Keith - that's a very valid statement. I too remember when dancers danced in their own side's kit, and indeed it was a very colourful experience. It also reminded other sides and the general public that our dancers were not just a crowd scraped together from the streets. I'm not sure how many of our regular dancers have kit but I also wish they'd wear it.

On the Friday we appear in matching Tshirts that we ordered and paid for on the Monday. These have a humourous theme, for instance the top hats that received such a bad press were related to Martin Scorcese's film Gangs of New York, which to us became Martin Scoresby's film Gangs of Whitby. Most of our dancers now wear Scratch shirts from a previous year, but to people looking from a distance just look like any other Tshirts.

It's probably not so important for musicians, and very few of L'Orchestre Super Scratch are Cotswold musicians (or even musicians!) so we just turn up in summat colourful until we Tshirt up on the Friday.