Hello all,
I've been trying to negotiate a practice that Ru can come and help us with stepping since before Christmas. We have provisionally in the diary the 18th March. Is there anyone that can't make this practice?
The point will be to help people who are struggling with any stepping just generally, new people who can step but maybe don't quite have our style, and in particular doubles for piccadilly set.
Ru is very good at looking at your stepping and understanding why it doesn't look quite right. i.e. if your knees are bent funny, or your hips aren't angled enough, or your not hopping right etc.
Please let me know asap if you can't make it. Frustratingly I left my diary at home, so apologies if you've already said you can't and I'm missing it!
Thanks,
Becky
Hey all,
Thanks for the practice last night. I think we got a lot done and hopefully Westerhope are feeling more confident with the plan for chain (to be confirmed on Saturday) and tommys for what will happen with Piccadilly!
Thought I'd message as this week is pretty full!
Tonight Piccadilly set are crawling around Paddington (no Sue)
I will leave the swords with Katherine so she can take them to the Westerhope crawl in Brixton as she is covering 4. Ellie is organising this and will send details once she has them.
The swords then need to be left with someone to bring on Saturday for the Westerhope day practice, I would suggest Ellie again, but fight that out.
Saturday is a Westerhope day practice at the usual practice hall. Starting at 11, finishing around 4.30. Hannorah is whizzing from Gatwick in the morning, I will most likely be covering her for the first couple of hours. I have given the keys to Ffion in case I can't make it.
At the end of practice Ffion please leave the keys with Ellie. Swords can go with whoever, as long as they remember to bring them on Monday, on pain of death.
Thanks!
Becky
The crawl tomorrow starts at The Monkey Puzzle, 30 Southwick St, W12 1JQ.
There's a space booked for us from 7pm. The floor is mainly carpet, but
there's a small wood area that should do. I struggled to get yeses so I
didn't want to say turn the owner down when he rang to say yes. After that
we'll be at The Duke of Kendal, The Royal Exchange, Fountains Abbey,
Sawyers Arms and maybe The Dickens Tavern. The first three are all very
small spaces - Becky you might need to make a judgement call when you see
them.
Also they're not that near each other, so there's a bit of walking - sorry!
The nearest station to the first pub is Edgeware Road. The last pub is
close to Paddington station, shame the two pubs actually inside the station
said no...
R-a x
Hello all,
I'll see you at 7 for clog, 7.30 for rapper.
Absences: Hannorah, Rachel, Rachel-Anne - anyone else let me know!
Katherine will be covering 4 on the westerhope crawl on Thursday so will need to practice this tonight. We also need cover for 5 in westerhope, which I think Emma can do?
The rest of us I think could do with some work on stepping. I'd also like to look at westerhope with other people so that post DERT we can just do a push to performance rather than going back to square one with learning.
We will do some piccadilly work just to remind ourselves what we worked on at the weekend, but as we're crawling tomorrow I don't want to push it too much.
We also need to prioritise making decisions on chain as the notation is due so soon.
Thanks,
Becky
Hi All,
1. Coming up
2. Becky's Wedding
3. Sign-ups
4. Shoes!
1. Coming up - Piccadilly day practice on Saturday in our usual practice
hall starting at 1030 sharp. Next week we then have a Piccadilly crawl on
Tuesday(26th) and Westerhope on Thursday (28th).
2. Becky's Wedding! If you haven't confirmed whether you can make it,
please do. Also, if you have any dietary requirements and haven't told
Becky this, please do so asap. The venue is about a 15min taxi ride from
the station or about half an hour on the bus. The last train home is at
2335 or alternatively you could stay in Bedford, Martin and I have booked
into the Premier Inn and looks like rooms are now £44.50 - other
accommodation is available.
3. Sign-ups wise, Hammersmith is confirmed, as is Windsor on 22nd June.
In terms of other sign-ups, if the no-replies could take a look at the Hen
& Chickens Paddy's night on 17th March so we can work out what dancing we
would be able to do asap, that would be much appreciated - we'll be
confirming to them imminently that we are available.
It would be useful to get a better idea of are the 4th May Poplar festival
- at the mo if all no-replies and maybes were a yes it might be possible,
but we are borderline. Please take a look at St Albans (29th June), London
Folk Fest (7th Sept) and Lewes (12th Oct).
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
4. Rapper shoes - if you might need some for DERT, please order asap so you
have time to wear them in. You can always wear your current ones as outdoor
dancing ones for not quite best if they still have mileage but are maybe
not at their best anymore. This one appears to have pretty much all sizes:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Scimitar-Parade-Mens-Capped-Oxford-Cadet-Boots-B…
Thanks,
Hannah
Anna is coming to help with sweeps and jumps. Mainly for westerhope side but if there is time we could probably all do with a go/listening to some advice. This might simply work to be passed on later - so the focus is very much Westerz!
Thanks,
Becky
Hello all,
Clog is on tonight so we'll be starting that at 7.
Absences are Katherine and Clare. Think everyone else is around, please let me know if not.
We should have the whole westerhope team and rachel-anne if we can have you for 5 in piccadilly?
Good week for watching and helping!
Thanks,
Becky
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Hi All,
Massive thank you from me for all the responses yesterday and Sunday about
DERT trains. We are finally booked! Well, those I was booking for and those
who have already been organised. So in summary - people with train tickets
are: Ellie, Emma, Hannah N, Hannah TD, Katherine (booked own), Laura,
Martin, Miriam, Paul, Sue, Tori and Will. So only Becky, Ffion, Hannorah,
Joanna, Rachel and Rachel-Anne left. I'll probably remind you all in a
couple of weeks ☺ Operation DERT is a go! 🚂
We made £186.47 on the crawl last week, thanks to those that came out and
helped support collect etc.
It has been decided that we are now going to have a "safe word" if you are
being bothered by someone and would like someone to assist you while we're
out and about on crawls etc. - just start talking about "Mr Lock" and
someone will intervene. (Think a couple of people were giving Paul a bit of
grief for his outfit).
No official Ravens things this week, though Ffion said she'll be going to
the C# house ceilidh on Friday if anyone wants to join.
*So... sign ups!*
*New Invites!*
22nd June Windsor Morris Home Tour in Windsor, dancing around the town
centre and at pubs 11-4. Ellie dancing with them, so would be lovely to go.
If you would only do one of this or St Albans, please do this one. It was
suggested last night that we could stay on after and crawl some pubs if we
fancy. Only 40mins from Paddington...
London Folk Festival 7th September - we did this about 3 years ago, think
we did a ceilidh spot in the evening and we were able to go to anything
else during the day.
We had a return invite to Faversham Hop Festival on 31st Aug/1st Sept, but
decided to decline this as we went last year.
Could you also take a quick look at 4th May Poplar Festival, this is fairly
unlikely, but a possibility if all the maybes and no-replies were yeses...
Sign-up sheet here if you need the link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
Thanks,
Hannah
Hi all,
First off, there will be no clog as Ellie isn't around so we'll aim for standard 7.30 rapper start.
Absences: Ellie, Hannorah, Rachel and Emma. Anyone else please let me know.
Jo and Hannorah I know Hannah is desperately trying to get hold of you to firm up trains for DERT!
Due to the absences, tonight will be a bit mixed but we should be able to do some Westerhope and Piccadilly with people standing in.
Thanks,
Becky
Hi All,
Sorry for the delay in doing this, had a monster of a cold this week. If
you could all attempt to answer by 3pm today, that would be much
appreciated. I may start booking some as they are confirmed just to make
sure we make the most of cheap prices. Please take a look over the below
and let me know if there are any issues with it.
Friday afternoon tickets - best deal is at 1500 arrives 1750 (£31.70) - so
am assuming that Ellie, Hannah TD, Jo, Miriam, Tori will all be happy with
that? Miriam, do you have a railcard?
Friday evening - train at 1800 arrives 2048 (£45.85). At the mo we have
Laura, Paul, Emma, and probably me and Martin. Assuming this is ok?
(Alternatively we can pay an extra £19,50 each to go first class (at our
own expense) and get dinner and effectively unlimited drinks (including
alcohol!), as well as lots of space on what would otherwise be a very busy
Friday evening train).
Sunday - I think the 1350 is our best bet - allows plenty of time for
brunch / workshop and the DERT reps meeting. Tickets at £36.95 and gets
back to London at 1644.
Katherine, Becky, Ffion and Rachel - I think you're all sorting yourselves.
Hannorah and Rachel-Anne - would you like to travel on either of these
trains or would you prefer to sort yourselves?
Sue - I'll book you on the Sunday one as I know you've already got your
ticket up.
Thanks,
Hannah
