Is this place too far away from the centre? http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/Adriatic-Hotel/Leeds/66836?dat…
If we booked all the rooms that would be 12 beds. It would cost a total of £576.00 so £48 per person for the two night, if my maths is correct.
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From: connollysue(a)hotmail.com
To: ffion_coch(a)hotmail.com
Subject: RE: [Tower Ravens] SOAS gig
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:13:09 +0000
I'm having no luck at all chasing DERT accommodation. There are several Youth Hostels, but can't accommodate 14.
And I find it surprising that it isn't in university term-time.Plenty of trains on the Friday during the day, mostly £13.00, but more expensive for the return fare on the Sunday.
S x
From: ffion_coch(a)hotmail.com
To: team(a)towerravens.org.uk
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:06:56 +0000
Subject: [Tower Ravens] SOAS gig
Hi all,
My friend from SOAS keeps chasing me about our avaiability for this gig as he needs to get posters printed. Please can you fill in your availability on the sheet asap? https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvM6rY7GMmOGdF9vYVIwaXBmXzViSz…
Thanks!
Ffion
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Hi all,
Lots of stuff got discussed on Monday night, so here's a little bit of a
summary:
1. DERT - entry
2. DERT - transport
3. DERT - accommodation
4. Other invites
5. Knickers
6. Subs account details
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1. DERT - ENTRY
Our entry for DERT has been accepted. Money has been sent for a team of
Rachel, Jo, Becky, Hannorah, Ffion, Nikki, Laura S and Sue; as well as
spectator evening tickets for Aisha, Katherine, Lindsey, Nic and Sinead.
I've put in a request to get an extra spectator ticket for Laura F and
mentioned that there's a possibility that Ozzy may or may not be going to
play. (I've asked when they definitely need to know that by.) Gonnabe a
good weekend!
- - - - -
2. DERT - TRANSPORT
Train tickets to and from Leeds are going up in price. The cheapest I can
currently find is £70 (no railcard) if you want to leave after work on
Friday. It may be cheaper if you're prepared to take Friday off work or
are more flexible there. We could potentially get a group ticket if more
than 10 were travelling together.
The other alternative we discussed was driving. From a quick show of hands
yesterday, it seemed that Ffion (2 spaces), Hannorah (3 spaces), Nikki (3)
and Lindsey (3) might be persuaded to drive. Two weeks ago Lindsey
mentioned a minibus, but this hasn't been costed yet.
Could all those of you who are coming please reply to this email letting me
know what your preferred method of transport would be.
- - - - -
3. DERT - ACCOMMODATION
Hannorah has very kindly been looking into accommodation and come up with
the Leeds Metropolitan Uni, who have single rooms at £72/2 nights or double
bed rooms at £42/2nights per person. Another option Dan has just mentioned
Thrales were looking into is the Premier Inn, which as twin rooms and would
come out at £51 each for the weekend. Aisha has mentioned that she will be
staying at home, a short train ride away and can put up up to three people
with beds (and dinner!).
Again, if you could all email me with your preferred choice, that'd be
great. We'll be looking to make a group booking in the next week or so, so
I'll need to know where and, more importantly, how many for.
- - - - -
4. OTHER INVITES
As Ffion mentioned in her previous email, it'd be really good to be able to
confirm or deny SOAS. I think this weekend is not going to happen (should
really have realised that earlier!) and I think unless anybody objects I'm
also going to turn down the March date as being the weekend after DERT.
However, 22nd February might work well, so please sign up if you're free.
At the moment we have four number 5s signed up...
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvM6rY7GMmOGdF9vYVIwaXBmXzViSz…
- - - - -
5. KNICKERS
We agreed that Becky and Laura S were going to source knickers for
discussion, in their respective sizes. I think Laura was going to buy the
rhumba ruffly ones and Becky the sequins. We will then consider which we
like best and whether we all want the same or different (which seems to go
backwards and forwards a lot!). Ladies - it'd be good to get those ordered
soon, especially as we'll need something for the tumblers before tumbling
on crawl...
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6. SUBS ACCOUNT
I've been requested to send round the details for the Ravens account. I'm
sure Jo would love it if those of you who don't already have a standing
order set one up! Account number 00380515, sort code 070246.
- - - - -
In summary, please let me know:
- how you'd like to travel to DERT and if you're okay to drive
- where you'd like to stay while there
- if you're available for a performance spot on 22nd February (one dance,
Saturday night)
Thanks for getting to the end! See many of you on Thursday.
Rachel xxb
Hi,
Email came through this morning - we are into DERT! We have to submit
those people coming by name, so if you're coming but not yet signed up, do
let me know. It's not 100% clear if we have to pay for hangers-on as well
as performers, but I'm trying to find out about that.
Rachel x
Hi all,
Thanks for a good practice last night and congrats to Rhona and Laura F for getting all the way through the dance.
I didn't spell this out last night so, for those who weren't there last week, here's the plan for the next few months:
Jan = concentrate on getting the beginners ready to dance out on 30 Jan and getting the DERT set slick.
Feb = concentrate on getting the DERT reserve set slick and the DERT set sparkly and shiny.
Here are the allocation of people to sets
DERT set
1) Rachel
2) Jo
3) Becky
4) Hannorah
5) Ffion
T) Sue
Reserve set
1) Lindsey
2) Laura S
3) Aisha
4) Nic
5) Katherine
Learning set
1) Rhona
2) Laura F
3) Jen
4) Carol / Muna
5) Kat
Sinead to teach learning / reserve set with help from Janet and Josie.
And for those of you who like to see the dance written down, here it is...
The dance
Jonty step and clash on 8
Walk round for 8
Walk the dog
Back 8 -> figure of 8
Open ring
Glass
Haymarket
Display the haymarket at front for 8 beats (normal step)
Turn the haymarket around with jonty step
Out into coach and horses (2 and 4 doing special thing)
Flying pixies
Stand in guard
Tumble
Lock
Display the lock
Spin
walk round
Hoops
coach and horses
Fourth corner
Curley
Sue comes into the curley
6 person lock
To see how the tumble show flow nicely into the lock have a look at this video http://youtu.be/YXOaqBtMZPs. Not necessarily with these timings though - it's a slow tumble.
Finally, knickers... We agreed last night to buy a few of the options Lindsey circulated but didn't decide who would do the buying. Can someone please volunteer? The tumblers need to have a pair each so I suggest we buy the first batch in sizes to fit out tumblers.
See you all next week,
Ffion x
Hi all,
Don't worry, it was part of the application process. I used the blurb from
last year and the publicity photo taken at Thrales Day.
I guess some of the teams haven't submitted theirs, hence the reminder.
Rachel
On Jan 11, 2014 1:34 PM, "Ffion Mair" <ffion_coch(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> First I've heard about it. Rachel, did you send something in when you
> applied for the place? If not shall we just send what we sent last year? X
>
> On 11 Jan 2014, at 13:02, "Becky Such" <rebeccasuch(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> randomly noticed on the DERT facebook page that they want a blurb and
> photo submitted by the 13th i.e. this Monday, for the team. This might have
> already been done but not heard anyone mention it?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Becky
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Hey guys,
randomly noticed on the DERT facebook page that they want a blurb and photo submitted by the 13th i.e. this Monday, for the team. This might have already been done but not heard anyone mention it?
Cheers,
Becky
Hi all,
Thanks so much to those of you who filled in your availability for extra
practices for DERT. Assuming we are accepted (should find out for sure in
the next two weeks), the extra practices will be as follows:
1. One or two extra evening practices (Tuesdays or Thursdays) in January.
These will be selected from (14/16/21/23) and will be 7.30-9.30 as per
Mondays. Please sign up or reply to this email asap to let me know which
dates you can do. Practice dates will be set this Friday.
2. 2-6pm on the afternoon of Sunday 9th Feb.
3. Provisionally also 2-6pm on Sunday 16th Feb, if we think we need it.
4. An extra crawl on Thursday 13th Feb.
These will be focussing in detail on the DERT set and DERT reserve set, but
watchers/commenters/critics are very welcome to come along and help too.
Let me know if there are any questions!
Thanks,
Rachel x
