costumes
12. Mid of Noah ten Hag and Stef Jongbloed, street actors playing chimney sweeps
13. Close of Jongbloed
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Noah ten Hag, amateur street actor:
“It gets busier every year, and it’s crazy to see how many people from all over the world.”
Stef Jongbloed, amateur street actor:
"And it’s people like us who have specific acts, but you also have so many people that just dress up, just for fun and just walk around here the entire day. So it’s all of us doing it together is what makes it so amazing, I would say.”
15. Mid of the couple dressed up in 19th costumes
16. Pan of men riding historical bicycles
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Martijn Westerbrink, Managing Director Events dEVENTer:
“We always tell them (performers), be aware of your watch, be aware of your shoes. And whenever we see something that is not correct, we will act upon that. So we go to those people and say, Well, you have a watch, which is not from the 1800s, please leave it back at home. And we’re very strict. Already for 30 years, we’ve been very strict.”
18. Mid of the people in 19th Century costumes
19 . Wide of the visitors
STORYLINE:
LEADIN:
Each year the Dutch city of Deventer transforms into a pocket of 19th-century England for a weekend.
Residents and visitors dress up in Victorian costumes to bring the characters of Charles Dickens to life.
STORYLINE:
Grubby young street urchins, finely dressed ladies and gentlemen in top hats.
The Dutch city of Deventer has been transformed into the 19th century world of Charles Dickens.
Merchants peddle antiques and gingerbread, while people portraying pickpockets try to avoid being tossed in a mock Marshalsea Prison.
Look closely and maybe you’ll spot Oliver Twist or Ebenezer Scrooge among the crowd.
This event was started by eighty-four-year-old Emmy Strik.
It began as a protest against rules that stopped her from opening her antique shop on Sundays.
But it’s evolved into an annual festival and Strik has collected more than 1,000 Dickensian costumes for it.
If you want to wear your own outfit, she insists on checking it’s authentic.
“All the clothes are my clothes, so some have a little bit themselves, then I ask them to send me a photo (of their clothes) because I will see if it’s really Dickensian,” says Strik.
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