Hey Becky,
I'm feeling a lot better now that I've moved house and sorted my life out a
bit, but still think I should take another 2 months or so, just so I'm
definitely fine this time.
In the meantime, I'd like to invite you all to my joined 74th birthday
party (joined with my boss who is turning 50). It's on the day of the
September crawl (27th), so am aware you might not be in that part of
London. But if you are, you'd probably be welcome to come and dance too.
The pub owner is nice and I can ask her on your behalf. :)
If it helps, I still have the list of pubs I was going to ask for the crawl
I was meant to organise that got cancelled. They are all near where the
party is (St Paul's / Farringdon).
It would be great to have you guys there and catch up, but no pressure. :)
Anna x
Not 100% sure but think you need this to get access to the ticket collection point!
Either print or have on your phones? It hasn't been specified.
Thanks!
Becky
Hi All,
For those going to Bromyard, here's an update on roughly what is happening.
We have currently been asked to do a workshop on the Saturday at 0945 and
the ceilidh spot in the evening at 2100 - both of these will be on the main
site - so short walk from the tent in the morning! Otherwise, we'll likely
have some spots around the town from memory and can find our way to dancing
in pubs! On the Friday night there is the torchlit procession, which at the
moment I have been slightly non-committal as not very many of us were sure
when we would be likely to be arriving. The procession starts at 2030, so
once you've sorted your travel out, if you could let me know yay or nay for
procession if you haven't already. ☺
So... travel. I think I noted before that the easiest option is taking
either the 1523 or 1445 train from London, both of which get you to
Bromyard at 1833 - if you're able to "work from home" on the train, this
would be a good option if taking public transport. The other option
completely by public transport is the 1922 from Paddington which after
waiting about an hour for a bus will get you there at 1225. However, given
that the latter isn't ideal, then the team can reimburse taxis - though
perhaps try and coordinate a group if possible. This brings me onto
getting home, which has the slight difficulty of there not actually being
any buses (except for the 0850) - so again we'd need to look at taxis, or
whether anyone driving could drop people off in Worcester or somewhere on
their way back. I'm not sure who is driving though... The good news is that
the Paddington-Worcester return is £36.15 with railcard (other routes
available)
As it seemed to mostly work with Sidmouth, could you add your travel
arrangements to the Bromyard section at the bottom of the sign-up sheet. If
you happen to be driving and are able to help with any king of lifts on
Sunday / would have space for a person in exchange for petrol money, please
could you add that as well?
In terms of packing things, one thing to bear in mind that whilst it is
pleasant during the day, once sun has gone down, it gets really cold! So
you'll definitely be wanting your hoody, and maybe layers to go under it as
well. 🕶
Thanks,
Hannah
Get your creative juices flowing - or not.
See below
S x
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From: TowerRavensInfo <towerravensinfo-bounces(a)lists.postman.org.uk> on behalf of Open Morris <chair(a)open-morris.org>
Sent: 04 September 2018 14:49
To: Sue Connolly
Subject: [TR Committee] Entries for the Sue Dyke Award competition 2018
To all Open Morris Member sides
Dear Sue,
Sadly we haven’t received any entries for the Sue Dyke Award competition, so it has been decided to extend the deadline until midnight on Saturday September 15th in the hope that there are some interested young people who may wish to enter.
Please could you make sure this email is seen by all your side members who are aged under 30 on September 15th.
The theme of the competition is “What Morris Means To Me” and we are looking for entries in almost any creative medium you can think of! Full details of the competition and rules are on the Open Morris website:
Sue Dyke Award<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopen-morr…>
Regards
Nicki Pickering
Open Morris Chair
Hi All,
Firstly, excellent dancing at the weekend, even though it isn't our
favourite surface - we definitely made a good impression, got some lovely
comments and the organiser Shelley, from Wicked Belly, was very happy.
Coming up this week... Bromyard! Woop woop! I'll update the Bromyard email
with final info a bit later on today.
Sign-ups:
1. Current
2. New Invites
3. Declined Invites
*1. Current:*
*Laura's Community Festival *- as emailed earlier, please update
yourselves, if you said something one way or another last night, I've added
it in, if you were a maybe, could you please do your best to make that a
Y/N as soon as possible please, as 15th September is fast approaching!
*Goathland* - I have double checked getting there, and you can go via
Britain's most scenic bus (once you've taken the train up most of the way),
which is probably cheaper than taking the steam train there. Plus you would
get the bonus of the steam train on the dance out they are proposing over
the weekend anyway.
*Wimborne* - still up there.
*Crawls * - The September crawl still has a few people that need to reply
*Thrales Day* - 11th November. Will be dancing as usual in a pub somewhere
*2. New Invites:*
*York DoD* - will check about pub dancing rather than the outside spots -
depending on which way this goes, it will either appear on the sign-up
sheet or disappear for another year.
One I forgot to mention yesterday (there were so many!) is *Evesham* -
21-23 June 2019. Sounds like it comprises a coach tour of
pubs/towns/villages in the Vale and Cotswolds. Evening, they have a
session/singing/ceilidh and then on Sunday there is a procession and a show
spot. Can either go for £18 for the Saturday day time (includes lunch) or
whole weekend for £42 (includes cooked brekky, sat lunch and camping).
Anyone fancy it? I'll put it on the sign-up sheet as I forgot to mention
yesterday and I don't think I'll be at practice for a couple of weeks. More
info about the weekend here: http://www.nationalmorrisweekend.co.uk/
*3. Declined Invites:*
*Belgium *- we just didn't have enough people. They are keen to get us over
there, so I suspect they will come back with some dates at some point -
fingers crossed for next time!
*Black Diamond Day of Dance* - we decided No. Though apparently Darlington
does have some good pubs.
*SDU and OM AGMs*, none of us really wanted to go. If anyone who wasn't
there on Monday would be keen, let me know and I can provide details. (TBH
we don't tend to go to them, so no need to feel pressured!)
Thanks,
Hannah
Hi all,
More info. re Bromyard coming from Hannah but a couple of things discussed yesterday.
Workshop at 9.45 Saturday morning. Meet at 9.30 in kit, we will perform Jubilee, do mass stepping and then split into groups. There isn't meant to be huge attendance so hopefully we can join up and help each other teach. The point will be to teach Jubilee but don't force your group to do something they simply can't do - just try and use Jubilee figures if it gets too hard!
Quick note if there are children in the workshop - be wary of touching them in order to guide them round. Obviously sometimes you have to but it's best to pre-warn that that is what you are about to do. Obviously don't swear and don't talk about how drunk you were/your raging hangover.
NEXT WEEK: we will be practicing next week, Monday 10th. We hopefully have some new members coming. Also if you are someone who hasn't been in a while this might be a good opportunity to try us out again :)
See you soon!
Becky
Morning all. I've been told to send a blackmailing email about this so here
goes... If any wonderful, talented Ravens are free and willing on Saturday
15th September for a spot around lunchtime in Kilburn/West Hampstead at my
community centre, I would just like you to know you will be bringing untold
joy to the lives of young and old, have access to all the cake and curry
you desire on the day (vegan and gluten free will be available!) as well as
face-painting and henna. I will also personally buy you each a beverage of
your choosing the following practice, and my gratitude will be never-ending
xx
Blackmail over :) Either way, please can you pop your name on the sign up
sheet asap so I can make plans one way or the other. Big love xx
Hello all,
Sorry for late notice. Absences I have is Sue, not sure if there was anyone else? Hopefully I have everyone who is coming to Bromyard anyway as that is the aim for the week :)
There will be me, Hannah N, Emma and Ellie that can clog - personally I'm happy to do it as a 4 but is everyone else? Please have a think and come to practice for more like 7 so we can run through it and make sure we remember what happens!
Please have a think if there is anything you are unsure of so that we can dance through it 😊
thanks,
Becky
