When one is in quarantine and slightly (very?) bored, one must find a project to entertain oneself.
Enter the new 2020 adaptation of Emma. Loved it! Gorgeous costuming, fabulous sets, candy pastel colours everywhere. All around, an absolutely delightful cupcake of a movie. And it suddenly gave me the urge to make a regency era outfit…
The uniforms and equipment of the RKKA during the Great Patriotic War (GPW/WW2) can be easily described as simple, yet comfortable and practical. For these series of posts, a basic overview will be given of the typical equipment worn during the GPW from 1941-45. For this post, the uniform of the RKKA will be the star!
The idea for this project came about after seeing Matthew Williamson’s post on Facebook on the Second Boer War Re-enactment page. He took the “Boer War” What Price Glory tunic and reworked it into a proper Pattern 1896 khaki drill tunic.
The What Price Glory tunic is based on the Pattern 1906 khaki drill tunic and needs some alterations to be used for Boer War re-enactments. I figured I could draw upon the talents of my well known tailors (ie, my mom and sister) to duplicate Matthew’s project.
Here is a list of all the events that we have scheduled for this year. There will be more info for each event in the Events Calendar. The list will be updated as we have more info...
Bunker Bash - Feb. 24-25 - Fort Rodd Hill
Mother's Day Tea - May 13 - Fort Rodd Hill
Annual Military Encampment - May 18-21 - Fort Rodd Hill
Ft. Macaulay Day / Great War Ceasefire - May 26 - Ft. Macaulay
Road to Victory - June 9-10 - Fort Rodd Hill
Canada Day - July 1 - Fort Rodd Hill
Naval Museum Open House - July 14 - CFB Esquimalt
Air Museum Open House - July 28 - BC Air Museum Sidney
AGRIFAIR - Aug. 3-5 - Abbottsford
Fab Forts - Aug. 18 - Fort Rodd Hill
Battle of Britain - September 15 - BC Air Museum
Lantern Tour - Sept. 22 - Fort Rodd Hill
Victoria Gun Show - Oct. 27-28 - Saanich Fairgrounds
Remembrance Day - Nov. 11 - Fort Rodd Hill
In previous years, the big June event out at Fort Rodd Hill was a Timeline type event, with several other re-enactment groups participating and many eras represented all the way to medieval and roman. This year, the theme was set as Women on the Homefront. As this would be predominantly representing the 1940s, we decided to combine it with our annual D-Day commemoration for a bigger two-day WW2 themed event.
