Hello all,
Absences: Martin, Hannah, Jo, Clare (Will is coming for music). Anyone else please let me know asap. Hopefully if you're at the gig on Thursday you'll be there tonight.
Clog 7-7.30: Continue to be BETTER. Addressing how we practice at AGM but for now, repetition is better than nothing and definitely helps!
Rapper:
Prep for this Thursday. Make sure happy with the numbers we have etc.
Continue work with new members in Jubilee - potentially teach some Westerhope
Continue work with Piccadilly - Hannorah if you're coming you might be interested in 4
Brief stint on popcorn
Brief stint on triple jump
Anything else just let me know!
Becky xx
Good morning,
If you either: came to Whitby with ravens, were a jellyfish or bought kit
recently you should have had an email from me this morning detailing what
you owe or are owed. Please check the maths, confirm you're happy with it
and then pay. I'll not be paying you until you confirm it's correct. Thanks
to those of you who have already done so :) and if you think you're one of
these people and don't have an email then let me know.
The cost of kit changed slightly as I realised Laura's maths was right and
not mine... I think this only affects Rachel-Anne who has already paid so
I'll talk to you separately about refunding you. Hoodies are £25.50 and t
shirts £14.80. Please let me know if you have not received your kit yet.
Think that's all... If you have any questions please get in touch, and as
ever, if you're in an awkward financial pickle then do say. You can talk to
Becky as well if you'd rather not talk to me.
Happy Thursday!
Hi folks,
Random little bits this week:
1. Thrales Day
2. Ken's PHD celebration
3. Simon Vaughan party
4. Towersey
5. AGM
1. Please see the sign up sheet for some extra details on Thrales day. Can the following people please confirm asap if they want food on Saturday night and whether they have any dietary requirements.
Tori, Rachel, Hannorah, Katherine and Ellie
Please do bother to turn up on the Friday, just because it's local doesn't mean we're not an invited team. Imagine that we've gone away for the weekend and should be involved in everything!
2. Ken passed his PhD *yay* we're heading to C# 18th October for their Knees up. It's the cock and bull band with Michael Catovsky calling. You're all welcome to along if you fancy it 🙂
3. Simon Vaughan is having his 40th 19th October, as he mentioned it's an open invite to ravens, if we have a team we might dance but no pressure. Venue tbc.
4. Please respond to Towersey invite, 28th-31st August. Please note we need to be dancing on the Friday.
5. AGM is happening 11th November: I'm working on the agenda based on Hannah's starting point before she went on holiday. I'll share once I've updated it a bit and then send it round for people to add points to. If there is anything you think I wouldn't include please feel free to get in touch whenever!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
Thanks,
Becky
Hi All,
Thanks for making the sign-up sheet look so wonderfully filled in!
A few slightly random and unordered items...
Bath Time, ideally we would buy some advance tickets, as they would be
marginally cheaper - though at the mo, I don't have an end time confirmed.
I asked Edwin about this and have been promised more info soon... likely
times are 11-5. I think to get there for the start this means the 0930
train from Paddington.
We had some more info come through on Strawbear - Saturday is absolutely
fine, and they tend to put rapper dancers inside anyway, so we aren't going
to freeze! Though we should watch out for the bears...
We've had a new invite this week for Black Diamond Day of Dance 18th April
2020 in Darlington, can also do some dancing on the Sunday. Saturday
evening there would be a session. One way or anther we can make a weekend
of it.
I haven't heard more from Aaron about exact timings for Man the Lifeboats
in a couple of weeks, but am sure that will all come through soon enough.
I'll now leave you in peace for a couple of weeks. (Sign-up sheet is here
as always though!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
)
Thanks,
Hannah
Hello all,
Absences: Hannorah and Hannah N
We have THREE new people this week. I'm pretty sure all of which have done some rapper, so should have a head start. We'll see how they get on - it does mean there'll be some back to basics jubilee learning going on!
Clog: 7 Sending poor Emma and Jo to the front to boost confidence.
Rapper: As mentioned, three new people so there'll defo be some Jubilee going on. Possibly even 2 jubilee sets so we can do some back to basics.
I'd also like to do Piccadilly with Fliss at 1 and Jo at 4.
Some time to be spent on Popcorn and (if we have the people) triple jump.
Any other absences please let me know asap!
Thanks,
Becky
Here's the deets again for tomorrow's crawl.
Meet at the *Exmouth Arms
<https://www.google.com/maps/place/PubLove+@+The+Exmouth+Arms/@51.5278808,-0…>*,
near Euston Station ready to dance at 7.30. I couldn't book a table but
will try to arrive early to nab one. Then:
*Crown and Anchor*
*The Rocket*
*Somers Town Coffee House*
Mabel's Tavern (maybe)
Euston Flyer (maybe)
*The Boot*
The Harrison (maybe)
See you all tomorrow
R-a x
Hi All,
Not too much on the business front this week, though we do have a crawl
tomorrow (26th September) around Euston-ish. Watch out for starting pub
from Rachel-Anne and please arrive at 1915 and be ready to dance at 1930 as
usual.
*Fliss* has the swords (6 old ones and 2 new ones - I've got the broken one
at home now) We'll also need to do a bit of petticoat sharing as Hannorah
and Clare don't have them - Hannorah please remember the manky sash.
We now have an official invite to Towersey 2020 (28th-31st August) over the
bank holiday, getting more details at the mo, but please sign-up if you are
able. They wanted us to come this year, but we couldn't make it given we
were at Whitby.
Other invites on sign-up sheet that we have yet to be able to confirm
include: Mabel Day 1st December in Oxford, Ossett Beer Cart (5-7th June)
and Saltburn Festival 14-16th August.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
See most of you tomorrow!
Thanks,
Hannah
Hi All,
Sorry it's a bit later than usual....
Anyway, 17th October Man the Lifeboats album launch is now confirmed along
with 16th November Step Ceilidh Party (if I forgot to mention that before).
So lots of confirmed things coming up over the next few months!
Coming up next week we have our crawl on Thursday 26th and then the next
thing will be the man the lifeboats in October.
As discussed on Monday, 16th December will be the last practice of the
year. We'll figure out when we're going to party as soon as we can - though
to help this it would be great if you can sign up to the December crawl one
way or another so we can figure out whether I need to do a doodle (which I
probably will, but maybe a bit nearer the time!)
Other sign-ups - we've got the November Crawl, Mabel Day, DERT 2020, Ossett
Beer Cart and Saltburn on there for you to take a look at. As well as
whether in principle you fancy going to DART 2020 - more info on this to
come soon (and decisions at the AGM on 11th November).
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
Have a good week and see you soon!
Thanks,
Hannah
Hi all,
If you have had kit in the latest round I will be asking you for money
shortly. Still working out the exact costs but if you'd like to budget
it'll be about £15 for a tshirt and about £25 for a hoodie, certainly no
more than £20 for a tshirt or £30 for a hoodie.
Proper accurate email to follow...
Thanks,
Emma
Hi all,
I hope you're all enjoying a restful bank holiday after a long week of
dancing!
We have a policy to reimburse half of expenses when ravens go to things.
For Whitby, that's just the travel as free camping was an option. If you'd
like to claim half of your travel back, please fill out your name and the
details of your travel on the spreadsheet below:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/134tBVMY_lRh5ONWfI_SULq7Ru4Zb-mIt4qd…
Once everyone's filled it in I'll try and work out the fairest way to
reimburse. Eg if you travelled first class then I'll aim to reimburse you
half of a standard fare.
For Kimpton, Warwick and Cambridge: these festivals were fairly close so
I'm assuming no one paid a lot to get there? If this is not the case,
please get in touch and we can work something out.
As always, if you ever feel out of pocket for your ravening activities do
get in touch. We're here to dance, not to bankrupt you! :)
Thanks,
Emma
