Hello all,
We've been invited to Basingstoke's SetsMad event (see link for more details) from what I can see this is a weekend event where they teach all sorts of dances from all over the UK and Europe. The invitation is currently very open and asks if we could do a display/session/teaching at some point between the 22nd-24th. They want to pay us (hurrah) but obviously can't talk money until I know we have a team. I've added it to the signup sheet with an option for the 23rd or the 24th, I've negated the 22nd as it is a Friday.
It's in Cliddesden (just outside Basingstoke) so not ideal, but there are trains out of Waterloo to Basingstoke followed by buses from there to the village. From what I can tell the whole journey would take just over an hour (bus dependent).
http://www.setsmad.net/ is the site for more info. I'm 99% sure they asked us last year.
Signup sheet below - prompt answers so I can give them a yes or no answer please 😊
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
Becky x
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TOWER RAVENS SIGN UP SHEET 23rd September - SetsMad - Cliddesden near Basingstoke Invite to do a display/session/teach - if we have a team this is a paid gig. Y - M - N - no reply - Becky, Ffion, Hannah, Hannorah, Joanna, Kate, Katherine, Laura W, Rachel, Rachel-Anne, Reesha, Sue 24th Sep...
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Website of the Basingstoke set dancers SetsMad. ... SetsMad 11 weekend with Padraig and Roisin Mc Eneany and Rise the Dust. 22 - 24 September 2017
Hey all
Belles need to know by the end of the day if we can do their day of dance.
Hannorah are you still a yes? Kate can you become a yes? If not hannah do you know if Martin can fill in? Lastly Katherine if Hannorah can do it we don't need you, but if we had you we could piccadilly. Aware you'd normally be with the host team, so might want to be with them!
Thanks,
Becky
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Hi All,
Don't forget, the next practice will be 4th September as we have the bank
holiday on Monday.
If you haven't looked at the sign-up sheet in a while, and maybe even if
you have, please fill in availability for September Crawl, Bath Time,
Thrales Day, Mabel Day, C# Festive gathering, Wimborne and Beverley Folk
Festivals. I'm not around next practice, so consider yourselves free from
nagging for a couple of weeks (though you can always imagine my voice in
your head :P *creepy laugh* )
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-
XmFb8jmCeRa48IRI/edit
Laura - I think you said on Monday that you could make the 28th Crawl,
looks like the edit didn't work so I've put you as a yes.. hope that was
right!
See you soon!
Thanks,
Hannah
Hi everyone,
Just so all is clear, there will be rapper on Monday. There aren't many of
us, but we should still be able to get some good practice in. If you have
said you can make it but no longer can, please let me know so I know who to
expect.
Thanks,
Hannah
Hi all,
I'm really sorry but there's obviously something wrong with my ipad. It cut off the end of part two and, although I left it running for longer to try and mitigate that last night, it's cut off the second half of the final step again. Here's what I got: https://youtu.be/zEpghCWi_sI Hannorah, did you film it too? Would you be able to share that somehow? Sorry again!
I haven't got an editable version of Laura's poster so I'm going to have to start from scratch. I've been struggling to find a good enough photo. Anyone have any suggestions? Where's the one from that's the WhatsApp group pic? The one that's black and white with the blue accented and has the grumpy man in the background?
Ffion x
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Hi All,
1. Next week
2. Sign-ups
3. AGM
1. Firstly - next week I'm hoping that we'll be able to practice (mostly to
prevent my rapper withdrawal symptoms!) Several people are in Whitby that
week, so I need to work out who is coming as to whether we'll have enough
of us. Bear in mind 28th is a bank holiday, so the practice after 21st
would be 4th September. Based on yesterday, we have definitely Yes - Me,
Jo, Kate, Rachel-Anne, Ellie. Laura - maybe (will if needed). Soo if I have
missed you off the list or you weren't there last night, please let me
know... Looking at Reesha and Ruth in particular there
2. Sign-ups - New things are Thrales Day (12th November) and Mabel Day (3rd
December - a lovely day of Cake and dancing - possibly the other way around
- in Oxford). We still have quite a lot of other events which are waiting
for some more names against them, I know some are a while away, but we do
need to let them know at some point...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
3. AGM - based on last night, unless anyone has any particular
objections/desire to overthrow Becky, we'll put this back to being the day
after Thrales Day - so 13th November.
That's all folks!
Have a great week(s) and hopefully see some of you soon.
Hannah
Hello all,
Well done last night, another tricky session! Thank you for all the practice people had obviously put in in the meantime, it makes the whole thing so much more worth it!
Going foward, please continue to practice the dance, perhaps focussing on the second half to get it a bit more balanced with the first. When we get back in September we will discuss how to maintain it for when we can dance out. There was a brief discussion last night of those who are around doing 10 minutes prior to rapper/10 minutes after rapper just to run through the dance and make sure we can remember it. I don't want it to interfere with rapper practice so we will just have to see how it goes and perhaps it can properly be addressed at the AGM if that system isn't working. After that there is the question of clogs, but again I think we could address this at the AGM, I'm very aware this is an extra thing and not the point of Tower Ravens so we'll only do what everyone is happy to do!
***Next week*** watch this space to see if there is a team for practice next week.
I will see most of you on the 4th!
Becky
Hello all,
Same as last week please arrive promptly in order to crack on with the clog dancing. As far as I know I'm expecting everyone from last week plus Rachel-anne and I'm hoping everyone has a clear idea in their head how the dance goes, even if they can't quite do it!
I believe we have cake, gin and a thank you card for Kate so all organised.
Please remember that next week is back to rapper as normal - there is no me, Katherine or Ffion so Hannah is taking the helm for the week. As far as I know we have everyone apart from the Whitby goers (Me, Katherine, Ffion and Sue). Hannorah I'm also assuming you won't be around having done 2 in a row for the clog? If you can't make it please let Hannah know asap in case we end up having to cancel - we shouldn't do but i know we are at peak holiday season :)
The week after (28th) is the bank holiday, where there will be no practice, so the next practice is September 4th! As Hannah isn't at this one please can someone take the second set of swords from her?
See you later,
Becky
Hi All,
Not really any business this week, other than please all take a look at the
sign-up sheet and put your name where appropriate...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
For those of you on the crawl, Libby who came along to watch and took some
videos etc to help with her research sent the following message. If people
are happy with her coming along (not sure that there should be any issues)
- I would suggest we think about this for late September after we've had a
practice or two, seeing as we have the Whitby week where there won't be as
many of us, and then there's the bank holiday. I'm going to try and find
one of the videos of us doing Piccadilly at DERT as she was interested in
that.
*"First of all a big thanks to you and the whole side for letting me tag
along and answering so many of my questions! It was all super helpful and
I’m busy at the moment writing up some of the experience in a chapter I’m
writing for a book on ‘time’ in performer training.*
*Do you think everyone would be OK for me to come along to a practice
evening? It would be great to see how you learn the dance and get to see
the steps and moves in greater detail. Also, if people were willing it
would be lovely to do short interviews with a few of the most experienced
dancers and musicians.*
*It was a really fun evening and the little videos I’ve shown to my family
are very impressive!"*
Thanks,
Hannah
