Hi Ravens,
Business emails are back! This is a bit of long one, please persevere, it's
only actually 3 points!
*1)* Please do have a look at the *Sign-up sheet*
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…>.
In particular, please could you double check that you have made and
recorded a decision one way or the other for the *crawl/social next
Thursday (28 Oct). *
There's also now options to indicate your interest in a Christmas
crawl/social (including at least one free drink!) on 17 December (exact
date tbc), a paid event on St. Patrick's day, a possible Mabel's Day in
December and DERT in March 2022.
Please feel free to add any notes about your decisions on the sheet (i.e.
'no because not keen on pubs at Christmas, on holiday etc', or 'yes this is
a great event, would love to go', or 'maybe, I might have a work event' )
or reply to me. This would be super helpful in making decisions on
attending events in general, but not required if you'd rather just say give
a decision and leave it at that. Equally, if you have no idea what an event
will entail and therefore can't make a decision, do shout.
*2) *A small reminder that the first Monday of the month (the next one is 1
Nov) will be *'new people night'*. If anyone new is looking to join they
will come along on this night so please be prepared to be extra friendly!
Anyone new will have been made aware of Covid testing request etc.
*3) *Finally, in the interest of making the sending of these emails as easy
as possible, I've tested out a new method of distributing and you should
have received this email twice. As such, *could you please let me know if
you have not received two emails*. You may need to check your junk box and
tick 'not junk'/'add to contacts' or similar.
Hope the rest of your week is wonderful,
Tori
Hi All,
Last little bit of business email from me before I leave you in Tori's very
capable hands!
*AGM Minutes / Actions* - please read through the minutes, or at very least
the action points and send me any comments before 11th October. See email
from 2nd October
*Kit check* - please check that your skirt and sash fit in the next week.
If it doesn't (either too big or too small) please bring along to practice
on *11th October*, Hannah TD and I will see what spares there are between
us and we'll try and reshuffle as needed. If you can't make 11th and your
kit doesn't fit please let Hannah TD know so we can look at sorting out a
swap.
*Events:*
- *Chippenham - *Yesterday evening we decided that given the minimal team
that could make it and a general feeling of it would be nice for our first
dance out to involve more people, that we will decline that invite - am
sure Martin Hanley will get over it!
- Northgate have announced that *Bath Time *will not be going ahead on 30th
October
At the mo, that just leaves us with sociable crawls for the rest of the
year, but it was suggested that we could look to do a day time crawl
perhaps for ourselves. The next crawl would be 28th October, which we could
try the more chilled 3-4 pub type crawl, so please do fill in the sign-up
sheet for that - sign-up sheet link in the WhatsApp group if you lose the
link, along with the code to get in and out of the gate at practice.
That's it from me, over to Tori for next weeks instalment!
Hannah N
Hello, here's the video for the clog dance in case people have lost it :)
Ellie
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From: Eleanor Weston <ellie.c.weston(a)gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 5:49 PM
Subject: Fwd: Clog
To: Eleanor Weston <ellie.c.weston(a)gmail.com>
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From: Eleanor Weston <ellie.c.weston(a)gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 11:48 PM
Subject: Clog
To: Eleanor Weston <ellie.c.weston(a)gmail.com>
Here's a video of the clog dance I was failing to teach! It's called (or
rather I call it) Ottawa waltz and makes a bit more sense with the music!
The tune is Crested Hen's but I imagine other French Canadian/French tunes
might also work.
Thanks,
Ellie
Ottawa Waltz.MOV
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XBPx2_OyLOFRQs6BTzyg-LKut9kwqqNN/view?usp=…>
Hi All,
Please find the minutes from Monday's AGM attached. Despite a year of not
dancing much we appear to have ticked quite a few things off! Action Points
summarised below... Miriam, you've managed to end up with a fair amount of
actions despite not being there! Am sure Emma H will advise though!
One thing I wasn't clear on is when we were starting clog again... perhaps
Emma H can elaborate?
If you have any comments on the minutes, please send them to me by 11th
October.
See you Monday!
Thanks,
Hannah
*New:*
- Committee to regularly, and as needed, sense check Covid situation as
to whether practice should be stopped and communicate to the team if
- Crawls - RAS/HTD to discuss casual crawl options for first crawl
- MS/EH, to acquire second card reader, and work out logistics including
whether this can be linked to multiple devices
- Clog can resume at 1900
- Switch to Morris Fed from Open Morris - MS
- Check kit fits, swaps etc to be done on 11 Oct as needed. HTD
- HTD/ER to discuss web hosting. HTD to experiment. HTD update site
asking people to contact us if they would like to join
- RAS to advise preferred option for archiving digital data. Team happy
with either
- HN to provide all kit and list of items to HTD
*Carried Forward:*
- Video and letter to Pearsons of Earsdon stepping - Revisit as
appropriate
- DoD / 100th Crawl - revisit as appropriate (HTD?)
- HN / HTD check correct amount of neckers
- Max spend on account - MS to investigate if this could be larger in
future
Hi All,
Our AGM is Monday 27th September! Please don't go to the practice hall as
we won't be there. We will be doing this via Zoom starting at 1930 sharp,
but the zoom meeting should be open before this. There were very minimal
replies for an in person element (note the doodle had 5 options some of
which may have been hidden below an advert apparently), so we shall stick
to zoom for ease.
If you are unable to make the AGM and would like to share some thoughts on
any Agenda items, please get in touch with either Becky or myself and we
will ensure these are raised on your behalf.
Updated Agenda attached, please note additional item regarding insurance
with some notes at the end to compare the Morris Fed and Open Morris.
Minutes from last years meeting are also attached, please read these to
avoid my monotone reading them out and to enable a swift ratification of
them. Rolled over Action Points are at the end of the Agenda, and we will
address these separately.
Please do consider standing for committee, role descriptions attached, and
feel free to ask any questions you may have
Thanks,
Hannah
Joint message from Hannah and Martin
We've got some difficult news we need to share. We've been a bit unsure
about the future for a while and think that after 11 glorious years of
adventuring together it's time for something new. There's no animosity
though and we expect to stay the best of friends. We plan to continue all
our usual activities and hope it won't disrupt Ravens... we'll both need
everyone's love and support.
Practical stuff: Hannah has found a new flat to live in for the time being,
subject to checks, and expects to move out around the end of the month.
It's much trickier for Martin to move the grand piano! We'll both keep
shared ownership of our flat for now.
It's going to be a difficult time ahead for both of us as we work through
this but we'll get through it!
Hi All,
Thanks for filling in the sign up sheet, think Becky got most people added
in last night thanks to her phone being more tolerant than mine! If you
have yet to sign up one way or the other for the AGM / Chippenham please do
so.
Obviously still a lot of uncertainty over Bath Time (there hasn't been an
official invite since they asked for interest expressions a little while
ago), will keep you posted...
Regarding the AGM, please find the *draft agenda* attached, let me know if
you have any items you wish to be discussed. Also attached are the minutes
from the 2020 AGM - please read ahead of 27th so we can efficiently ratify
them.
Please do consider standing for a *committee role* - the role descriptions
are attached, but feel free to ask questions if you would like to know more!
At the moment, we will most likely be doing this via zoom to enable as many
people as possible to join us, but there is the potential for a blended
version with some people in person and everyone else via zoom. I've created
a doodle please fill this in for your preferences (think only I will see
your answer with this one)...
https://doodle.com/poll/4dspxtnrbyap6b3z?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link
Either way the usual drinking can be had
Thanks,
Hannah
Hi All,
Monday was amazing! So good to see those of you who could make it and hope
to see everyone else one way or another not too long into the future.
With the return to practice comes the return to sign-up sheet reminders...
Firstly, on Monday Becky called our *AGM* - I believe it should b 3 weeks
notice, so this places us on *27th September*. More info to come soon, but
please fill in whether you could make it or not. If we can arrange to get
people in virtually as well. We would like to! So if you have a suggestion
of a venue for this please get in touch (no Wi-Fi in the church hall, and
phone signal a bit dodge)
Agenda, previous minutes etc. coming soon...
We also have a coupe of invites!
*Chippenham Festival* have invited us to a *Day of Dance on 23rd October*
in Chippenham! There will be other (ticketed) events in the evening that we
can go to as well if we would like, but note there will be no camping.
Should be just over an hour on the train from Paddington - so super easy to
get to. Not sure what the format is, but Martin Hanley (Northgate) is on
the organising committee which may help with it being rapper friendly (may
also help us get a full invite one day!). If you can fill in the sign-up
sheet asap for this, then Becky can work out what needs to be prioritised
for practice (ideally by Monday...).
*Bath Time - 30th Oct*. This is a little tentative, as I think Northgate
have had some issues finding pubs willing to commit to having many rapper
teams to descend on them at once. but just in case - it's there too...
We suggested that perhaps the last Thursday which would usually be our
crawl night that for the time being this can be a social to help get us in
the habit of thinking about that night, then when we're / pubs are ready we
can start crawling instead. These are on the sign-up sheet too, no
obligation to go to them. The first one is only a couple of days after the
AGM, so we'll see whether anyone fancies it or not nearer the time!
You might have seen there is now a gate code to get into he hall, the code
is 2570 and is in the group info on the WhatsApp (along with a link to the
sign up sheet) - thanks Hannah TD!
Link to signup sheet below, thanks to the eager beavers that have already
filled things in!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
Hannah NN
Hello folks,
Next Monday (6th September) will be our first practice back in over a year, hurray! I thought a swift recap over what everyone can expect would be helpful.
Before practice
1. Please do a covid test on the Sunday night or Monday morning. We're doing this totally on trust, so don't expect photos or anything, but if you have a positive test obviously don't come. Similarly, if you're not well, please don't come along.
2. Find your shoes!
3. Remember the dance (if you dance at no.1 please think about calling):
* Jubilee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPaMZUfg2Wo
[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pPaMZUfg2Wo/maxresdefault.jpg]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPaMZUfg2Wo>
Tower Ravens Rapper dance Jubilee at Hung Drawn and Quartered<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPaMZUfg2Wo>
Tower Ravens are London's all-female rapper sword dance team. The Jubilee dance was written by the team and comprises traditional and recently-invented figures.
www.youtube.com
*
* Westerhope This is on our facebook page but when I share it from here it puts it in...I think Punjabi? Which is a bit confusing. If someone has a good link please share!
* Picadilly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL1iVyCS--Y
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.8rCXOcbOOz_zPi4O2B2YGgEsDh&pid=Api]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL1iVyCS--Y>
Tower Ravens Rapper - Whitby Folk Festival 2019<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL1iVyCS--Y>
Taken during the Dance Team Extravaganza on Sunday afternoon.
www.youtube.com
*
1. If you can't come, or generally aren't planning to come back for a while, please let me know.
At practice
1. We'll start at 7.30 (I'm not attempting to make our brains remember clog yet). We will start with stepping and see how we get on. There will be swords but there will be no pressure to dance in a set unless you are happy to do so.
2. You will not be expected to wear facemasks, but please feel free to do so.
3. I don't need to say this because I know how lovely you all are, but please respect other people throughout practice. Some people will want to leap into hugs and dancing, others will want a bit of space and will just stick to a bit of stepping.
4. I 100% expect us to end up in the pub, depending how we're feeling I suspect this will happen sooner or later in the evening!
Love to all, I can't wait to see you in real life!
Becky
p.s. I suspect at some point in the coming weeks I will get something wrong (I've never had to run practice in pandemic circumstances before!). Please push back if I do anything to make you feel uncomfortable or if you're just starting to feel a bit overwhelmed and want a bit of time out. There is no right answer atm.
