Hi All,
1. Crawl
2. May Day in C#
3. Sign-ups
3. DERT
1. Crawl on Thursday starting in the Jack Horner (probably) - so please
could everyone be there ready to start dancing at 1930 as usual. Watch out
for further info from Hannorah coming soon...
2*. May Day in C# *- having just had someone else ask us about this date,
I've had another look at the sign up sheet and depending on which way the
Maybes and No Replies go, we might have a team to do a couple of dances at
this. It runs 12-4 on 6th May and has various activities including a
ceilidh. Could everyone have another look at this one *asap *please as I'm
being chased for a response....
3. Other sign-ups - we've been invited to a St George Day event in Pinner
Village by someone who saw us at the Crown and Cushion. They can provide a
wooden floor and the day has various things like wheelbarrow races, punch &
judy and hog roast etc. Sounds like the main part is 12-5.
4. DERT - I think we finally have some groupings fro heading up to Kendal
on the Friday (see below) - if you're name isn't there then that's because
I think you've already bought tickets/will be there already/are driving -
if that's not true and I'm daft, left me know! If you could try and work
out a time in your "group" for travelling up to Kendal then we can get
these all booked up and stop thinking about them for now. I think for
coming back on the Sunday we could aim for the 1302 (probably) or 1412
depending on how long anyone wants to stay- unless anyone has any better
suggestions? Trains are roughly hourly.
Morning - Sue (has a railcard)
Afternoon - Ffion (+Patrick? 2TGH), Becky (+Ken? 2TGH), Jo
Evening - Hannah (+Martin 2TGH), Reesha, Laura W
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
See most of you on Thursday!
Hannah
Hello all,
Afraid to say I've been off since Monday. I was hoping to be back in today but so far not looking likely and even if I get to work I wouldn't survive a rapper crawl.
Hannah should have the other set of swords.
Sue definitely isn't coming but Hannorah does an awesome job while in Tommy mode :-) she's said to keep hold of the money until Monday and then she can deal with it after that, unless you get really excited and want to count and bag it lol
I would suggest the focus is Westerhope with some jubilees so that everyone is dancing. You could do piccadilly but it relies on hannah converting to 3 so see how she feels! If someone could do some tommying for Westerhope, even just an intro that should do some good.
Sorry to let people down, hope all goes well!
Becky xx
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Hi All
Details for Thursday are:
1. Meet The Jack Horner - Tottenham Court Road W1T 7QJ
Ready to dance for 7.30.
Pubs after that are likely to be some/all of these:
2. Rising Sun - Tottenham Court Road
3. Marlborough Arms - Torrington Place
4. One Tun Goodge St -
5. Crown & Sceptre - Great Titchfield Street W1W 6SD
6. Yorkshire Grey / Langham St -
7. Tower Tavern - Clipstone Street, W1W 6BA
9. The Green Man - Great Portland Street NW1 3AU.
10. The Albany - Great Portland Street
11. Masons Arms - Devonshire Street, W1W 5EA.
See you then.
Hx
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Hello all,
Considering the number of Westerhopers we have/potentially have, Rachel and I have decided that there isn't much point Westerhope trying to practice on Sunday. We will look into when you can have another practice, either giving you a couple of hours solid practice on the next day practice which will be all day, or organising a separate evening/afternoon to focus in on.
Therefore if you are in Westerhope but not the DERT set you are not expected to turn up.
HOWEVER, if you are a likely reserve (in particular Jo S. and Hannorah) it would be really helpful for you to come along so that you can see any neatening up and be involved. Perhaps you could aim to get there around 4? That way the main DERT set can have a couple of hours solid work and then spend the last couple of hours passing it on, but means you're not hanging around too much.
Sue if you could be there for some of the practice (it doesn't really matter if it is the start or finish) that would be really helpful as that means we can have you in the set and as eagle eyes for judging us.
If there is anyone who would like to come along for the sheer joy of it, or to practice stepping, or to help by critiquing you are more than welcome to. The more people we have watching the easier it is to discern if something is improving or if something looks really naff.
Some people are meeting in the pub around 1 for pre-practice lunch. For everyone else we start at 2 going on until we get tired (6-7ish).
Ffion if you could bring your ipad for filming purposes that'd be really appreciated as it's easier to see on the larger screen!
Thanks all, if I don't see you on Sunday I'll see you Monday :)
Becky xx
Hi Everyone,
Excellent stepping practice on Monday (many thanks to Ru) - hope everyone
found it helpful.
Sadly not quite as big a collection as usual from our crawl - we collected
£105.45 in the end.
1. Day Practice
2. 23rd March Crawl (Laura S and Rachel especially)
3. Day of Dance
4. AOB
1. Sunday practice will be in our usual hall from 2-7, meeting in the
Crosse Keys for lunch from 1 if anyone fancies that. (The pub is open until
1830 - bit later than I thought - so we'll be able to get water / use the
"facilities" until near the end of practice.) Watch out for any further
details from Becky this week.
2. 23rd March Crawl - Ffion has accidentally double booked herself and it
would be good to be able to dance both Westerhope and Picadilly out as this
would be our last crawl before DERT. So, we are looking to see if the 22nd
would work instead. From Monday, it looks to be good for most people (I've
added everyone onto the sign-up sheet for that day - sorry if I got
anything wrong!) - if you weren't here on Monday could you please fill
yourselves in?
3. Day of Dance - not looking promising at all for the May dates. I'm
taking these off for now, and we'll have to have a think about what we can
do. Ideally we want a good strong team, so it's trying to find a time when
most of us are likely to be around.
4. AOB - Forgot to mention that Hannorah is intending to drive to DERT,
leaving Friday morning and is offering lifts to anyone that would like one.
If anyone would let us know so we can count you out of ticket purchases -
please note we hope that Ravens will be able to cover the whole of our
travel (if not, then most of it), but currently doing some number crunching
to make sure. Also please check sign-up sheets if you haven't already done
so - a maybe is always better than a "no-reply".
Have a lovely week!
Hannah :)
Some pictures taken by my friend Alex on our recent crawl. I think my
favourite is #3: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/uat
p2fjyltq0s7b/AACP8jMUgxNyiOAhyPmAuTOfa?dl=0
Rachel x
Hi all,
I've been thinking a bit about the costume and tommy options for
Westerhope, and reading the official competition rules for this year, which
can be found here
<http://www.dert2017.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Traditional-Competitio…>.
The following is my interpretation of the rules, but I'd welcome feedback
and other insights.
The rules say that the marks available will be split into two sections,
each worth half the marks: Notation and Performance. "There will be 4
judges, 2x of whom will be assessing the performance in the same manner as
the Main Competition, and 2x of whom will be assessing the performance
having previously considered submitted notations and researched the
specific traditional dance. Each dance is marked by all 4 judges."
The notation section says "The inclusion of historical costume, characters
and other accoutrements will have no effect on the marks given and do not
need to match the notation." The performance section just says "This will
be marked in exactly the same way as the Main Competition, to the same
marking criteria." The marking categories for the main competition are
Stepping; Sword Handling; Dance Technique; Buzz factor; Presentation;
Music; Characters.
*Costume:*
I think that we need to be neat, tidy, uniform, etc (as per the
presentation marks in the main competition), but we do not need to recreate
the costumes that the Westerhope team would originally have worn. I would
therefore suggest the same outfits as last year, with shirts and ties as a
nod to the tradition, but keeping very much in the team's style with the
skirts and colours.
*Tommy:*
I think that we probably should introduce a tommy to the dance, despite
there not having traditionally been one. As I read it, the notation
section explicitly says that the tommy doesn't need to match the historical
notation, and the performance section indicates that there will be marks
available for character (which it would be a shame not to get). If we
decide to do this, there is obviously a further conversation about what the
tommy should do / look like / interaction with the set.
I'd really appreciate other people's input, especially on whether or not
you read this documentation the same way I do! Looking forward to hearing
all those opinions.
Rachel :)
Sorry ladies, my phone died so I've had to stop by my office to charge it. I'll be with you in half an hour, once I've got some juice on it.
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Hello all,
Just to confirm Ru is coming on Monday to help with stepping.
I want her to help as many people as possible and that does come with prep on our part. If possible step in front of a mirror, or just consider what feels wrong about your stepping. That way you can actually have a conversation with Ru rather than just looking bemused! Don't worry if you have no idea of course, that's the whole point of her coming :) Also, I know stepping in front of people can feel scary, especially if you think you're being watched, but just try to relax, everyone is at different levels and everyone is improving all the time, Ru will hopefully just speed up the process a little.
See you tonight.
Becky xx
Hi everyone,
1. Crawl
2. Stepping Practice
3. Sign-ups
1. Crawl on Thursday will be around Farringdon - details on facebook. I
think we're probably meeting at the crown ready to dance at 1930, though
Katherine will correct me if I'm wrong!
2. Ru will (hopefully) be coming to help us all improve our stepping next
Monday - 13th, so please try to be there as it will be really useful! It
might also help to think about the things that you think you are good/bad
at as that might make it easier to get help with things that you find
difficult.
3. Sign-ups - We have a few possible things coming up in May/June/October,
I know that's still a while away, but for some of them we could do with
putting a bit of thought into them if we're able to do them. I've added
another weekend in for a possible date for our day of dance - 3rd June, so
if you could all consider that one as well please, that would be great. If
it turns out we can't find a suitable date before the summer festivals
begin we may have to look at something in September - though would probably
be better to do it this side of the summer if we can as otherwise we'll
risk getting close to Thrales Day! I may resort to doodle poll at some
point.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-
XmFb8jmCeRa48IRI/edit
See you tomorrow!
Thanks,
Hannah
I knew there was something I meant to mention yesterday!
After discussions with Will who came on the crawl to play box we found that there were no campatible dates until DERT itself, and even then that meant he was away every week in April so wasn't keen!
He said he'd be interested in playing again in the future but for now we are leaving ourselves in the lovely hands of Kate [😊]
Becky
Hi all,
I've been putting together a crib sheet for Westerhope. It should cover
what we have done so far in terms of timing and style. Comment and let me
know if there are mistakes, things you'd like to work on, bits you think
need improving...
Looking forward to dancing this out on Thursday.
Thanks,
Rachel :)
Westerhope notes
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/14YiPw-KOa7L1-WDevSzYXKbmd8qBheoszNz45r8…>
Hi all,
Last week (30/1) there was some experimentation with sweeping the sword
between consecutive dancers down and up in single guard. I said I'd go
away and check what the notation says, as I had a memory the notation said
to keep swords high. Sorry it's taken me so long to come back to you all!
However, I am wrong, and the notation is just not that specific. It says:
"Each dancer in turn lifts his rapper turning left out of the set, dances
around the set and back into place".
If the sweep is something people would like to try, therefore, we could try
it again in practice and see what we think - I know many of the Westerhope
set weren't present when it was tried on 30/1 (including me!) and you
should get a chance to try it too.
Just to be clear, we won't be doing this on Thursday, but instead will
dance as we have been doing with swords high throughout the figure.
Rachel :)
Hello all,
Considering there's no music and the potential tube strike I've decided it's better to postpone the stepping practice from this Monday as it seems like we're not making the most of the opportunity for help. This also means if people are worried about the strike they don't have to battle there way to and from practice.
Obviously there will be a normal practice so if you can make it please do!
I've asked Ru what dates she can do and she's checking the 13th with Jon. I know that means Ffion and Laura S won't be there but I'm hoping as many other people as possible will be available. If you're not please fill in your availability asap.
ALSO we currently don't have a set for Piccadilly on Thursday as Laura W. and Jo S. are down as nos, is this definite? Katherine's trying to suss how many pubs to push to get. We have a Westerhope and Jubilee set so is still worth crawling!
Thanks all, and sorry for messing you around.
Becky
Got this strange enquiry at work… Rapper has a lot in common with marriage
apparently!
Do we know who the local sides are to Lichfield?
Cheers, Laura
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: *Christine* <christine(a)reflectiongardens.org.uk>
Date: 30 January 2017 at 18:47
Subject: Rapper teams
To: info(a)efdss.org
Hi ,
can you put me in touch with any rapper teams who would be willing to dance
at our golden wedding party, Sat. 1st April about 4pm near Lichfield? I
have tried whip the cat in Nottingham, and another team and gather there is
a big convention for rappers the following week. I have also found it hard
to get contact details so would appreciate your help. We think rapper
dances have much in common with marriage which is why we are so keen for
that form of dancing,
best wishes
Chris Polhill
Hi everyone,
Incredible amount raised on the crawl last week - so well done everyone!
And thanks for organising Ffion. (Completely forgotten the amount, but it
was more than £200!)
Not too much from me this week (I hope...)
We should now be all sorted for Katherine's Wedding, we'll start sorting
out payments etc for this in the next couple of weeks and try to make sure
there is a gap between this and DERT (as that's a long one that's at the
bottom... but please read it!)
1. New on the sign-up sheet - We have been invited by the Belles of London
to a Women's Day of Dance on 1st October along with Esps, Dacre and Camden.
The iea is to do a walking/public transport tour of London visiting some of
the favourite places of Maud Karpeles. They are hoping to raise money for
Women's Aid, but this is yet to be confirmed with the relevant authorities.
Please fill in the sign-up sheet with your availability. Other thing it
would be useful to get some replies for are the possible dates for going to
dance for Laura W's Old Folks - 18th Feb or 18th March - though I don't
think 18th Feb is actually viable.
2. DERT - So, the next thing we need trains for now is DERT, I think I
have information as to what time of day (almost) everyone would prefer to
travel up on the Friday - those of you that haven't could you add
yourselves on/email me to let me know. I would like to try and group people
together as soon as possible so we can get our tickets sorted. Trains are
roughly hourly throughout the day.
Cost-wise it looks to be ~£65 with a railcard. Without a railcard it looks
to be about £81 return. That group save appears to be a special offer on
the virgin trains website to Oxenholme and then a pair of singles, so may
be worth taking advantage of asap - otherwise it looks to be about £99 for
the straightforward return without railcard.
I will investigate what else we can do to make it cheaper (possibly a thing
via Manchester?), but I can't promise anything. We are travelling a long
way though, so given that is £30-40 each way to the Lake District it's not
that bad! There will be some subsidisation, so don't let the costs put
anyone off.
If you are (or could be) travelling with someone you might regularly travel
with, it may be worth considering getting a 2-together railcard.
I'm enjoying a significant reduction in the "No-replies" on the sigh-up
sheet - so thanks very much for that! :)
Have a lovely week.
Hannah :)
