Hi everybody,
I want to send a big thank you to everybody who came and helped us practise
and especially the Westerhope set for concentrating hard. I hope everyone
got home OK! I think Westerhope is looking really sharp and confident and
I'm really really pleased at the progress we've made lately. Well done :)
I hope the DERT set have as useful a practice.
Ffion took two videos of Westerhope. If you could send them round when
you've got time, that would be great.
Emails about costume and tommy to follow.
Rachel x
Last call for anyone who might like personal insurance. Details below.
S x
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From: Open Morris <secretary(a)open-morris.org<mailto:secretary@open-morris.org>>
Date: 2 March 2017 at 22:13:51 GMT
To: Sue <info(a)towerravens.org.uk<mailto:info@towerravens.org.uk>>
Subject: [TR Committee] JMO Insurances - Urgent Updates
Hello Sue
You’ll find some important updates below regarding JMO Insurances.
I’d also like to take this opportunity to invite you to visit and explore our new website at open-morris.org<http://open-morris.org>
As well as insurance information and other OM documents, you can now see details of OM Sides by region and by dance style, and an update on the JMO National Day of Dance 2018, which Crosskey Clog have offered to host on behalf of Open Morris.
Kind regards
Norm Warren
OM Secretary
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Personal Accident Insurance
The JMO offers access to an optional Personal Accident Insurance.
If you missed the January deadline for your whole Side, or if new members join your side before the 18th of March, you can insure them from the 26th of March at a reduced premium.
To do so, please –
* go to open-morris.org<http://open-morris.org> and follow the About Open Morris | Insurance menu
* download and complete the Personal Accident Application Form
* send it with a cheque to cover the reduced premiums, currently £2.09 per person.
Michael Stimpson will need to receive the details and the cheque on or before 18 March.
Payment direct into the JMO Account is also available as an option. Please e-mail or telephone Michael Stimpson for the bank details.
Special Circumstances
There are several circumstances in which you should take advice to ensure you have appropriate insurance cover.
These include –
* Dancing with torches, naked flame, fireworks, etc
* Dance teaching in a school
* Dancing on a visit to USA or Canada
* Organising a Ceilidh with tickets being sold to members of the public
Please telephone Michael Stimpson if you are planning any of those activities.
Further Details and Queries
Please go to open-morris.org<http://open-morris.org> and follow the About Open Morris | Insurance menu. There you will find a link to our newly-updated page of Insurance FAQs.
If you have any further queries, please remember that Open Morris Officers are not allowed to advise members on any insurance matter because we are not qualified to do so.
Instead, members should make direct contact with Michael Stimpson, who is the JMO Insurance Officer.
He is available on 01923 770425 between 11.30 am and 7pm Monday to Thursday and 11.30 to 5pm Friday.
Alternatively email StimpsonM(a)aol.com<mailto:StimpsonM@aol.com>
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Tower Ravens Committee and Info List
info(a)towerravens.org.uk<mailto:info@towerravens.org.uk>
Please note the service is limited on circle, district, hammersmith and metropolitan line this weekend. Please check how you can get to practice if this will effect you!
I promise to stop emailing soon..
Becky x
Sorry, I didn't register this only came through to the committee.
Here are the trad rules for those who haven't seen them :-)
Becky xx
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Subject: [TR Committee] Traditional Competition
Sent: 1 Mar 2017 9:37 p.m.
From: Crook Morris <dert2017(a)gmail.com>
To: Crook Morris <dert2017(a)gmail.com>
Cc:
Hi
The traditional competition rules and marking criteria have been on the website for a while, but I have to apologise because I haven't publicised their existence anywhere! So just incase you haven't already found it, here's a link to the traditional competition rules and marking criteria.
http://www.dert2017.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Traditional-Competitio…
It's basically the same as last year, but with one tweak.That tweak is that we've changed (with guidance from the SDU and others) how the marks are rewarded with regards to how close to the notation the dance is. This year you'll still get marks for dancing in as close a manner as possible to your notation, but there won't be any marks for accoutrements like a historical costume or character. This is to stop 'Team A' and 'Team B' scoring the same when 'Team A' look the part and visually match their notation, but don't dance very well, while 'Team B' dance almost perfectly, and in line with their notation, but haven't matched their costume to their notation.
I hope that makes sense!
We would also like your notation by Friday 25th of March. That gives us time to pass it on to the judges with enough time for them to read them all.
Good luck!
Sam
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Hello,
1. Hannah do you need any more info on the Morris census? If not please send off ASAP, deadline is 5th and they're hassling us. If you need anything give me a shout and I'll see if I can figure out the answer. Let's be honest, it doesn't really matter.
2. Trad rules are out. Same as last year but weight taken away from costume and character (good stuff). Please note the notation needs to be in by 25th March. Rachel do you have this to check, make any changes and submit?
Thanks! Xx
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Hello all,
Big thank you for the patience with the metronome practice last night, although it makes me look like a total maniac I think it was very good practice and really proved some points about pace and really listening. I think if we keep doing that at a solid 140 we should get really comfortable with it and then the whole thing will be awesome [😊]
Special thankyou to Kate, I know how hard playing to a metronome can be, especially if the speed has ended up being faster than you're necessarily used to (as turns out our dance has always been faster in the second half!).
Kit - Sue made a very good point about joint jubilee for the showcase - do we have enough petticoats and sashes??
Please correct this list if it is wrong for what people currently have and will be dancing in the double jubilee:
Katherine: petticoat and sash
Jo S. : petticoat and sash
Hannorah: petticoat and sash
Laura S: petticoat and sash
Becky: petticoat and sash
Hannah: petticoat and sash (x2 for both??)
Laura W: petticoat and sash
Reesha: petticoat and sash
Ffion: petticoat and sash
Rachel-Anne: sash??
If that is all correct it's only Rachel-Anne who we need to sort out. I'm assuming she could wear one of the petticoats that Hannah has as the beauty of elastic is basically one size fits all! Not absolutely sure you have your own sash in which case are there any going spare anywhere? Or can we steal/convert a man sash?
Rachel I know you're gutted you won't be dancing but you'll be so preggers by then I don't think it's worth the risk. I want to work a way of getting you in for the final curly - and display at the same time as Sue, if that is ok with you? I know you were talking Sue last night about figuring something out so I'm basically leaving that to you. Potentially your sash doesn't need to be exactly the same so we don't need to worry about identical fabric??
Please correct if any of this is wrong so we can fill in gaps as soon as possible. Fabric is very limited!
Saturday:
10AM Westerhope Start. We're rubbish at starting with people dribbling in for the first half hour. Please, please really try and get there for 10 to get shoes on and be starting ASAP. Kate I know you're coming from far away and as musician we don't necessarily need you first thing, 10 would be lovely, if it's 10.30 it won't be a disastor or anything. Westerhope team will then practice solidly until 12-12.30 and then break for lunch. After this the DERT set will steal Hannah back to work on Piccadilly but Westerhope will continue to work on the dance. Potentially with some swapping in and out of people. Westerhope set I imagine will stop around 4ish, DERT set probably more like 6 (but we'll just have to go with the flow).
DERT set 12.30 arrival: I will be there for the entire day to try and help with Westerhope, if anyone else wants to do that please do come along, we know how useful spectators are! If not please arrive for 12.30 where we will have lunch and talk about what we want to do with the next few hours.
At some point (helpful I know!) I want to do double jubilee as we will actually have everyone there! The main focus will be getting Sue and Rachel in at the end (need to try and remember what we did that one time..) and just practice that a few times till we feel confident. And then do the dance through a few times together with the ending. I will also look at the numbers available and try and figure out sets so we can practice in those sets and make sure they're fairly balanced.
Hannorah - I'm sorry to hear about your chest it sounds awful! Let us know if you can't make practice on Saturday, there's no point hurting yourself further.
Hope that all makes sense. I'm not sure if everyone is in a position to buy tickets to Kendal yet but if possible to get this sorted sooner rather than later we can figure out exactly how much we can give people back. If possible can we have them bought by next Monday??
Thanks all,
Becky
Hi All
Thanks to everyone who made the crawl yesterday night, despite transport disruptions.
I'll count the money and pay it in, to spare Sue carrying coins around with her back injury. So guesses please. But remember we only did four pubs and it was fairly slim pickings, so don't get carried away. :-)
Oh other thing to say is that as there's about another 6 or 7 pubs we didn't get round, or wouldn't let us in coz of the football, I'm very happy to re-do this area again soon.
Hx
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