Hi all,
I write with 3 pieces of good news:
1) The swords have arrived!! Can't see what they look like because they're all in bubble wrap. I think we should dance with the old swords on Thursday but I'll bring the new ones on Monday.
2) We might be getting a new member - someone called Katherine Richardson I chatted to briefly at Whitby last week. I think she's hoping to come on Monday.
3) At / after the last practice we discussed the fact that we need to do another recruitment drive sometime soon and somebody suggested doing a crawl around the student union bars during freshers' week. I've asked the guy who now runs SOAS ceilidh soc and he's happy for us to come and do a spot at half time on their freshers' ceilidh which is probably going to be on 25 Sept. I've added that date to the availability sheet. If we can get a team for Wednesday 25 Sept I suggest crawling on that date instead of the Thursday 26 Sept, as originally planned. Please fill in yr availability asap https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AvM6rY7GMmOGdF9vYVIwaXBmXzViSzM….
See you all soon,
Ffion x
Hi All
Hope you're looking forward to the Bank Holiday weekend!
Hope you're also looking forward to next week's crawl, which I can now confirm is 'Crawl - Fitzrovia' (that's around the Great Portland Street area).
I've also delighted to announce that the one & only Janet Dilke is crawl organiser this time. She's already confirmed at least 5 pubs and hopes to add a couple more by next Thursday.
So either Janet or I will be in touch early next week with the full list & a confirmed meeting spot. Let's aim to meet at 7pm to dance at 7.30.
Thanks all & have a great weekend.
Hx
Hannorah Lee
Senior Manager - Corporate Partnerships
Age UK
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Hi all,
Hope you had a good weekend in Whitby! Just to confirm that Jimmie Kilner
has cashed the first of the two cheques I sent him for the swords, so those
are on their way!
Rachel x
Hi all,
There have been a couple of changes to availability for the 29 August crawl so the team would now be:
1 - Lindsey
2 - Janet (possibly plus Jo but not sure yet)
3 - Nic
4 - Sinead (Hannorah probably can't make it and I might be a bit late)
5 - Sue
M - Nikki
Basically we'd have one dancer per position plus me as back up for most positions. If you're all happy to crawl with this paired down team we need someone to organise the pubs. I could do it but it would have to be in Farringdon and, as I might be late, you might have to navigate the first pub or two without me. Are there any other volunteers?
Ffion x
Hi all,
Sorry I didn't make it to practice yesterday. Lindsey said that there had
been some discussion about my wedding, so I thought I should email with
more details. You are all invited to the evening ceilidh/contra which is
7.30pm-11pm on the St John's playing fields (accessible from Grange Road).
I we have a side (I think we do?) Ravens will be dancing, scheduled for
22.10 at the moment. You aer of course very welcome to come and celebrate
even if you are not dancing!
The full details are on the website at danandrachel.org.uk and there are
also suggestions on transport / accommodation / etc there.
If anybody wants to know anything else, just ask!
Rachel :)
Hi all,
Some good news to start - we've some more information on the swords from Jimmie Kilner and we've decided definitely to buy the set he's offering us so hopefully we'll have them really soon. We can either have them posted or pick them up at Towersey. Is anyone definitely going?
Patrick is coming to the beginning of practice tomorrow to give us a go through the dance with a different musician so please remember to come ON TIME because he can't stay long. I'll try and be there by 7.20 to have the room ready to dance in by 7.30.
For Whitby I thought we should agree on a weekend schedule. Here's a suggestion but I'm very happy to change any of it depending on other people's plans. I can probably lend you some tickets as Cathy from the band isn't coming up until Sun / Mon. Let's discuss tomorrow and call Aisha from practice:
SATURDAY
4pm - meet somewhere along the parade route to watch the parade (if you want to watch it)
6.15pm - meet everyone else at a specific point - tourist information?
6.30pm - tea together - fish and chips?!
8pm - crawl
11pm - go to last hour of ceilidh at the spa pavillion
SUNDAY
10 - 11.20am - we could all go to the Thrales workshop although I'm not sure there's much point as we won't be able to go to any of the others together.
1 - 3pm - if anyone wants to go to a session Alistair Anderson is leading one at this time in the Conservative Club.
3.30pm - afternoon tea
5.30pm - early evening crawl
9pm - finish up at the spa pavilion to see Thrales' spot and have a (ceilidh) dance
Last week at practice we did some good work on the new dance and practiced the following figures, any case you want to think through them before tomorrow:
Walk on with swords pointing downwards
Put swords up at a slant one by one (as in beadnell)
Start walking round and 2 clashes
Single guard in 4s
Open ring
Number 2 ring
Display the lock whilst walking round twice (as in swallwell)
Break out into coach and horses
Mary anne
Cramper
Lock and nut
Finally, did we decide on a cake person for tomorrow? I'm happy to do it if you like.
Ffion x
Hi,
I hope you're all well (especially those of you recovering from sicknesses!) and that you had a fun crawl last week.
I just wanted to check what we'd decided about the August crawl. I think it was that we'd stick with the date of 29 August but that we'd need a musician. Someone was going to ask Fred if he's available. Has that been done yet? I've provisionally asked Patrick and Martin and they're both available but if you'd prefer to go with Fred (if he's available and willing) that's fine but I should let Martin know as soon as possible either way. Do we have a location for this crawl yet?
Patrick will probably play for us a bit at Whitby (and he's asked if M-J / Ru will play for some of the time too) and someone mentioned they were a little concerned about dancing out with a new musician so Patrick will come to the practice on 12 August for the fist half hour to run through the dance a few times. Please can we make sure we have a team there on time for this day so Patrick can leave for Thrales at 8?
See you on Monday!
Ffion x
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