Hi All,
Minutes from our "post DERT" discussion the other day. I guess the key
thing anyone who wasn't able to make it might be interested in is our plan
for return to dancing when we are able. In summary, we need restrictions on
social distancing to end in order for us to practice - currently the
earliest this would be is 21st June. Following this, we would aim to do a
crawl, noting that we may have to dance outside pubs at times depending on
their opinions on it and any requirements at the time. Once we have had a
crawl we can then look at events again, and will register interest in going
to Bath Time at the end of October.
We would also want to check in with how people are feeling regarding this
in case anyone has any concerns nearer the time. If you do, please let me
or Becky know in the first instance.
While we still can't practice, we could potentially have the odd stepping
practice within the guidelines - at the moment this is limited to 6 people
(so 5 dancers and 1 musician). I will keep a close eye on guidelines if we
do this, and the Morris Fed have a really helpful risk assessment to help
organise this safely.
Otherwise, obviously we can meet socially! Once groups of 30 are allowed
we'll organise an en masse Ravens meeting in a park somewhere. However, if
you want to hang out with up to 6 ravens, please do - the spreadsheet we
had last year is still around
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZlZ9QoJTF0C7c_suG4SWp7TVYG02HrQvGf-…>,
although I think about 6 ravens have moved houses/are about to move house
so it possibly needs updating. You don't have to have a whole postcode, you
can just pop your general location in (e.g. Stockwell) which might help
with working out who is nearby, who might be willing to travel in a
favourable direction!
Hope you're all having a lovely week and hope to see some in person faces
at some point soon!
Monday night zooms will obviously also continue!
Hannah
Hi All,
If anyone wanted to watch any of the talks from DERT, see the links below.
They are mostly about 20 minutes long, with a couple of bonus short ones
with the musician set and the tommy songs..
Playing for rapper <https://youtu.be/9RS_jxyqYjc> (~20mins): A discussion
about playing for rapper sword dancing with Martin Clarke, Becky Graham,
Bryony Griffith, Sarah Matthews and Alex Wade
Musicians set <https://youtu.be/fqBsWPWysRs> (~3mins): To finish our talk
series, here are the musicians from the Playing for Rapper talk with a
beautiful tune set.
Creating figures and dances <https://youtu.be/1A2UjSav-G0> (~20 mins) A
discussion about how to create rapper sword figures and dances with Tom
Besford, Tom Chafer-Cook, Laura English Rose and Kev Theaker.
Tommying <https://youtu.be/CAAYRYrZqLU> (~20mins): A discussion about
tommying for rapper sword dancing with Chris Cartridge, Edwin Dyson, Stuart
Higson and Sally Wearing
Tommy songs <https://youtu.be/JlveQzYXBRc> (~6mins): Good people give 'ear
to mi story, we've created these videos, not by chance, 3 tommies we've
brought blythe and bonnie intending to give you a bit of a song!
Trad Talk <https://youtu.be/PWgx8fVEPKE> (~20mins): A discussion about the
tradition of rapper sword dances with Alice Coady, Mossy Christian, Phil
Heaton, Eilidh Smith and Simon Vaughan
Happy Weekend!
Hannah
Hi guys,
I originally put this in as an EGM, but really don't think it is quite that, more just a good touch point in the year. Here are things I'd like to discuss, but if you have stuff to add please just say!
1. DERT -
* Please check DERT comments using login info which Hannah provided. We might like to highlight comments which don't match the criteria and where it appears we were docked marks. The website seems to be a pain but try googling Dert info and go in that way.
* Feedback from the Sunday morning meeting inc. plans for DERT next year.
2. Getting back dancing
* Opportunity to discuss plans for getting back dancing safely, raising concerns etc. This will not be definitive but I hope will get us started.
* Social plans - if we can't dance we could at least look at gathering safely in a park or similar.
3. DERT 2024
* Thrales have been in touch to say they have told DERT steering group they are interested in hosting DERT in London for 2024 and would like to know if we would like to make it a joint effort.
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Thanks all,
Becky
Hi All,
Just putting a couple of things here so you can find them easily. Hopefully
details for anything you are interested should appear on the facebook page.
I'll try and keep an eye out...
*Saturday*
- Tomorrow stuff kicks off at 10 with some kind of welcome (am assuming
via the facebook page <https://www.facebook.com/rappertournament/>).
Then every 15mins after that an entry will be released and if you really
want you can judge them all! Our video is supposed to come out at 1145
- *Saturday Showcase 1730-2000*, not sure what this entails, but suspect
you'll find out on facebook.
- *Awards / Results 2000-2115*. Becky will be representing us, but it
all gets streamed via YouTube so we can all see
- So as soon as that concludes, at 2115 (ish) let's all *zoom* and
celebrate/do many rounds of we woz robbed etc. Rachel-Anne has even created
a* cocktail menu* with all eventualities. Please feel free to consume
any of these at any point! Cocktail recipes attached and zoom link at the
bottom (thanks Clare!)🍸
- At some point during the day our scores will come out (but we won't
know where we place or what anyone else's score are until the results -
possibly here: http://www.dertinfo.co.uk/dertofderts
*Sunday*
- DERT meeting at 10, Becky is going, but if you have a question they'd
like them all submitted via this google form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_ZRJRq9PW65NPwMv7taetO6lHJLAVVl0…>
- Tommy talk 1300-1400
- Creating figures & dance talk 1530-1600
- Musicians talk (featuring Martin!) 1600-1700
- Trad talk 1700-1800
Happy weekend.
There will be some bonus activities coming via WhatsApp tomorrow...
Hannah
Topic: Post-DERT Ravens
Time: Mar 27, 2021 09:00 PM London
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Hiya,
Here are the bullet point notes from last Monday's chat about how to stay
safe when out dancing.
Despite the continuing shitshow that is life for women, I'm glad we were
able to make something positive and support each yet again! Go Ravens fam!
Katherine has done a social post for twitter and facebook, where there's
already some discussion from other dancers - great news. And there's a post
on insta too.
Thanks everyone!
R-a x
Hello all,
As you may have seen on whatsapp, tonight's zoom probably won't be as fun but seems an important theme to discuss. In the wake of Sarah Everard's murder and the general conversations around women's safety I'd like to suggest some time to reflect on the week we've just had and if there is anything more we can do to make each other feel safe on crawls.
1. Time to vent - I'm sure I'm not the only one that has found the last week angering, saddening and confusing. If you want to voice this, you can!
2. How can we proactively look out for each other on crawls.
3. Any top tips on how can help each other remain and feel safe on the walk home.
I want to emphasise that this is not about majorly altering our behaviour or giving into some fear. I remain unapologetic of our behaviour and, when we get back on crawls, fully intend to drink too much, draw attention to ourselves, wear an array of blue sparkly accessories and generally disrupt people's evenings.
Obviously, this kind of topic can be a bit of a trigger and there is absolutely no pressure to join this conversation. If you have suggestions but can't come tonight, please just send me a message 🙂
Here's the link for tonight (thanks again Clare!)
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I like to think there will be time for fun conversations too!
Becky
Hi all,
Here's the link for tonight, I'm guessing Clare's link is still good -
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We'll be chatting about any recent baking adventures and anything else we
fancy.
See you soon,
R-a x
Good afternoon ravens,
As discussed in the whatsapp I'll be organising a mostly-cider tasting
evening on Friday 5th March.
Here's a spreadsheet for all the coordinated fun. I've listed some rounds
of drinks - feel free to join in for as many as you wish. The rounds are
themed so please use this as inspiration for your drink choice. It's mostly
cider based but also designed to be broad enough to interpret for non-cider
drinkers. I've suggested some examples and also what I'll be drinking. If
you'd like to you can enter what you want to drink and people can either
choose to match someone else or do something different.
Hope that all makes sense and hope to see you there! I'll send zoom details
closer to the time.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YTbzEf1huuSHaHYh5ltvLxI8eHwqZTg86gB…
Hi All,
Thought we could have a game of "In the sword bad there is...". The idea
being that the first person says "in the sword bag there is [insert thing
beginning with A]", the next then has "in the sword bag there is [insert
thing beginning with A], and [insert thing beginning with B]" etc.
So maybe vaguely think about things we might have on a rapper crawl / at a
festival - and they don't actually need to be physically capable of fitting
in the sword bag as this one is definitely a Mary Poppins one...
And if we get bored of that we can just chat. Meeting link below.
"See" you tomorrow!
Hannah
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