Hi all,
Here's a video of the clog dance I was failing to teach.
Ottawa Waltz.MOV
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G69uSuL190xmGnkrwJzR6C191qV74qva/view?usp=…>
It's called 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.
I haven't asked for Joan's permission to share this video of her dancing so
best not to share it even further, but I couldn't think of another way of
showing how the dance is done to that tune.
Thanks,
Ellie
Hi All,
Two very important things for DERT... travel and accommodation! (Please do
read to the end, I know it's a long email!) 🚂
But first, I have some further information about the Friday Coach Tour... 🚃
Summary as follows (for more detail, I've pasted the full email at the
bottom of this email):
Pick up in central Newcastle (somewhere convenient for the station) at
1230, back at DERT Q for 6. Will try to fit in as many of the mining
villages as possible (except Amble and Beadnell - too far north and Murton
- too far south) with commentary en route. Sallyport will perform some
dances in the relevant locations, unless anyone wishes to volunteer to do
it for them!
If you arrive around 1230 or just after at the station and you let them
know, then they'll do their best to arrange to wait for the train. Tour
will cost £15-£20 depending on how many are interested, and you book by
emailing vincerutland21(a)gmail.com - though I am happy to help arrange this
if there are multiple people interested.
*Travel*
Advance tickets are currently available for the Friday, but not the Sunday,
so nearly time to book! It'll take about 3 hours each way. On the Sunday we
tend to leave after lunch, generally together, though if anyone has any
specific times they need to be back / don't want to travel with us, please
let me know. In terms of the Friday as we all have differing work
commitments, we'll probably end up split out into groups - so please fill
in the doodle about what time of day you would like to travel:
https://doodle.com/poll/chi25gspzrxpzzer This will help us group up people
on trains and might help get some cheaper tickets if some of those people
don't have railcards.
I think the following people have a railcard - if that is no longer the
case or you won't have a valid railcard for DERT, please let me know.
Likewise and if you have one and are not on the list. I feel like I'm
missing some people...
16-25: Hannah TD, Emma, Katherine
26-30: Hannah N
Senior: Sue
Two-Together: Becky, Ffion, Rachel
*Accommodation*
After my check of the accommodation in the area near the train station and
the Ouseburn, hostels are way more expensive than a cheap hotel. The
cheapest two were the Jury's Inn and EasyHotel - with preference from those
there on Monday for the Jury's Inn - which will probably work out at about
£30 or so each for the weekend (depends on configurations as we can put
wither 2 or 3 people in each room). Would be good to get this sorted asap
in case the saver rate expires.
So, would anyone like to stay with someone that isn't already coming? (e.g.
partner from another team, random plus one you forgot to mention before...)
There are now *evening tickets available* for the showcase, so any guests
can come to the whole thing as there isn't a charge to be in the pub! If
you would like to bring an additional person, please let me know asap, as I
want to get accommodation booked asap.
If there is anyone that you would particularly like to share a room with,
please let me know as that might help me work out the logistics.
Congratulations, you reached the end! Have a biscuit! ☺
Any questions, please shout!
Thanks,
Hannah
Full Invite to Coach Tour:
Dear all,
*Hop on the bus to see where rapper began!*
Hundreds of us will be at DERT 2019 in Newcastle – but how many can bore
their pals with a myriad of stories about the places our dances began and
what went on there?
Your peers may have uttered mysterious place names such as Winlaton,
Walbottle or Westerhope in deep conversations on the origins of rapper.
But do they know which team danced with tiny cymbals in their insteps, or
what the Amble team used clothes pegs for?
Now’s your chance to find out for yourself and bring all of this to life!
Your chance to find out comes on Friday, 5th April, when DERT 2019 puts on
an afternoon guided coach tour taking in as many of the villages which once
had rapper traditions as we can fit in. Legendary villages like Swalwell,
where Cecil Sharp saw his first rapper sword dance back in 1910, and
Earsdon where he went next. Not to mention Winlaton, Bedlington and
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea.
We’ll take in all these places and, where possible, stop for a small
libation and a practical demonstration of some of the dances in their
original locations, courtesy of Sallyport. A commentary will keep you
entertained (or help you nod off) and informed on some of the local sword
dancing and other history before we arrive back at DERT HQ some time
between 5.30 and 6pm.
The tour will leave Newcastle at around 12.30pm, from a venue close to
Central Station. If you’re due to arrive around that time or maybe shortly
after, and let us know as soon as possible, we’ll do our best to arrange to
wait for your train.
To book, email vincerutland21(a)gmail.com (copied in) as soon as possible.
Tickets will cost somewhere between £15 and £20 per seat, depending on
numbers, and are strictly limited.
Many thanks,
The DERT 2019 Committee
Hi All,
There will be a separate email about DERT related stuff, so please keep an
eye out for that.
1. Upcoming
2. Sewing day
3. Sign-ups old and new
1. So, first event of the year will be the joint Piccadilly and Westerhope
crawl next Thursday around Waterloo - details next week from the lovely
Ellie. Following that we have the first Westerhope practice on 27th Jan.
2. Most likely day will be 2nd Feb - so there will be a call for kit to
come in on the Monday before (28th). I think Sue will be emailing details
for this. We may also make use of 3rd March, so please also put this one in
your diaries. I've added these to the sign-up sheet as a reminder. If you
didn't reply before, could you please add yourselves to these dates.
Alternatively given the low response rate, just fill in the doodle:
https://doodle.com/poll/abys8aixb8rfcbvy
3. Sign ups for the summer - we have a number of events that we confirmed
before Christmas, but there are still a few to go - most of which will need
a response by end of Jan or mid-Feb. So - could you please take a look at
the following:
Wimborne Minster Festival 7-9th June
St Albans Folk Festival 29th June
13th July Hammersmiths 60th - they have sent us a reminder for this one...
In terms of new invites, Lewes 10th Day of Dance (and final as the festival
is no more) is on 12th October. Lewes is about an hour or so away by train
- town centre close to the station. We would be dancing in pubs (yay!) and
possibly also on the pedestrian precinct as well. They are hoping to get
around 25 teams there for the final year.
The Hen & Chickens bar (that we danced at on our Christmas crawl) have also
asked us to dance on Paddy's Day (17th March), unfortunately at the mo all
I have in terms of info is that they would like us to dance... Am working
on it at the mo, but thought I'd at least get you all thinking as this one
(and a couple of others) ended up in Spam... oops!
We also had an invite to Hitchin Day of Dance on 20th July which given
proximity to the Kimpton (6th) and Hammersmith (13th) invites, I think we
will need to turn down this year - unless anyone has any particularly
strong feelings.
So, sign-up sheet in the usual place..
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
Have a lovely week.
Thanks,
Hannah
17th march hen and chickens paddys day - just finding out what it was
thanks to my emails doing stupid things...
Hello all,
Absences: Rachel, Hannorah, Laura, Rachel-Anne and Fliss (who is dropping the swords off an then leaving).
Ellie is opening up and will be clogging from 7. Normal practice start at 7.30, Ffion to lead stepping if I'm not there yet. Due to people we have, the focus will be Westerhope to get it dance-out ready.
The rest of us, depending who we are, will look at Westerhope as well/ some Jubilee. And generally try and be useful!
See you later,
Becky
Hello,
You may have heard me talk about the Mari Lwyd on Monday. This is a traditional Welsh new year celebration. We take Mari (a decorated horse skull) around The Boot, The Harrison and The Calthorpe pubs in the Kings Cross area to wish people a happy new year. There's some singing and drinking at the pubs and then we have a twmpath (Welsh ceilidh) in the London Welsh Centre.
It's a lot of fun and several Ravens will be coming along. More info on Facebook here - https://www.facebook.com/events/539299196545683/
Ffion x
Hello all,
As Sue explained yesterday, we desperately need to make some new kit for both new members and existing who have old, falling apart kits.
Sue lives in Forest Hill - I would recommend checking travel options, fairly easy to get to by train, but make sure there aren't any works planned. We need people who can sew, cut, make tea - all people much appreciated!
Please fill in the poll asap so we can get a first date sorted.
https://doodle.com/poll/abys8aixb8rfcbvy
You can always leave a comment if you know you can only come in for a few hours, or from a certain time.
Thanks!
Becky
Hi All,
Gentle reminder to double check the crawl dates and your availability - the
dates on the crawl are the ones that will be happening (a couple were
changed before Christmas). If you were a Yes if need be in the Doodle poll
I have put you as a maybe for now.
So, onto upcoming events post DERT - please go through and sign up one way
or another to these, some of them we need to get back to by the end of Jan,
so would be good to do sooner rather than later. Goathland looks like a No
unfortunately, but the others could go either way.
There is also Becky's wedding to sign up to - she'll need to know numbers
at some point soon I would imagine, so please do sign up for that too.
One final thing, if you think you might need new shoes for DERT, it would
be worth considering getting them sooner rather than later to give yourself
a little time to wear them in. I've found some here, if they don't have
your size, just find something that looks like it with the same
description. We can then sort out getting resin soles on them - potentially
in bulk. The resin costs £20-25 from memory, might have been 25 last time.
I've found these that look like the current ones and appear to have all
sizes:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M620-MENS-OXFORD-BOYS-CADET-PARADE-CAP-LEATHER-A…
Your friendly sign-up sheet can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
Thanks,
Hannah
Hello all,
Thanks for a productive first week back! Apologies if it seemed a bit full on, the aim of these first few weeks is to get us ready to dance out asap, then we can get onto the nitty gritty.
Special thanks to Fliss and Miriam who didn't get to dance much but were super helpful giving comments. Next week we have no Hannorah, Rachel or Laura so what we're doing will probably be much more mixed up, and we'll need extra people!
I might not be there on time next week as my Mum is visiting (and coming to practice!) but Ellie has keys so clog can go ahead at 7 and Fliss has swords so no excuse not to get started if I'm not around. If I miss the start of rapper can Ffion please lead stepping, if for any reason she isn't there, Laura and Emma can battle it out!
Sue please email Hannah/me your free dates that we can come and sew and we'll create a doodle poll. This needs to happen asap by the sounds of it!
Hannah and Laura are we booked in for the day practices at various halls?
Thanks,
Becky x
First rapper practice of the year *yay*
Tonight will be a gentle push into dert mode. Don't panic, we have a long time to get ready but we have to start somewhere 😊
Absences are Clare and Katherine. I know Rachel is coming so not sure what hannorah is doing?
Remember: clog at 7
See you later!
Becky xx
Sent from my Huawei Mobile
Happy New Year!
Hope you all had a good break.
I've now put all the crawls and day practices up on the sign up sheet based
on the doodles that you all filled in (if you were a es if need be, I think
you are generally down as a maybe). Could you all please double check that
I've put you in correctly and add them to your diaries ☺ I appreciate that
you might not wish to go to the crawls/practices if you aren't dancing,
though if you are able to make some, extra eyes at practices and collectors
and encouragement on crawls are always helpful and welcome, so please feel
do go to anything that you aren't dancing in if you have time/fancy it.
There may also be the odd crawl where someone who is supposed to be dancing
can't make it, so we will need spare people as well.
I haven't really looked at accommodation in Newcastle, will get onto that
asap, though suggestions definitely welcome. Our entry to DERT is confirmed
now, providing we pay them. Woop! :)
Don't forget to look over the other events on the sign-up sheet, there are
some we need to reply to by the end of Jan (most of them probably!)...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
See you all on Monday!
Thanks,
Hannah
