How ice cream is helping people discuss difficult topics
The accident flipped Annie's life upside down.
Annie describes herself as the "Fandangoe Kid", after the affectionate nicknames her parents used to call her. Her candy coloured van became known as the "Fandangoe Whip". She took it - complete with a loudspeaker playing a welcoming jingle - to art galleries, festivals and parks. It is important to have coping mechanisms and ways of gently talking about it all, says Annie, and ice cream is a great way to bring this about.The van toured from June to October 2021. Some of the ice cream flavours - lemon and buttermilk, coffee and Earl Grey tea - were provided by a local Portuguese restaurant. That connection was all the more special because Annie's parents had lived in southern Portugal and, after family meals, they would often walk to the local ice cream parlour.
It appeared in Canary Wharf and on the Greenwich Peninsula in London this summer - and then a new incarnation of it appeared thousands of miles away. At night, tunes like Mr Brightside by The Killers and Ed Sheeran's Galway Girl filled the air - as Annie hosted "grief raves" where people could play music that reminded them of those "they had loved and lost in any capacity".The grief raves have fed into Annie's next project - the Fandangoe Discoteca. A touring mini club that encourages movement and dance as a way of maintaining good mental health.
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