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Whitby Abbey seeks budding bloodsuckers to break vampire recordEnglish Heritage announce bid to stage world’s largest gathering of people dressed as a vampire at site that inspired Bram StokerYou will need black shoes, black trousers or skirt, a white shirt, waistcoat and a black cape. Fangs on the upper teeth are compulsory, pallid skin helpful and a murderous demeanour optional.English Heritage has announced plans to break a world record few knew needed breaking: it wants to stage the world’s largest gathering of people dressed as a vampire.The setting will be Whitby Abbey, the dramatically atmospheric 13th century gothic abbey that helped inspire Bram Stoker to write the classic novel which this year is 125 years old.There are criteria for what counts as looking like a vampire and adjudicators will be there to judge whether each person makes the cut.For some, the cape will be the stumbling block. Who on earth has a cape?
DATE Thursday 26 May 2022 TIME 6pm - 9pmIn order to be officially counted as a vampire, participants MUST be wearing a full, traditional vampire fancy dress costume:* Black trousers or dress* Black shoes* Waistcoat* Shirt* Black cape or collared overcoat (a different colour on the inside is allowed)* Fangs on the top set of teeth
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Whitby Abbey seeks budding bloodsuckers to break vampire record
For some, the cape will be the stumbling block. Who on earth has a cape?