Hi All,
Not really much business this week - but just ahead of Monday:
Whitby we need to give them ticket info by the end of May, technically we
can make adjustments after this, but it will be a bit more of a faff as I
can't just update it myself then. Reminder that partners get a full week
ticket for free, I know a couple of people were wondering if they needed to
pay.
DoD - best day for us looks to be 15th June I believe, so if you haven't
filled out the doodle that's the one to look at. I'll be popping this on
the sign-up sheet shortly as well.
I'm being chased again for Lewes DoD (12th October) - they seem uber keen
to have it all organised already. We have tonnes of maybes and virtually no
yeses, if you happen to be able to be a bit more certain either way that
may help work out whether we can do it or not. I shall do my best to keep
stalling, but we are reaching a point where they will assume we aren't
going at all.
Sign up sheet here, don't forget to sign up to crawls through the Summer as
well - thanks to those that have already done so!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
Thanks,
Hannah
Hello all,
Absences: Clare, Hannorah, Sue, Emma (apologies if there is anyone else that I've forgotten?)
Plan is 7 clog. Hopefully we will have a date settled for the evening practice/can sort that this evening.
7.30 rapper as normal. Now that we are post bank-holidays I think we can try and get back to normal a bit. I believe we have one, maybe two new people coming tonight? If so I will almost certainly need help teaching. I'd like to also continue the Piccadilly work with Hannah TD, Tori and Ellie (Katherine could you do 1 for this?).
If there are really loads of us it might be helpful to have some work on stepping happening as well, even if that ends up being a handful of people - just so people aren't too bored!
Thanks,
Becky
Hi All,
Hope you all had a lovely bank holiday weekend and are looking forward to
more rapper on Monday! We'll also have some new people coming along on
Monday - possibly as many as three!
In the mean time:
*1. May and Festivals*
*2. It's Doodle Time!*
*3. New Invites*
*1. May and Festivals*
30th May crawl & City by the River Festival - we will be doing a spot at
1830 and may have time for a couple of dances before the choir go on at
1845 - so we'll be opening the festival! After that time to hit the pubs...
more details in a couple of weeks.
*Warwick, *hopefully you've all seen my email about tickets - please
respond if you need to. Still lacking in plus one info for the maybes...
and anyone else in the yeses that forgot... I will start chasing in person
if I need to.
We'll also need to do the same for Whitby in the next couple of weeks,
though Whitby partner tickets are free for the week, so I am happier about
making assumptions on these. All the same, please check that you've
mentioned plus ones if you want to bring them as I am not currently capable
of guessing this.
*2. It's Doodle Time!*
DoD - I think most people have now filled in Rachel-Anne's doodle poll for
availability in June, if you haven't please do this asap:
https://doodle.com/poll/qu7fb7z2b7fpx5tqxtatz33v/private?utm_campaign=poll_…
I've put together a doodle poll for a date for clog practice here, this
should cover all Tuesday and Thursday evenings in June except our crawl
night on 27th June. I haven't specified an exact time, we'll worry about
this later, we'll also need to find a venue... which might take a while, so
please fill in asap.
https://doodle.com/poll/kq6d7egk6hn5vxgq
*3. New Invites:*
*Thrales have invited us to their 25th birthday party!* So a whole weekend
of partying this year!
Friday, welcome drinks at 7 in a pub, Saturday pub tour, probably around
Soho during the day and somewhere else in the evening, and finally Sunday a
day of dance finishing at 4 with all the other teams (probably similar to
usual, but a bit bigger!) If you can't make the whole thing, that's ok,
just note on the sign-up sheet which you can do otherwise we'll assume both
days. 8th-10th November
*Mabel Day 1st December* - the usual Christmass-y fun in Oxford.
Sign-up sheet here as always - don't forget to fill in the crawls through
the Summer!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
And finally, I'm still waiting on some neckers and pins from Westerhope at
DERT - please bring them in when you can.
Thanks,
Hannah
Hi All,
I will sort an update on business stuff at some point this week, but in the
mean time I need to get back on the Warwick tickets asap. If any of the
below is incorrect (i.e I've managed to miss you or your partner ticket
off...) please let me know by 11pm Thursday 9th May.
I have the following down for definitely coming to Warwick
Hannah N, Martin, Sue, Ellie, Becky & Ken, Ffion, Patrick, Emma, Clare,
Hannah TD, Miriam, Will, Ali.
I have the following still as maybes - I will assume you are coming so that
you don't miss out, but if you could add any partner tickets that would be
appreciated. Rachel in particular, am guessing you would be bringing Dan
and Arthur too - but obviously don't want to go buying tickets that you
might not use...
*Hannorah, Katherine (probably yes), Rachel, Tori, *
In terms of ceilidh spots, to pick up from last Monday, I think we can
easily manage the 10pm Friday one or the Saturday one, but definitely not
the Sunday or Friday at 9pm one.
Thanks,
Hannah
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
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