Good afternoon ladies,
I hope you all got home ok last night and enjoyed sleeping in your own beds! I hope you're also all feeling proud if what we achieved at the weekend. We did some great dances and came 6th overall in the open class. I think that's an accurate representation of where we're at at the moment and I'm looking forward to getting the judges comments to see what they have to say, although I'm sure we can guess what some of the comments will be!
I've attached a picture of the 'final' marks (as of yesterday morning) and here is a break down:
We came 6th in the open class overall with 502 marks
We were the 4th best new team (out of 5)
We were 7th out of 13 in the open class for dancing with 428 points
We were joint 8th out of 13 for buzz (joint with NYFTE) with 107 points but this was very close to cinquefoil and Warwick 1
Nikki was joint 7th in the open (with cinquefoil) and joint 16th overall (also with Mabel Gubbins). She got 60 points which was higher than 2 championship teams (northgate and maltby Phoenix)
Sue was joint 4th in the open (with sisters in arms, durham uni and Dorset buttons) and joint 13th overall. She got 74 points which put her above championship tommies from Mons Meg and Whip the Cat
So... now it's time to look to the future! There are lots of things we could do in the next six months or so but it would be good to have a discussion to decide which things to prioritise. I therefore propose that we have an hour of dancing next Monday followed by an hour of chat. However, looking at the list below perhaps you think we should just have the chat with no dancing. What do you think? The following are a list of things we could think about doing in the next 6 months - we won't do all of them. Please send me any more ideas you've got to put on the list and we'll discuss them all next Monday.
Learning current dance
Teach the dance to Lindsey
Teach number one to Jo
Teach someone else 5
Get Sue confident at number 5
Work on being able to fix mistakes
Developing the current dance
Learn to tumble
Design TR underwear (that's Nikki's suggestion by the way!)
Put walk the dog in
Put tits in
Other dances
Create new, outside slow dance
Learn a traditional dance
Bookings
Tenterden - update from Hannorah
More festivals to look in to
Hastings - update from Nikki
Set up regular crawl dates
DART (DERT in America)
Team members
Recruit more tommies and Betties
Recruit more members - hold a workshop?
Recruit more musicians
Getting some swords
Frank Lee (http://www.rapper-swords.co.uk) / Jimmie Kilner (http://kjmrapperswords.co.uk)
When can we afford it?
Updates from positions
Finance update
Kit update
Social secretary update
Logo and website update
Do send me anything else you'd like to talk about. The more I look at the list, the more I think we probably should cut straight to the discussion rather than do any dancing. Does anyone object?
Looking forward to seeing some of you at the ceilidh on Friday (more details coming from Nic!) and well done again!!
Ffion x
So... For dinner I have Ffion, Lyndsey, Sue, Joanna and I. Janet? If I've missed someone out sure we can sort an extra body or two.
I promise to be more organised in the future!
See everyone else at the ceilidh.
Happy fridays
Nic xxx
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Hi all,
Just found this on facebook (I wasn't intentionally spying!) and thought you might like to see how our realistic competition are getting on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmp7-7dlTC8&sns=em
I've only watched it once but I'd say their stepping style is more consistent than ours but they're not very in time and, because it's so slow and the tommy routine wasn't very interesting (maybe because its a rehearsal not a dance out) they'll score very low on buzz.
See what you all think
Ffion x
My folk band, The Foxglove Trio, is releasing a CD on 1 March! Pre-orders are now being taken.
Getting photo's from my dad will take until next year. He also didn't tell
me he was going, so I got a grumpy text asking where the hell I was! I
shall send him an email asking him though.
I was thining the same thing about the photos. Also - the twitter account
is linked to the facebook, so anything written on twitter is also put on
facebook. I can't get the link to work the other way round though. This
means - to get the best out of the publicity - we should try and post
status updates via twitter. Does that make any sense?
Lindsey
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Ffion Dean <ffion_coch(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> I think Rhys was using Jo's camera to take ones for us at the weekend.
> Perhaps Lindsey's dad also took some? x
>
> The Foxglove Trio's début CD, Like Diamond Glances, is now available from
> www.thefoxglovetrio.co.uk
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:28:55 +0000
> Subject: Re: [Tower Ravens] DERT results and next week's practice
> From: rhubarb.features(a)gmail.com
> To: ffion_coch(a)hotmail.com
> CC: team(a)towerravens.org.uk
>
>
> Are there any pictures from DERT that we can put up on our fb page asap?
> While the rapper profile is higher than normal still :)
> I honestly don't mind whether we have a dance or not next monday, but
> could we decide beforehand so i know whether to bring my picc or not?
> Ta
> Nikki
> On 11 Mar 2013 14:34, "Ffion Dean" <ffion_coch(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Good afternoon ladies,
> >
> > I hope you all got home ok last night and enjoyed sleeping in your own
> beds! I hope you're also all feeling proud if what we achieved at the
> weekend. We did some great dances and came 6th overall in the open class. I
> think that's an accurate representation of where we're at at the moment and
> I'm looking forward to getting the judges comments to see what they have to
> say, although I'm sure we can guess what some of the comments will be!
> >
> > I've attached a picture of the 'final' marks (as of yesterday morning)
> and here is a break down:
> >>
> >> We came 6th in the open class overall with 502 marks
> >> We were the 4th best new team (out of 5)
> >> We were 7th out of 13 in the open class for dancing with 428 points
> >> We were joint 8th out of 13 for buzz (joint with NYFTE) with 107 points
> but this was very close to cinquefoil and Warwick 1
> >> Nikki was joint 7th in the open (with cinquefoil) and joint 16th
> overall (also with Mabel Gubbins). She got 60 points which was higher than
> 2 championship teams (northgate and maltby Phoenix)
> >> Sue was joint 4th in the open (with sisters in arms, durham uni and
> Dorset buttons) and joint 13th overall. She got 74 points which put her
> above championship tommies from Mons Meg and Whip the Cat
> >>
> > So... now it's time to look to the future! There are lots of things we
> could do in the next six months or so but it would be good to have a
> discussion to decide which things to prioritise. I therefore propose that
> we have an hour of dancing next Monday followed by an hour of chat.
> However, looking at the list below perhaps you think we should just have
> the chat with no dancing. What do you think? The following are a list of
> things we could think about doing in the next 6 months - we won't do all of
> them. Please send me any more ideas you've got to put on the list and we'll
> discuss them all next Monday.
> >
> > Learning current dance
> > Teach the dance to Lindsey
> > Teach number one to Jo
> > Teach someone else 5
> > Get Sue confident at number 5
> > Work on being able to fix mistakes
> >
> > Developing the current dance
> > Learn to tumble
> > Design TR underwear (that's Nikki's suggestion by the way!)
> > Put walk the dog in
> > Put tits in
> >
> > Other dances
> > Create new, outside slow dance
> > Learn a traditional dance
> >
> > Bookings
> > Tenterden - update from Hannorah
> > More festivals to look in to
> > Hastings - update from Nikki
> > Set up regular crawl dates
> > DART (DERT in America)
> >
> > Team members
> > Recruit more tommies and Betties
> > Recruit more members - hold a workshop?
> > Recruit more musicians
> >
> > Getting some swords
> > Frank Lee (http://www.rapper-swords.co.uk) / Jimmie Kilner (
> http://kjmrapperswords.co.uk)
> > When can we afford it?
> >
> > Updates from positions
> > Finance update
> > Kit update
> > Social secretary update
> > Logo and website update
> >
> > Do send me anything else you'd like to talk about. The more I look at
> the list, the more I think we probably should cut straight to the
> discussion rather than do any dancing. Does anyone object?
> >
> > Looking forward to seeing some of you at the ceilidh on Friday (more
> details coming from Nic!) and well done again!!
> >
> > Ffion x
> >
> >
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Hi everyone,
Here are the links to the three latest
videos:
http://youtu.be/40CSTIdT2oc The pub where we hit Sue in the head (can't remember the name)
http://youtu.be/UeKNpH1hufo The empty pub (can't remember the name of that one either)
http://youtu.be/1Vwbr16n5x4 The Dolphin two weeks ago
Apologies that my iPad had a bit of a turn on Monday so I didn't
get one of the last practice. These are the three videos I used to get
your two individual points for improvement from. Please do think about
these points when you're doing whatever mental dance preparation you're
doing this week. They are:
Sue - Get a note from Nicki for singing at the start. Hold lock with one hand at the end.
Hannorah - hands up in pixies and into fourth corner
Rachel - smile more, make sure hands don't drift apart near beginning
of next figure both in c&h As well as walk round figures
Ffion - don't look at floor in fig 8 and curley, come further in before glass, hands lower going into hoops
Nic - let go at end of 6 person lock, hands closer to hips on haymarket
Jo - hands together in front on pixies, lean back more in spin
Janet - lean back more in spin, let go of locks
Aisha - hands closer to hips in haymarket, hands up and down in pixies
Josie - closer to the set in haymarket, hands stuck in right places in walk rounds
Please remember to bring the following things for the weekend:
Kit - skirt, t-shirt, petticoat, shoes, TWO pairs of tights, sash (in a
plastic bag), hair bands and clips as necessary and your strongest bra! A few people are going to bring polish and brushes which we will use on Friday evening. Attached is a timetable for the weekend including phone numbers for
everyone I have as well as a map of the pubs with the time we're dancing
at each of them and a map with google instructions on how to get from the school to town. Please print a copy of each and keep with you at all
times in case you get separated from the team. If your number isn't on
the list please email it to everyone. Does anyone have / can we get hold of spare lashes which will fit the holes in the shoes?
So that's everything on practicalities. I hope you're all looking
forward to the weekend, even if you're a little nervous. We have a
fantastic kit, decent stepping, an engaging Tomy and a dance with some interesting
features. We've also got energy and enthusiasm. As long as we all
concentrate and smile (!) I think we'll be able to score highly enough
to reach the middle of the open class. Regardless of how the dancing
goes I'm sure we'll have a fun weekend meeting old friends and making
new ones and getting new ideas for the future.
See you on the train / in Burton!
Ffion x
I'll bring them on Friday, they'll be perfect for Saturday.
I'm also going to try & borrow a big kit bag from work so we can put all out little bags in it when we're dancing - keeps them safe, secure & alto in one place.
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Hi Guys,
I will wait around the barrier just before 7.30 hoping to meet others going for the train.
I have some parade shoe polish which I will bring. I only have two brushes. Entertainment for the train journey.
It was decided to take note of peoples mobiles. Mine is 07867938568.
I would like one of Ffion's CD's if she can bring one along.
Cheers,
Janet x
