A very enjoyable evening. Thanks everyone. Hope you all got home in reasonable time.
Thanks to Hannah's excellent collecting technique, we made £8.93, which was £8.93 more than expected. It all helps.
Cheers, Hannah!
I may not manage to get to next Monday's practice. Apologies to all.
S x
Hi all,
Looking forward to seeing some of you tonight- arrive at 7.45 ready for 8 near the Cutty Sark boat!
We've still got quite a few no replies to the 10th July Ceilidh. Just a couple more people signing up would mean i could confirm! I really don't want to have to let him know last minute that we actually can't do it just from not hearing from people.
We have been invited to Sheffield 18th/19th October to dance with Sheffield Steel! We're generally pretty friendly with them and they've been very supportive, plus they're lots of fun so be great to have a team to do the weekend.They have said they should be able to put us all up if we get ourselves there. Anyway, if you're free add it to the signup sheet!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
Thanks,
Becky
Hi All
I've had a bit of a manic day at work & my ankle is proper swollen. So don't think I'm going to be able to make it across town to practice tonight. Sorry! :-(
If you get this message before practice can you discuss whether or not we're going to Rickmansworth folk festival, if you want me to organise a crawl around the town or accompany any scheduled performances and what timings are likely to be.
Our plan is to have our boat there - so you can all pop by for tea too. :-)
Also sorry for not being in touch about the new plan for crawl organising. I'll drop an email this week to update y'all, but ultimately the idea is that everyone has to take a turn organising a crawl on a rolling basis & ideally on teams of two.
So in the meantime can you each think about a couple of locations close to where you live or work that:
1. Are in zones 1 or 2 (or are very easy to get to from Central London)
2. Have enough pubs to facilitate a crawl (ideally 8-10) within walking distance of each other.
3. You would be happy to visit/call to secure dance spots.
I'll be in touch soon.
Have fun tonight!
Hx
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Hi all,
Firstly thanks to Sue for the information re. the travel to and from the Ceilidh- doesn't look amazing, especially for further off people, I don't know if anyone would be driving?
Just so you know they would like about a 15 minute slot for the main room plus another chance to dance in the other- so looking at..4 dances overall?
So that everyone knows we are saying no to Canterbury (in case this affects how you feel).
Thanks,
Becky
Hello all,
We have been invited to be the 'featured team' for Folk of the Wood Ceilidh at the Streatham Festival on the evening of July 10th (Friday) http://www.streathamfestival.com/node/165
I've been told the times 7.30-11 although I very much doubt we'd need to be there for the whole thing, I've asked how many dances we'd do and if it would just be at half time.It is a paid gig, as it's for charity we're only being offered £50, but better than nothing, and I think we'd get some free drinks.
The venue is a short walk from from West Norwood Station. This is 25 min bus ride from Brixton/ 20 min train ride from Victoria (as far as I can tell) My laptop seems to have been massively attacked by a virus or something so using the internet has become a huge pain- any advice?? So looking up info doesn't quite work..
Added on the signup sheet, as always please let me know availability ASAP:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
Hope to see some of you later at C# for the book launch.
Becky xx
P.s. thank you for all the lovely responses to doodle poll! Very much appreciated :)
Hi all,
Please please please fill in this doodle poll ASAP!Just need to know when people are likely not to make practice over the summer to see if it is worth people turning up! I think the practices are already being affected and it will only increase as the weeks go on. If you're not sure if you'll be there please put no as then it won't mean we're relying on the 5th person to turn up or something
http://doodle.com/y9kxgservfdb4s6qa6wxt4sd/admin#table
Thanks,
Becky
Hello all,
I've added the Northwood Day of Dance in France to the sign up sheet now, if you could please respond to it ASAP then it'll give me an idea if we want to do the trip as they either need a deposit or a firm no very urgently.
They are going to Calais from the Friday afternoon to Sunday (back around 6ish in Croydon) via Eurotunnel
It would cost £100-120 per person (depending on total numbers) and this includes:Travel to and from FranceAll travel within France to different venues etcBed and Breakfast Friday night to Sunday morning in Centre Europeen de Sejour youth hostel near the beach in Calais
We would need to pay for food Friday evening, Saturday lunch/evening and Sunday lunch and any drinks we would like :)
Deposit would be £30 pp ASAP
Please please update the signup sheet NOOOOWWWW as it would be rubbish to miss a chance to go because we were too slow.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
If anyone would like any further information please let me know and I'll get asking!
Thanks,
Becky
P.S. Laura if Hannah isn't on the mailing list yet could you possibly forward this to her when you add her? Thanks :)
Really sorry everyone, especially about such little notice, but today just hasn't gone to plan. I've been rushing to get to practice, albeit late, but still have a long to-do list and so I won't get there at all.
Really hope this hasn't compromised the practice, although I doubt it will have.
Love to y'all
S x
Hello all,
As some of you may know, Clive Boutle (Thrales's tommy) runs a publishing company. He is publishing a new edition of the book The Wanton Seed, and there is going to be a book launch at C#H on the 10th June.
Clive just rang me and asked that I tell as many people as possible. I know some of you are folkies and would enjoy it, those who are not folkies should come anyway and support Clive!
Tell your friends. Cheers.
L x
