Hello all,
As Sue explained yesterday, we desperately need to make some new kit for both new members and existing who have old, falling apart kits.
Sue lives in Forest Hill - I would recommend checking travel options, fairly easy to get to by train, but make sure there aren't any works planned. We need people who can sew, cut, make tea - all people much appreciated!
Please fill in the poll asap so we can get a first date sorted.
https://doodle.com/poll/abys8aixb8rfcbvy
You can always leave a comment if you know you can only come in for a few hours, or from a certain time.
Thanks!
Becky
Hi All,
Gentle reminder to double check the crawl dates and your availability - the
dates on the crawl are the ones that will be happening (a couple were
changed before Christmas). If you were a Yes if need be in the Doodle poll
I have put you as a maybe for now.
So, onto upcoming events post DERT - please go through and sign up one way
or another to these, some of them we need to get back to by the end of Jan,
so would be good to do sooner rather than later. Goathland looks like a No
unfortunately, but the others could go either way.
There is also Becky's wedding to sign up to - she'll need to know numbers
at some point soon I would imagine, so please do sign up for that too.
One final thing, if you think you might need new shoes for DERT, it would
be worth considering getting them sooner rather than later to give yourself
a little time to wear them in. I've found some here, if they don't have
your size, just find something that looks like it with the same
description. We can then sort out getting resin soles on them - potentially
in bulk. The resin costs £20-25 from memory, might have been 25 last time.
I've found these that look like the current ones and appear to have all
sizes:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M620-MENS-OXFORD-BOYS-CADET-PARADE-CAP-LEATHER-A…
Your friendly sign-up sheet can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
Thanks,
Hannah
Hello all,
Thanks for a productive first week back! Apologies if it seemed a bit full on, the aim of these first few weeks is to get us ready to dance out asap, then we can get onto the nitty gritty.
Special thanks to Fliss and Miriam who didn't get to dance much but were super helpful giving comments. Next week we have no Hannorah, Rachel or Laura so what we're doing will probably be much more mixed up, and we'll need extra people!
I might not be there on time next week as my Mum is visiting (and coming to practice!) but Ellie has keys so clog can go ahead at 7 and Fliss has swords so no excuse not to get started if I'm not around. If I miss the start of rapper can Ffion please lead stepping, if for any reason she isn't there, Laura and Emma can battle it out!
Sue please email Hannah/me your free dates that we can come and sew and we'll create a doodle poll. This needs to happen asap by the sounds of it!
Hannah and Laura are we booked in for the day practices at various halls?
Thanks,
Becky x
First rapper practice of the year *yay*
Tonight will be a gentle push into dert mode. Don't panic, we have a long time to get ready but we have to start somewhere 😊
Absences are Clare and Katherine. I know Rachel is coming so not sure what hannorah is doing?
Remember: clog at 7
See you later!
Becky xx
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Happy New Year!
Hope you all had a good break.
I've now put all the crawls and day practices up on the sign up sheet based
on the doodles that you all filled in (if you were a es if need be, I think
you are generally down as a maybe). Could you all please double check that
I've put you in correctly and add them to your diaries ☺ I appreciate that
you might not wish to go to the crawls/practices if you aren't dancing,
though if you are able to make some, extra eyes at practices and collectors
and encouragement on crawls are always helpful and welcome, so please feel
do go to anything that you aren't dancing in if you have time/fancy it.
There may also be the odd crawl where someone who is supposed to be dancing
can't make it, so we will need spare people as well.
I haven't really looked at accommodation in Newcastle, will get onto that
asap, though suggestions definitely welcome. Our entry to DERT is confirmed
now, providing we pay them. Woop! :)
Don't forget to look over the other events on the sign-up sheet, there are
some we need to reply to by the end of Jan (most of them probably!)...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
See you all on Monday!
Thanks,
Hannah
