Hello, here's the video for the clog dance in case people have lost it :)
Ellie
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From: Eleanor Weston <ellie.c.weston(a)gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 11:48 PM
Subject: Clog
To: Eleanor Weston <ellie.c.weston(a)gmail.com>
Here's a video of the clog dance I was failing to teach! It's called (or
rather I call it) Ottawa waltz and makes a bit more sense with the music!
The tune is Crested Hen's but I imagine other French Canadian/French tunes
might also work.
Thanks,
Ellie
Ottawa Waltz.MOV
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XBPx2_OyLOFRQs6BTzyg-LKut9kwqqNN/view?usp=…>
Hi All,
First things first, no practice on Monday as it is a bank holiday... next
practice will be 13th May when we should also have some new people joining
us.
*1. Dancing out in May*
*2. Upcoming festivals*
*3. Other stuff*
*1. Dancing out in May*
So coming up this week:
We have the event on Wednesday at 3 Bankside (near the Tate) on the 7th
floor terrace. It starts at 6 so please be there as close to 6 as you can.
We will be doing all 3 dances as per the numbers last night and Martin and
Will will be leading music when we aren't dancing. There will be drinks
there, but no food. When we are done at 8 then we can go somewhere all
together for food - please send me suggestions and I can try and get us a
table booked.
I think there was a query as to whether we might be dancing in a pub
afterwards - I guess we'll see how we feel! If we do it will only be one
dance, as we'll all need to eat something! Shiny shoes please.
I am hoping to have figured out musician for 30th May (crawl and the City
by the River Festival) on Wednesday, so will update you all on that -
thanks for responses on the doodle etc.
*2. Upcoming Festivals*
We now need to make sure we have our ticket lists sorted for Warwick and
Whitby. Warwick need it by next Friday, so please make sure that you have
put yourself and any plus ones down on the sing-up sheet. If you could do
this by 5th May so I can double check it and send it off, that would be
much appreciated. If you are a maybe please commit ASAP. Partner tickets
will cost £45 (under 10's are free).
We have slightly longer for Whitby, but would be very helpful if you could
do the same for this as well please so it isn't a panic at the end of May!
*3. Other stuff*
Rachel-Anne sent round a doodle yesterday to get people's availability in
June for our Day of Dance, please fill in asap - and thanks to those that
have already done so. Please bear in mind that we are in Windsor on 22nd
June, so we can't do it then. It won't be the first weekend in June, as
Thrales are off to Wimborne...
Doodle poll is here:
https://doodle.com/poll/qu7fb7z2b7fpx5tqxtatz33v/private?utm_campaign=poll_…
Don't forget if you had a necker and pin at DERT for doing Westerhope,
please could you return it to me at some point.
And finally, watch out for a doodle soon for (probably) evenings to
practice the clog dance. As Becky and Ellie said yesterday, the idea is
that this will be to tidy things up rather than learn from scratch. Thanks
for the vid yesterday Ellie!
As always, the sign-up sheet is here - don't forget to fill in the upcoming
crawls etc.. I think I might start leaving it on the table at practice in
case that's helpful for anyone filling it out. Couple of new-ish things
inlcuding Mabel Day! and Bath Time! (Northgate would really like us to go)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
Have a lovely week and see a lot of you tomorrow! 🍸
Thanks,
Hannah
Hello all,
Absences: Not going to lie, I'm not sure where we're at with Hannorah, Rachel from week to week with my wedding plus bank holidays my brain has given up. As far as I know, other than those two there are no absences tonight? R-A I know you're there but can't dance.
Clog at 7. Onwards with the new clog dance! I think after the bank holidays are over it'd be good to get a longer clog practice sorted so we're confident ahead of Warwick. (REMINDER - IF YOU'RE A MAYBE FOR WARWICK YOU NEED TO COMMIT ASAP).
Ellie can you look at dates that you would be available to teach. Ideally a Saturday as I don't want to miss a rapper night.
I'm going to teach the Earsdon stepping tonight and we'll go over each week. It does have doubles in it so some people might take a while to get it but do have a go. It will only be in Piccadilly where we already do doubles so no immediate panic if it's not something you do yet.
After that we'll look at dances for Wednesday to make sure everyone is happy with numbers, then progress with what we started a couple of weeks ago. Once the bank holiday is over we can properly look forward to festival season and what we need to learn.
I am very much hoping progress has been made for sorting a DoD with Thrales?? This needs doing asap otherwise it simply won't happen, which would be a real shame.
Thanks,
Becky
Hi All,
Open Morris have been asked to find a womens/mixed team to go on Good
Morning Britain (TV) on Tuesday morning and as it is London based suggested
us. They are just checking that rapper rather than cotswold/border is ok,
but in the mean time - is anyone up for it? Martin would be happy to play.
Given it is on Tuesday (30th) we need to respond asap.
The show is between 0600-0830 (exact timings to be provided) and transport
will be provided.
They will be combining this with a live "debate"/confrontation between a
female dancer and a male "dinosaur" to show how daft it is for anyone to
think that women should not be dancing Morris. I appreciate we aren't a
Morris team, but the point still stands and if we were able to do it it
would be a good thing. I think Jen Cox is going to be the female dance
debating.
The other thing we need to sort very soon are Warwick tickets - they need
to know by 10th May, so if you are a maybe could you move yourself one way
or the other. If you aren't sure, but think you might, please put yes as it
would be better to have an unused ticket than you not being able to come.
With that in mind, don't forget Whitby as they will need to know at the end
of May.
And... Summer by the river, please fill in the doodle/sign-up sheet for the
crawl.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
*https://doodle.com/poll/etuwfiqqsiuxebyb
<https://doodle.com/poll/etuwfiqqsiuxebyb>*
Thanks,
Hannah
Hi All,
Thanks to those that danced yesterday evening, I think it went down well at
the Jack Horner and was good to get a few more pubs in as well. Thanks to
martin for a bit of shouting and Ellie for squaring them as we went along -
and of course super well done to Miriam on your first dance out!
*1. Coming up in May...*
*2. Kit *
*1. Coming up in May... * yes it really is just around the corner!
Nothing coming up this week now, but we do have practice on Monday, and we
have the event on *1st May at 3 Bankside.* Aim to get there for *6*, we'll
do some dances, Martin and Will are doing some tunes there as well. There
are drinks available, and once we finish at about 8, I would suggest going
somewhere nearby for food - any suggestions welcome, it's not an area I am
super familiar with!
On *30th May* we should be doing a *crawl*, though there are now fewer
people as yeses than there were before. We do also have a lot of no
replies. Could you all please look at this and the *doodle* I sent
yesterday about whether you would be able to appear at the *Scoop for an
1830* dance spot or not. We need to get back to them asap on this. It would
be fantastic if we were able to actually open the festival, but I
appreciate that this doesn't work for everyone with work commitments etc.
If we can't do it I will try and find us another slot.
https://doodle.com/poll/dig7zansmtn6r87d
Sign-up sheet here as always:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
*2.Kit Recall / reshuffle*
If you borrowed kit for DERT, please return it to whoever you borrowed it
from. If you have a *necker and pin* from dancing Westerhope please also
return this.
Emma, when you are able to, would you be able to investigate getting
Emily's kit back please? I think it might help with our current kit
pressures.
*If you are dancing on Wednesday 1st of May and are missing any kit*
(including awaiting a return) or would be without kit if you returned
something, please let me know so we can work out some swaps. There are
quite a few of us going, and I don't think all of those people have all
their own kit...
We may need to look at kit again over the next few weeks to get us all
sorted for the Summer, so *please do flag any issues* as soon as you can so
we can sort them out. We are also hoping to do another order of
T-Shirt/hoody merch, so start thinking about whether you would like any
more...
Thanks,
Hannah
Hi all,
We have been invited to dance at the city summer by the river festival,
that takes place June-August. They gave stuff every night throughout that
time in the Scoop which is near the Tate, with a fab view of London Bridge!
They have asked if we would like to open the festival with a dance at 1830
on 30th May (quite exciting). This is the same night as a crawl, so this is
a question of whether those that are free would be able to do this. We need
to get back on this date asap so please fill in the yes no doodle below
asap.
https://doodle.com/poll/dig7zansmtn6r87d
If you might be able to do it if it was a tiny bit later, maybe email me
and I'll see if that's poss. Otherwise, I believe there are slots still
available in june/july that we may be able to do.
Thanks,
Hannah
Hi All,
Hope you've been enjoying the sunshine!
Only one minor change to the minutes that I sent out previously. Please see
attached and please do read them. I've also re-summarised the Action Points
below, there are one or two that need looking at fairly immediately, so
please do take a look at the list below and refresh your memory (and
perhaps blame the tequila if you don't remember agreeing to it!).
The two key things being, organising a Day of Dance with Thrales, as
mentioned the other day we need to find a date that we can do as Ravens
asap - so the sign-up sheet needs looking at to find a day we are
potentially free and organise a Doodle Poll. It might help if you nominate
someone out of the five of you to lead on this so stuff actually happens...
The five being, Ellie, Emma Hannah TD, Hannorah and Rachel-Anne.
The other urgent one is finding a day for Clog. Ellie, could you let me
know some dates (think we thought maybe an evening, though we could try a
day as well if that works) and I'll sort a doodle.
Thanks,
Hannah
*Action Points:*
Try Thrales shorter swords
HN to ask Simon Vaughan/Laura Smyth about first women's rapper dance
EH to organise a data discussion session
RAS to flesh out Pub Federation idea. To be tested on a crawl in future
SC to circulate constitution (HN to save to GDrive)
HN to ask Phil Heaton for 1925 video referred to in trad marks
Incorporate Earsdon stepping into Piccadilly. Send a video and letter to
the Pearsons
Discuss format for DERT crawls at AGM
DoD with Thrales - EH/EW/HTD/HL/RAS to organise for May/June
Summer Crawl on a Saturday rather than Thurs PM
EW to tell HN when free in May for day/evening clog practice. HN to create
doodle poll
TH/EW to discuss additional Sunderland steps / them showcasing steps
HN/HL to discuss fundraising options for DART.
MC to provide detail on DART via email.
EH to obtain Emily's kit
HN to recall neckers & pins from DERT
HN to email mailing list members that have not attended in 6 months to
check whether they would like to remain on it.
HN to put RAS in touch with Coral Reid regarding archiving
KR to create new YouTube account
EH to review maximum expenditure on Tower Ravens account.
HN to check with Melanie regarding Whitby tickets, in case list has ended
up in Spam
Hi All,
Plan for tomorrow is to meet at the Rising Sun at 1830, I haven't squared
it, but am sure it will be fine (thanks for the suggestion Rachel-Anne!).
We'll do a warm up dance there once we have everyone, may even have time to
pop to another one if we want before going to the Jack Horner to do a dance
between 1900 and 1930. We will then take our chances on some pubs in the
area to make the most of having made the effort to go out, though I am not
proposing a late finish - I also appreciate that it will still be warm so
please do stay hydrated. Suggestions of fairly reliable pubs welcome, I
can't remember which always say yes apart from maybe Tower Tavern.
We will be doing Jubilee with 1-Rachel, 2-Jo, 3-Hannah, 4-Miriam, 5-Ellie.
If you don't feel happy at those positions please let me know asap. We now
have both Martin and Will to play for us. If anyone is up to a little
shouting before we dance, please let me know - I'm not exactly comedian
material (or loud!).
Equally if you are missing any kit, please shout now so we can figure
something out. I think we've solved everything that I know about.
Thanks,
Hannah
Hi All,
DERT is over, but we still have loads of things to do! So, strap in for a
roller coaster of a business email!
This covers events for the next couple of weeks as *we don't have a
practice on Monday *as it is a Bank Holiday. So next practice is 29th April
*20th April - Becky's Wedding!!!* Starting at 5pm. There are loads of
trains that go to Bedford so should be easy to get there. Please sort out
your own travel, and consider whether or not you need to go and check into
a hotel beforehand or not. I believe there are a few of us staying in the
premier inn in Bedford itself, so we can coordinate taxi bookings for after
the party between us - pre-booking has been recommended.
5-7 session, 7 is cake, first dance then ceilidh until 10, with a buffet
provided in the middle. We are dancing Piccadilly as per DERT at 9 (after
the buffet - don't forget to shine your shoes!). Disco 10-12, kick-out at
12 unless you are staying at the venue: http://barnshotelbedford.co.uk/
*23rd April - St Georges Day* @ The Jack Horner. I will send some more
precise details next week, but it will be one dance (amazing that they are
paying us to literally do one jubilee!). I suggest a warm up dance at
another pub before we go there. Current plan is to dance somewhere between
1900 and 1930, so will meet half an hour ahead. If we fancy it we could
tour some other pubs around TCR afterwards for a bit more dancing.
*25th April - crawl not on. *
*1st May - *aiming to get there for 6pm or as close to it as we can. Once
we have a team gathered we'll sort out timings. There will be drinks and we
can go somewhere altogether afterwards for dinner. Anyone who couldn't make
the event, feel free to join us for food! More details after the next
practice
*New things:*
*Invite to Bath Time!* 26th October: Although it is an open invite, we are
one of the teams that they would particularly like there. We can do it as a
day trip and spend the day crawling the pubs of Bath, was a fun last time.
Only about 1hr15 mins by train from Paddington. It's on the sign-up sheet,
you know what to do!
*Day of Dance - the steering group of Ellie, Emma, Hannah TD, Hannorah and
Rachel-Anne* represented by the first three are to find a date (probably in
June) that the team can do asap so that we can invite Thrales and get
everything organised. From the sounds of it, none of Emma, Ellie or Hannah
are free in May hence the need to look at June. I'd probably suggest that
you choose one of you to lead on stuff. Obviously I can help with any
secretary things as needed, but it's down to you... ☺
*Declined Invites:*
11th May trip to Oxford with Mabels and the ceilidh in the evening - NOT ON
as we don't have a team. Maybe another time!
Baldock DoD, 18th May - they were impressed by the video of this. Not keen,
so will say no. Apparently it is part of Baldock Festival.
7 Champs Weekend of Dance 6-8th September. Clashes with London Folk
Festival, so a no as well.
Sign-up sheet is here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
Finally - a reminder that if you have any comments/amendments on the *minutes
from the EGM*, please get them to me by 20th April so I can send out the
final version with a reminder of the action points.
Thanks,
Hannah
Hi all,
Literally just heard back on this one, and they would like us to go and
dance. I would suggest that we would want to do a quick warm up pub nearby,
which we can probably find quite easily given the amount of pubs in
fitzrovia. They only really want us to pop in and will be paying us.
Original thing was sometime between 5 and 8. I'd suggest the latwr ebd of
that
So, I have the following people as yeses, are you still free? Katherine,
Me, Joanna, Martin, Miriam, Rachel, Rachel-and and Ellie. Please respond
asap to let me know so I can figure out the details - especially if you are
a no. If you could also let me know the earliest that you would be able to
get to fitzrovia /Tottenham court road, then I can estimate a time that
we'll be able to dance there having had a practice dance.
Thanks,
Hannah
