Hello all,
Absences: none??
Please turn up around 7ish for clog run through (or when you can)
Piccadilly: Depending on Laura's ankle I'd like to run through Rachel at 5, Hannah at 4 and Laura at 3. This could be worth walking through, especially for Laura, but would be good if we could dance it too.
Westerhope - I need to put Emma in at 2, as without her learning that we can only do Jubilee at one of the Sidmouth spots!
Jubilee - again, people in their new and exisitng positions to get it all sunk in!
Sidmouth:
I think everyone's requests so far should be fine to work around:
Ellie: Sunday we're not dancing so fine for you to be with Windsor
Ffion: If you weren't around for the Thursday that should work, obviously if you don't mind missing the morris party you could go on th Wednesday, but then you'd miss a pary!
Hannah and Martin: You both missing the Thursday spot is fine, although means we can't do Piccadilly, unless Rachel could cover? I don't know what the dance spectacular is, is it one dance each? In which case is us not doing Piccadilly sad??
Emma: Friday night is fine, although depending where you are leaving early might be good, they do want us assembled by 9.45. Saying that you don't have to be in the procession, just let me know. If you can just give me plenty of notice re. Contrasaurus ceilidh it should be ok, I saw they were on multiple times so if you were able to plan when you wanted to go ahead of time it would help me!
Workshops: I'm aware that there are morning workshops that people might want to attend, Ellie mentioned clog, but it does finish at 11 which on some days is when our first spot starts. Please make sure you can either leave early, or that you have an idea of travel time so I can have a plan of a starting point that doesn't include you. The reality is we can probably only lose 1 or 2 people at the start of a spot, and you need to be there for the majority so that others don't knacker themselves out!
Ceilidhs and Concerts: Again, if there is something in particular you want to attend that is fine but I need to know ahead of time, there aren't that many of us and it doesn't take many people for us to not have a functioning set! I want people to have the chance to do what they want, but we are there as a dance side, so don't hate me if I have to say no!
Apologies for the long email!
See you later, Becky x
Hi All,
A few things regarding kit, most of this is for Sidmouth, so feel free to
skip over irrelevant stuff if you aren't going. Bit boring, but necessary :)
Neckers and tie pins - I've been rather remiss and haven't collected these
back after DERT, if you have these could you please return them to me so we
know where they all are next time we need them. Likewise if you have any
random spare kit lying around.
Is anyone missing any bits of kit - i.e petticoats? If you are coming to
Sidmouth and don't have one, we should be able to sort something out with a
swap with someone not going.
For Sidmouth - we have a whole week of dancing, so now is the time to think
about whether you have enough T-Shirts and tights for the week. If this
weather continues it could well be reasonably warm (though it will be
cooler than London and we will be by the sea! I think we concluded
yesterday that 40 denier tights are likely to be the thinnest readily
available that will still look like black tights on our legs rather than
grubby legs.
Equally if you need to wear socks to keep your shoes on, don't forget to
make sure you have enough of these as well.
We obviously only have one skirt, petticoat and sash each, so please do
your best to take care of them during the week. If any of these need
repair, it may be worth looking at doing that before we go and give them
all a week of abuse - if you're not sure how to fix anything yourself,
please ask.
You may want to have some lightweight shoes of some sort for getting on and
off the campsite if it ends up being muddy, or just anyway if you get achy
feet walking around in rapper shoes all the time.
The other things you should bring are suncream and a waterproof or umbrella
- you never know what the weather is going to do!!
Finally stash - Laura has some spare hoodies and T-shirts if anyone would
like one / another one... send her a message if you do to see what there is!
Hannah
Hi all,
1.Saturday details
2.Sidmouth details
1.This Saturday please note the Central line trains are not stopping at Bank. I've warned you, so no excuses for lateness 😝
To confirm we're starting at 10 working on Piccadilly. We have my Bluetooth speaker so might not be able to dance slowly all the time (think Hannah was going to record Martin with something slower).
At 12ish we will break for lunch.
And then from 1ish we will resume for Westerhope and Jubilee practice, going over positions people are not confident with yet. If you are not in the set practicing it would be useful if you are practicing clog or watching and providing help!
We have the hall until 4 but imagine we might cave in the heat so in my head I have a stopping point of 3 if everyone is melting.
Please use this as an opportunity to ask any questions re. Sidmouth. I will be talking about kit and general ideas, but sure there will be stuff I've not thought of.
2.Sidmouth timetable, thanks to those who have emailed if there is anything they want to do. Tbh I have had no time to contemplate this and might not do until next week, but I will let everyone know as soon as possible if it possible to let them slope off or appear a little late to a spot. As well as when we will be doing crawls in the evenings. Please be assured when we are doing an evening crawl, I'll make sure we have a decent break for food.
Thanks!
Becky
Hi All,
We now have our timetable for Sidmouth - woop!
See attached if you are interested. (I'll resend nearer the time as well,
just in case)
The festival programme is also up, if anyone would like to see it, though
please bear in mind that we will be doing more dancing than we are
scheduled to (we need to make sure we dance in every pub at least once!).
Though if there is something that you would desperately like to see, please
let Becky (or myself) know so that she can work out whether that will work
with whatever our commitments might be.
http://sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-FESTIVAL-Prog…
More info in general about the festival here:
https://sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk/
Thanks,
Hannah
Hey guys,
Absences: none???
If you do clog please arrive closer to 7 (as mentioned I'm aware some people are tight for time with getting here etc. but the more time we have on this the better we get).
This is Ffion's last practice before Sidmouth so I want to use her no.1 skills to help boost Emma's 1 Piccadilly confidence! We'll also look at alternate numbers in Westerhope and Jubilee.
Please remember we have a DAY practice on Saturday, I'll mention this at practice but so that it's here too:
10-4 (heat dependent) in the usual hall at St Michael's. My intention is to start the day with Piccadilly stuff and then look at westerhope and jubilee for everyone to feel more confident with as many numbers as possible.
I am aware that it is likely to be really hot so, if anything, we'll finish early. I don't want people dying before we get there!
Skit: We talked about the skit for the party at Sidmouth and I think basically settled on Jubilee (probably more doable with beaks) but dressed as birds/tube stations e.g. Ravenscourt park. Rachel-Anne did you get anywhere with beaks? I'm aware you're doing the scrap book so someone else could do this? Basically the idea is beak, facepaint/feathers etc. then kit with a suitable tube sign pinned on.
If anyone has any extra ideas with something to do with this that would be good, as it's not necessarily even meant to be a dance at all! or epic bad jokes for Sue 😊
See you all later.
Hi All,
Not too much business this week, just a general reminder to sort your
travel to Sidmouth and start thinking about travel to Bromyard so I know
when you are likely to arrive. (Please fill these in on the bottom of the
sign-up sheet when you know - along with any plus 1's and whether you can
do the 2030 procession at bromyard or not)
Otherwise, July and August crawls looking good, please do check the ones
for the rest of the year. I've also added Thrales Day to the menu - we
think this will be 11th November.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
Enjoy the sunshine!
Thanks,
Hannah
Hello all,
Absences: Katherine
I will see the rest of you ready to do clog step. I'm going ot be around from about 7ish but know not everyone can be there then, and tbh sometimes the room is in use. But if people can aim for eariler that'd be great!
Hoping to have some focus on Piccadilly in glorious Sidmouth preperation 😊
Thanks,
Becky
