Hi all,
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I'm going to try and make stickers ahead of DERT. We'd mentioned at the AGM that we thought this would be a way of creating a bit of buzz around the team before we actually start dancing by giving them out on Friday evening and Saturday day time. I think we're aiming for something that makes us look fun with a hint of attitude so (good) puns and play on words welcome!
Here are some things already suggested:
1) Replacing one word in a well-known phrase with the word Raven e.g. What does the Raven say? Who let the Ravens out?
2) General folk jokes e.g. Cecil says no, George says yes
3) Our Raven names e.g. Brazen Raven, Towering Raven, Raven Mad, Quaver Raven
4) General Ravens/Tower facts e.g. Tower Ravens: flying in circles since 2012
I'm very happy to take more suggestions. You can email me, talk to me on the crawl, or add your ideas straight to this google doc<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E6QDzITYFHboTe4ptKcF8QBytDeEal_DAmS8FAV…>.
Thanks,
Ffion
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Hi all,
Some bedtime reading for you all... I've been working on the essay for
Westerhope, and I'd really appreciate feedback. The current draft can be
found here
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HxLqsciuLR1AKNVSnJtXzKSV5k2UWifxKmIgict…>,
and it should be commentable, so do put notes in if you see anything odd.
I've based it on Laura's essay from last year, so a big thank you to Laura
for making the whole thing significantly easier! :)
Thanks everybody,
Rachel x
Hi everybody,
We agreed today that we would wear the same costume as last year, that is:
black shirt, tie with badge, normal skirt (no petticoat), tights, shoes.
Add black safety pants if you are worried about the length of your skirt
without a petticoat!
Shirts:
I think that Jo, Hannah and Laura S already have shirts that fit them from
last year. I know various non-Westerhopers have shirts; I believe that we
need to find shirts for Hannorah, Reesha and Rachel-Anne.
Can you three let us know what size you would normally wear as a tshirt?
We'll see if anybody is able to lend theirs. I think we found last year
that we had to go up a size to allow for arm movement when dancing. I am
trying to find out if Primark still sell them, but no luck so far.
The shirts are a little sheer. Did we wear them over our usual tshirts,
can anyone remember?
Ties and badges:
I believe that Jo, Hannah, Laura S, Kate, Katherine, Rachel all have ties
and badges from last year (Laura S may have several??). Can Kate,
Katherine and I all try to remember to bring ours on Monday and we'll do a
bit of a swap?
Safety pants:
If you're worried about the length of your skirt without a petticoat, last
year Laura bought these
<http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231286124406?var=530540160683> which were cheap
and effective.
Thanks all,
Rachel x
Hello all,
Just want to say a big thank you everyone's continued hard work. I know the build up to DERT can be frustrating as well as tiring but it is really showing in both sets that we've put a lot of effort in.
Reminders for Thursday -
DERT set - please really think about appearance, we'll check kit all matches (barring tights which will buy for next crawl) and neat hair (this is mainly at me) I know we mentioned more feathers, can someone remind me to ask Laura S. if she still has any feathers?
Overall our focus is really listening and staying with Kate, in particular not rushing on the doubles. Everyone/ as many as possible stepping to the end pre-popcorn, remembering woop woop step [😊] Oh and SMILING!
Ffion - sword out of windmills and sword in double tumble
Laura W. - no camp feet on your way round in windmills, remember to walk around after V lock! Brute force in 5 person locks
Becky - land on 3 in windmills, don't move at end of spin, 6 sword lock
Hannah - going down at the same time as others going into sweeps and double tumble, don't travel too far in square display, brute force in 5 person locks
Katherine - sword out of windmills and in double tumble, footing on getting into open ring from second tits.
Sue - Speedy entrance to walkaround and then caterpillar in order to break on 4, confident display even if lock looks bad [😊]
Kate - start at good pace and stay there trying to fit exciting music at appropriate times (as long as we don't mess up!)
Westerhope set - obviously I haven't been as involved so can't give as picky advice! Overall remain calm, you can do Westerhope really nicely, both the figures and the stepping, just really listen to Kate and try to step in a controlled way. Try and remember to look up and look calm/smile?? you guys look so much more confident with just that small change.
Here's to an awesome crawl!
Becky xx
Who is the photographer?
*From:* Rachel Elliott [mailto:rachel@efdss.org]
*Sent:* 07 March 2017 10:28
*To:* Laura Smyth
*Cc:* carla
*Subject:* RE: Tower Ravens photo
PS: Who is the photographer credit?
Best wishes,
Rachel
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*From:* Laura Smyth [mailto:laura@efdss.org]
*Sent:* 07 March 2017 10:10
*To:* rachel(a)efdss.org
*Cc:* carla
*Subject:* Tower Ravens photo
Hello Rachel,
Is this picture suitable for Tower Ravens?
Best wishes,
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Hello all,
The Nut are running a team profile of us and have sent us a few questions to answer. I've given them a bash but am very happy for people to give their own input as this is a representation of all of us and I've rather speedily typed this out. In particular if I've got 2 totally wrong please let me know (I wasn't here!!). I'll bring a printout of these to practice if it's easy for people to add/cross out there, I just don't want to waste time on it at business.
Also we need to prove 3 good photos, has anyone got any preferences? Would it be possible for someone to bring a half decent camera on Thursday?
Thanks,
Becky
