TowerRavensTeam October 2018

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4 participants
13 discussions

by Hannah Norman

Hi All, Not too much to update you all on this week. We collected a whopping £192.04 on the last crawl, so well done all. Next event will be Thrales Day on 11th November, more info next week. Don't forget our AGM will be the day after, if there is anything you would like adding the agenda please let me know asap. I'll send round updated role descriptions, the final agenda and last years minutes next week, so if anyone is unable to make it you can make any points you would like raised via email. Sign-ups we need to let YORK know by 10th November (I know next September is ages away) so could you all look at that one as a matter of urgency please (no-replies and maybes). This is one of the ones where we will mostly be able to dance in pubs. Otherwise, please please sign up to things next May/June/July - would be good to be able to work out which ones we are able/would like to do. If you don't mind, then maybe sign up to the ones you are free for and say x out y events. Thanks to those of you that filled some of it in on Monday, if everyone else can please take a look and help reduce the no-replies that would be great! Any questions on any of these please let me know - you might not be the only one wondering. ☺ Sign up sheet here as always... https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4… See you Monday! Thanks, Hannah

6 years, 7 months

Tonight

by Becky Such

Hi all, Sorry for late email! Absences: Jo, Fliss, Rachel and Martin (but we have Nikki!) Plan will be to continue on with Jubilee, Westerhope and Piccadilly. Today is probably a good day to have Piccadilly with just Hannah TD, and just with Ellie. This might partly depend on me being able to dance (which I'm hoping to do!) Please come to clog. Clare is learning it so even if it just me, Clare and Ellie at 7 and others arrive for 7.15 for a quick run through? This will be discussed at the AGM so should be settled soon :) See you later, Becky xx

6 years, 7 months

AGM

by Hannah Norman

Hi All, Please find attached a draft of the Agenda for 12th November. Let me know if there are any items that you would like adding by 5th November (if you have anything further to add it can always be AOB). I will then circulate the final draft along with the minutes from the previous meeting. Any questions / items to add, please let me know! Thanks, Hannah

6 years, 7 months

Tonight

by Becky Such

Hey all, Looking forward to seeing you tonight: Crown and Cushion at 7.15, ready to dance at 7.30. Remember the plan is for some of us to eat upstairs (that apparently exists) so if can't find us that's where we'll be. We don't have many people tonight (I suspect I am just too broken to dance, unless I get super excited) Jubilee: 1. Katherine 2. Laura/Hannah 3. Laura/Hannah 4. Laura/ Hannah/ Ellie 5. Rachel-Anne/ Ellie Westerhope: 1. Katherine 2. Hannah 3. Laura 4. Ellie 5. Rachel-Anne I didn't properly plan otherwise I would have run through this with Sue on Monday! I think as it's been such a long time we'd be better to just do the 5 person ending. Exactly the same figures but with no 6th person. Piccadilly: Emma is around at the start so, if we can, we'll do Piccadilly: 1. Emma 2. Hannah/Laura 3. Hannah/Laura (I'm assuming you'll want to be 3 Laura as that's what you've done recently, but decide together!) 4. Katherine (sorry, I'm aware this hurts your hip!) 5. Rachel-Anne Rachel I know you might be around which will obviously alter the numbers a bit! See you all later. Please bring tankards if you have them! Thanks, Becky

6 years, 7 months

Business (We're going to Whitby!)

by Hannah Norman

Hi All, I have just confirmed us for* Whitby* as we now have enough of us to commit. We don't need exact numbers just yet, so anyone else that would like to go, please do add yourselves and we'll worry about partner tickets etc. at a later stage. Watch this space.. Woop woop, we're going to Whitby! ☺ Don't forget we have the* crawl on Thursday* around Waterloo, most likely starting in the Crown and Cushion (closest tube Lambeth North). First dance is at 1930, so please be there and in kit by 1915 so we can have a prompt start. As Becky mentioned there is only 1 cubicle in the pub, so if changing there, maybe factor that into your arrival time. *Other festivals/bookings...* Please sign up to all the things we have been invited to in 2019 one way or another. It might seem like a long time away, but for them to plan these events they do need to know fairly soon. All of them want to know by Christmas, others much sooner. I appreciate that there are several in a row and that we are unlikely to do all of them, so if free for several, please mark a preference when filling yourself in or some kind of comment of not adjacent weekends or whatever if you don't mind. If you are unsure what any of them involve, please shout as you may not be the only one, and I can then provide some more info... Also *DERT *replies by end of November please including whether you would like to bring anyone (doesn't matter whether you are dancing/spectating/turning cartwheels just that you want to be there) *New invites:* Hammersmith are 60 - 13th July 2019. Dancing around Putney, Wimbledon and Hammersmith. Probably starting at 11 and finishing in Lyric Square in Hammersmith at 6. *Sign-up sheet here:* https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4… *AOB - mostly financial stuff:* Sue has reimbursed everyone some money for various festivals over the summer - please check your accounts this week and if you have any queries get in touch with her. If you have spent any money on behalf of Ravens, please let Sue knwo this week so this can also be sorted. And, finally, if you need to pay subs (and aren't already), please do so and set up your standing orders for 1st Nov - again any queries/concerns please ask Sue. If you could all do this as soon as possible if it applies to you that would be great so Sue can sort out the end of year accounts and produce her treasurers report... In case anyone doesn't have Sue's email - connollysue(a)hotmail.com Which brings me onto the *AGM* - I will be sending out an Agenda very soon, so you can add any extra items you wish / start drafting responses if you are unable to make it and want to have your say. Have a lovely week! Hannah

6 years, 7 months

Tonight

by Becky Such

Hello all, Absences: Rachel, Jo?? Clare? I think that's right, please let me know if there is anyone else. We'll do clog at 7ish. Continuing to think about neatening. Fliss if you're around we could begin teaching you. One of the things I want to discuss at the AGM is if people are interested in learning anything else, and if not what we want to do about practicing as every week seems a bit intense. Normal practice will be recap of jubilee for new people and continue some work on Westerhope. Ellie and Hannah TD to be brought through Piccadilly again. Ideally if we have the people I will actually be teaching Piccadilly from the outside so we can try and look at some finer details (don't panic Ellie, I know you've only just got through the dance so I don't expect miracles). Thanks, Becky

6 years, 8 months

Business - mostly sign-ups

by Hannah Norman

Hi All, Thanks to everyone for signing up one way or another for next weeks crawl and Thrales Day. We've still got one or two people left to fill in for the AGM on 12th November, but looks like we have enough of us - so it will definitely be then! I shall try and get an agenda out soon as I can so you all have plenty of time to add anything onto it etc. We have a few sign-ups that we need to make decisions on pretty soon... So: 1. *Whitby (17th-23rd August 2019) *- we need to let them know by 30th October and we could do with a few more people - as otherwise it will be super-tiring for those that have currently said yes, so probably not currently feasible. 2. Following on from that *York* Festival would like to know by 10th November 3. *And most excitingly DERT! *we need final numbers submitted by 15th December (this includes +1's etc.) so if you could fill that in by the end of November at the latest please, that would be great and make it much easier for me to sort our registration out. For this we don't need you to have decided whether you are dancing and what you would like to dance, we just need to know that you fancy going to Newcastle for the Rapper Event of the Year and whether you'd like to bring anyone along... Whilst you're staring at those, please could you take a look at the other events on there for next year and start deciding which of them you would like to do. I appreciate there are a number of consecutive weekends with invites, we don't have to do them all, so if you have preferences please state them and then we can work out which to accept and decline. *Goathland*, for now I am considering our reply to be us expressing interest, but it would be good to give them a bit more than a vague "that sounds fun" as soon as possible so they can plan the weekend - so please turn your attention to this one as the 4th key one to look at this week https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4… Have a fun week of decisions and diary checking! (And whatever other excitement you have planned ☺ ) Thanks, Hannah

6 years, 8 months

Tonight

by Becky Such

Hello all, Absences: Jo, Rachel and Fliss. Don't think there is anyone else?? Clog: Starting around 7, focus on the final step to make Ellie's style. Fliss isn't around to teach, but I know Clare was interested in learning, so maybe this process could start tonight if she is up for it? Ellie I'd suggest you teach her, with the stylistic tweaks we've made! And we'll practice the steps aside from you. Actual practice - continuing on with learning and honing jubilee for new people. As well as Piccadilly for Hannah TD and Ellie. Depending on progress I might look at some people learning new positions in Westerhope. I quite dramatically came off my bike last week and as such can't really lift up one arm without it hurting, so won't be doing any dancing. I hope it doesn't impede my teaching! Thanks, Becky

6 years, 8 months

Re: [Tower Ravens] Calling all wannabee DERT judges + business

by Hannah Norman

Hi all, forgot to forward this on if anyone is interested in nominating anyone. Please bear in mind if you nominate yourself you cannot dance as it is slightly impossible to dance and judge yourself at the same time! (and not entirely recommended even if you did have a tardis or similar...) They also recommend 5 years of dance experience and having danced with more than one team for experience of styles. In terms of business, not much other than the usual please check the sign up sheet and sign up to the AGM on 12th November if you haven't and Whitby next year as well - I will start chasing that one very soon... sorry for a lack of link to the sheet, am making do with my phone at the mo. See you Monday! > > Hannah > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Sue Rutland <suer1000(a)hotmail.co.uk> > Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018, 22:37 > Subject: [TR Committee] Calling all wannabee DERT judges > To: > > > > To members of the Rapper world. > > > As you should all know by now, DERT 2019 will be held in Newcastle upon > Tyne organised jointly by Kingsmen, Sallyport and Star and Shadow. > > In the recent survey by the DERT Steering Committee the question of > judges, how they were selected and how well qualified they were to judge > was raised. In an attempt to respond to this we would like to offer the > rapper community the opportunity to nominate potential judges for the > competitions. The intention of this is to broaden the existing pool of > judges and give an opportunity to new people interested in taking on this > challenging role. > > All nominees will be entered onto the list of potential judges but it will > be down to the DERT 2019 committee to decide on the final list of judges > with the intention of maintaining a good age, gender and regional balance. > > Any nominee will need to be an experienced dancer (I suggest at least 5 > years) with a genuine interest in rapper dancing that extends beyond just > dancing in their own team. It would be desirable if your nominee has some > experience of dancing in more than one team so that they have experienced a > variety of styles and techniques. > > If you know someone you meets this criteria and would like to try their > hand at judging at DERT 2019 then please follow this link to give us all > the details. > > > > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdiqWN-ZOX263UDY5-OM3JDpbjqW9DjFhZ… > > <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdiqWN-ZOX263UDY5-OM3JDpbjqW9DjFhZ…> > DERT 2019 Judge Nomination Form > <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdiqWN-ZOX263UDY5-OM3JDpbjqW9DjFhZ…> > docs.google.com > This form will be used in the selection new judges for the 2019 > competition. Please give as much information as you can to help us in this > process. > > We would like all our judges to be in place as soon as possible so please > respond as quickly as you are able. > > > Sue Rutland > > > _______________________________________________ > Tower Ravens Committee and Info List > info(a)towerravens.org.uk >

6 years, 8 months

Fw: Sidmouth Folk Week 2018 - Dance Team Collections

by Becky Such

For anyone who cares how awesome we were! Thank you to everyone who collected so hard, danced so hard, and generally made the whole week amazing 😊 ________________________________ From: TowerRavensInfo <towerravensinfo-bounces(a)lists.postman.org.uk> on behalf of Sally Wearing <sallywearing(a)outlook.com> Sent: 08 October 2018 22:06 Cc: malcolmmajor(a)ntlworld.com; Charlotte Dover Subject: [TR Committee] Sidmouth Folk Week 2018 - Dance Team Collections Dear Dance Teams Here are the final results of the collections by the dance teams at Sidmouth Folk Week 2018. As you can see, this year was the best result ever. The dance teams raised almost exactly half of the total amount collected at the festival. WELL DONE TO YOU ALL! It's a stunning amount; you've set an amazing target for next year's teams. Please pass on my heartfelt thanks to everyone who worked so hard to achieve this. The festival is very grateful to you for throwing yourselves into collecting and embracing the spirit of friendly competition for the Bill Rutter Prize. Very best wishes Sally Sally Wearing

6 years, 8 months

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