Hello
At the AGM we agreed that those of us who said we'd be willing to commit to
going to DART would meet to go through the fundraising outline plan that
Hannorah has kindly devised, double check that we think it's achievable and
identify tasks for everyone who wants to go.
We just need to arrange this meeting - could you fill in this poll please?
You're required if you're a 'yes' for DART, otherwise it's optional.
https://doodle.com/poll/7cgsxqk3fw79idhx
Thank you!
Martin
Hello everyone,
Absences: Hannorah and Katherine. Please let me know if there are others asap.
Clog: 7-7.15 new clog dancers please come along to start learning Sunderland (Ellie and if possible Tori to teach).
7.15-7.30 existing clog dancers going over new. Sure we can overlap a bit but without the help of teaching.
7.30-9.30 rapper resumes!
We have a new member, Becca, coming tonight so will do some work with her to get her through jubilee.
Westerhope: would like to cement new positions for a few people, if people can come with what numbers they need to recap in mind that would really help, I feel new Westerhope positions has started to run away from me.
If we have the numbers I'd like to do triple jump and surround with a chorus, even if we don't get it in the dance itself.
Piccadilly: bit of style work on popcorn if possible. Run through with Fliss at one to build confidence 🙂
Pre-DERT crawls! Please fill in the poll.
https://doodle.com/poll/munuzp9uygcmngtt?utm_campaign=poll_created&utm_medi…
What next? most people have got back to me re. preferences for DERT and what they'd like to learn next. This is taking a bit of time so bear with my brain, if you haven't replied please get in touch!
Thanks,
Becky
Hello all,
Sorry for another email this week, this just applies to people going to C# tomorrow night.
Ceilidh starts from 7.30 which we are invited to. We're not on until the 2nd half and Hannah recommended people be there by 9.30 at the very latest (think we need some flexibility so if you can/want to be there earlier, I would recommend).
They have asked that we're not in kit up until the performance. Obviously get yourself ready in time, and you could be in skirt and tshirt and just add sash and petticoat? Up to you!
Plan is just jubilee:
Hannorah is tommy
1. Emma
2. Tori
3. Hannah N
4. Miriam
5. Rachel-Anne
This is what we've practiced and know you'll do a good job. Just remember to think about stepping and do nice sharp movements (think egg, whisk, pixies etc) so we look super confident.
Have fun!!
Becky
Hi All,
Thanks for coming to the AGM on Monday, appreciate it was long, but there
was a lot to get through. I'll sort out the minutes over the next couple of
days so it is still fresh in your minds when I send them round - in the
mean time, Becky's summary should hopefully tide you over! (And don't
forget to fill in the DERT practice doodle!)
There are various sign-up sheet related things, I have put everything
filled out on Monday up, please do double check in case anything is amiss -
there were a couple where I think I've put them on the right line, but
worth double checking... Also if the little bit of extra info on some of
them that I've provided below changes anything for you, please adjust as
appropriate and as always shout if you need more info as you probably
aren't the only one wondering... *Ellie and Ellie* especially, can you
double check I've put the right one of you in? I've based it on how you
each write E...
Also, was there someone who went to Kimpton and was interested in joining
Tappalachian - they have emailed about a one-off taster evening in
January... please let me know who you were so I can put you in touch
But, first:
1. Coming up this week
2. Current and declined Invites
3. New Invites
*1. Coming up this week *we have the Step Ceilidh Party on Saturday! It
starts at 1930 and finishes at 11, they have a pretty packed schedule from
the looks of it and it looks like we are now dancing at 1015, so a little
later than originally planned. I've attached the schedule so you can see
who else is performing. We are welcome to attend the whole thing. I think
most people said that they would want to go to it all, so if you didn't and
are intending to come later please let me know. I would like everyone there
by 2130 absolute latest.
*2. Current and declined invites*
- At the AGM last night we decided to focus our efforts on DART for the
time being and so will postpone trying to do Llangollen for another year.
- Towersey, if you would like to go please fill this in if you would like
to go. Appreciate that we may wish to not do this if we do DART, however we
will be discussing DART with those that have committed very soon and if for
some reason this doesn't look like it will come off, we may wish to do
Towersey.
*3. New Invites - *there are a lot of these, so apologies. Will see what
the picture looks like in the next couple of weeks and some of these may
then disappear if not very popular (probably the Morris-y ones)!
- Bower St Morris Day of Dance 23-24 May - Drinks reception Friday night,
Saturday dancing followed by Fish and Chips in Margate and viking chess in
the evening, some relaxed stands and lunch in Whitstable on Sunday. Camping
available at cricket club. Weekend cost £35 +£10 per tent.
- Dead Horse Morris Ale 17-19 July, Camping at Goodys Brewery in Herne,
with a day of dancing in Whitstable on the Saturday. £20 per head. Could go
for a day trip
- Brighton Morris Day of Dance 4th July - Outside spots, maybe we could
investigate whether we could do pubs… various spots with a final mass dance
by the beach, followed by an evening of food and drink
- Alternatives to Llangollen:
Priddy Folk Festival 10-12 July, including ceilidh spot on saturday night.
Free ticket and camping for performers
We have also been invited to Ilfracombe All things Morris this weekend as
well, however I would have thought that a festival would be preferable, so
I have put Priddy on the sign-up sheet and not this one.
- Broadstairs 7-14th August - they are super keen for us to go and we
haven't been able to the last couple of years. What we could do rather than
doing the full week is either the weekend or even a day trip. If you would
prefer either of these things, please state that on the sign up sheet.
Camping is available and you receive free festival tickets for days that we
are dancing and can have 25% off tickets for other days. About 1hr 20 away
on the train from London. More info about the festival here:
https://broadstairsfolkweek.org.uk
- 7 Champions Ale, Benenden, 18-20th September . This has come through
facebook, so I don't have the details, however an old invite from them
evening buffet on Fri, bus tour 10-4 Saturday with Pimms reception at 7pm,
ceilidh and dinner, cooked breakfast and one last dance on Sunday. £35 per
person . Looks to be 2-2.5hrs by public transport
Have an exciting week - am sure the highlight will be when I send the
minutes through... Sign-up sheet here as always:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
Thanks,
Hannah
Hello all,
Last year turned into a mess with me not being able to decide crawls in time and therefore availability changing.
This is a large poll and there are many options, obviously we will not do all of them. As yet there have been no decisions made re. teams or which crawl dates for which dance etc.
Get a cup of tea and your diary and have it. All responses sooner rather than later are appreciated!
https://doodle.com/poll/munuzp9uygcmngtt
Thanks,
Becky x
Hello all,
I know Hannah will endeavor to get the minutes out to you that couldn't be there yesterday but I thought I'd just recap some of the key points you might be interested in straight away!
* Officers have remained the same (with a few additions to helping with crawls and marketing)
* BUT I raised the need for a new role which is Deputy foreperson: main purpose is to help manage our increasingly large practices by supporting me. I think mainly this will just be at practice, although they'd be the first port of call if I can't attend an event for deciding who dances etc. No-one took me up on this, but Katherine and I are going to test quite how it will work and raise it again in a couple of weeks.
The point is also to kind of train someone up to the role, although being deputy does not have to lead to taking on full foreperson! If you are interested and want me to go into details please get in touch 🙂
* DART we got very close to fully commiting to DART but I said we needed at least 8 who can completely commit asap, and we currently have 7! These 7 plus anyone else interested but not sure yet are to meet to discuss fundraising options, projections for how much we'll raise and time commitments. Once this has been agreed we can hopefully get 8 people and officially commit.
* Crawls are to be organised better in advance to help both ourselves to go to a larger variety of areas but ultimately to work in better co-ordination with Thrales. This is being led by Rachel-Anne.
There is a giant list of other things we discussed and action points but these are probably the things that will have the most general impact. Apologies if I've missed anything glaringly obvious Hannah, just trying to give you some breathing space!
Thanks,
Becky
Hello all,
I will be passing these out at the AGM, but if you can't attend please respond via email.
Re. DERT, this is just to give me an idea of how you're feeling. Just because you say you want to dance every position in the set, play music and tommy, does not mean you will do all/any of those things. It will make my life easier if I know how you feel though!
Thanks,
Becky
1. DERT Please say if you would like to dance and if you have a set preference. If you are interested in playing or tommying please include here.
2. Dance development Please say what you’re interested in learning (positions, skills e.g. tumbling, music etc.)
3. Kit Please list any missing kit or replacements needed
4. Dancing Please list positions you know, as well as if you’d need to practice in advance of a dance out.
Any other points feel free to let me know 🙂
Thanks,
Becky
I've attached a note from the organisers, which came with sincere thanks for your great contribution to the above event. And thanks from me too.
The residents all paid towards the costs of putting the event on and, as you can see, we raised £475 for St. Christopher's Hospice in Sydenham (the original hospice set up by Dame Cecily Saunders; our local hospice). We didn't accept a performance fee because it was for charity, so arguably we could count some of it towards our charity donation this year.
But really the point of it was to have fun, which I hope we did!
S x
Hi all,
Here is the main report from me for tonight:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1moEmUS9AsMLGp0bNSSXxLYeOJHTYfnD4Wsto38C…
And a summary of each crawl this year:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qdxiGPA96WkY0gFHyilFdmYBOWboLXZeQQG…
Stay on the first tab for a total for each area and a breakdown by coin
type (which the bank wants). The other tabs have more detailed information
on collections by pub. If I remain treasurer I intend to merge this with
the previous years' summaries (attached 'Tour Collections' and 'Crawl
income') but didn't get round to it in time for today.
Also some graphs/tables in the attached pdf 'crawls'. The first page is
probably most helpful, the second is a ridiculous graph that I've never
seen a serious analyst use, but I was excited to have the right format of
data to make one.
Happy to take any feedback/questions on any of the docs in this email.
Please print off your own copy if you'd like a paper version tonight.
Thanks,
Emma
Hello
As many of you know, I've been investigating whether we could go to DART
2020. DART is the American equivalent of DERT, although it's newer, smaller
and frankly friendlier than DERT! Various American teams have come over to
compete at DERT over the years, and I've been over to DERT a couple of
times before with Sallyport. It's a great experience both for us as the
visiting team, but also for the teams there to welcome and dance alongside
a British team.
At our previous AGM and EGM we agreed that we would express interest in
going in principle, subject to a firmer commitment at this year's AGM, once
more details about DART 2020 are known.
It's now confirmed that it will be in Minneapolis-St Paul Twin Cities, and
the dates for the competition will probably either be 16-18 October or 30
Oct-1 Nov. We need to agree our itinerary, but I'd imagine we'll go for
about a week either before or after DART itself, with some time in the Twin
Cities and some time exploring Minnesota - eg go up to Lake Superior.
*Costs and fundraising*
Accommodation for the host team will be provided for at least some of the
time we're over there. Flights are likely to cost around £600 each, and we
may well need to hire cars when we're over there. Other than that it's the
usual costs of food, drinks etc.
Hannorah has kindly agreed to coordinate our fundraising efforts to cover
all or some of these costs if we commit to going. She has already produced
a plan covering crowd funding, grants, sponsorship and events. We'll need a
couple of volunteers to do some of the legwork (applications and so on) -
so if we decide we're going to commit we'll be seeking some additional help
at the AGM.
*What do we need to decide?*
We need to decide as a team whether we're going to commit to trying to go.
It's not the absolute final decision until we're ready to book flights -
but by that stage it will be frustrating if we have to pull out without a
good reason.
So... consider:
- whether you *want* to go (irrespective of money or anything else)
- whether you have the time to go
- whether you're ready to commit
- if money is a significant concern, consider having a private conversation
with Becky, including what sort of cost would be manageable. We don't want
money to be a barrier for anyone who wants to go, and ideally we'll be able
to raise enough money to cover most if not all of our costs, but it is
quite a big undertaking.
Also if you have ideas or want to help with the organising, please raise
that too!
Finally, if you have any questions before Monday, please ask.
See you soon
Martin
