Yo. Picadilly Crawl tomorrow:
Start at The Assembly House right by Kentish town station. Table booked
from 7pm. First dance dead on 7.30pm.
Then possibly The Pineapple (if you wanna do it outside)
The Oxford
The Lady Hamilton (maybe)
The Lion and Unicorn
The Grafton
Tapping the Admiral
The Old Eagle
The Draft House right be Camden Town Overground station.
Hope all goes well on westerz tonight. See y'all tomorrow xx
First off, thanks so much for doing the Paddys day gig last night. Haven't heard much but assume it went well - I was in bed by 9.30 so grateful I didn't need to dance!
Special thanks to Tori for sharing those photos as it allowed me to put them on facebook.
Tonight:
Absences I think is just Clare.
Ru is coming! We'll do clog as normal (she 99% won't be there for that so don't panic) and then stepping as normal. After that I want her to help DERT set with stepping (mainly doubles) then we will try and fit in lots of dancing as we've missed the last couple of weeks. Everyone else can have focus for the rest of the practice, while practicing Westerhope as well.
**Please have a think about stuff you struggle with in particular so you can try and voice it to her. A couple of people I've talked to about style, and I know a few people have rogue hands or feet!**
Please make the most of her, if you haven't met Ru before I cannot emphasise enough her powers of deduction when it comes to helping you with stepping. We won't have her again for a while (I wouldn't have thought) so get what you can from her!
See you later for clog and rapper.
Becky
Hello all,
We need a Whitby bio of max of 100 words by the end of March so thought I'd get the ball rolling. Would people please give this a read and suggest improvements/completely new version.
We also need a photo. Ideally one where we look awesome and aren't doing anything weird with our hands or feet.
Tower Ravens hale from deepest darkest London, where we practice in the shadow of the tower of London. Accompanied by our wayward beefeater we perform rapper sword dancing with speed and attitude. Most noted for our energy, agility and love of pubs we're looking forward to hitting the streets and pubs of Whitby hard! Look out for us at some of our workshops, dance spots and in the many pubs.
Thanks,
Becky
Hi guys,
Thanks for a slightly random practice - think we managed some reasonable work on westerhope and jubilee as well as stepping for piccadilly, despite all the absences.
Next week, the 18th, Ru is definitely coming. Please be there!! My aim is to start with her helping piccadilly people, mainly doubles and then we can get on with doing the dance and she can focus on everyone else for style and fixing any rogue feet 🙂
This week we have St Paddy's night on Sunday at 6 at the Hen and Chicken near Highbury and Islington, then walk to the Alwyne Castle (3 minute walk away) for 7-8. Please note the times are actually for Nikki and Ozzy to play. I would suggest we do two rapper dancers and a clog in between at each pub (think 6.15,6.30 and 6.45) but please check this with Nikki. Order should be Jubilee, clog then westerhope.
We should get a round of free drinks at each pub *yay* and if we can collect please do, but remember to ask with each pub as we are already getting paid.
Numbers:
Jubilee-
1. Emma
2. Tori/Fliss
3. Hannah TD
4. Laura/Ellie
5. Rachel-Anne/Ellie
Westerhope -
1. Ellie
2. Tori
3. Hannah TD
4. Emma
5. Rachel-Anne
6. Laura
I have decided not to come along simply due to me being so busy at the moment. My life basically consists of working, rapper dancing and wedding prep so if I can have a sneaky night off it'd be really appreciated. Fliss has the swords already so no problems there.
Have fun and see you on Monday!
Becky xx
Apologies to those of you who have been waiting with bated breath to hear how much we raised on Thursday.
Unfortunately I dropped my phone down the loo on Friday night. No joke. Will teach me not to stash it in my back pocket - textbook fail!
Anyway it means I'm off WhatsApp for the next few days.
So for those who can't wait til Monday, we raised (drum-roll please)....
£117.35
€2.64
1 Polish Grosz (equivalent value - about £0.002) 😂
Hi All,
1. Upcoming
2. Sign-ups
3. AOB
1. Upcoming: Westerhope Crawl on 7th meet at 1915 at the Shakespeare's Head
in Holborn (Spoons). Hannorah has the swords and will hand them to Jo to
bring next Monday.
Paddy's night on 17th March. Music and dancing at 6 in the Hen & Chickens
Theatre Bar for an hour and then over to Alwyne Castle afterwards for the
same. You will have a round of drinks in both. Nikki & Ozzy will be playing
for you all. Please note that this is the start time so you will need to be
there beforehand. I'll let you know if any further details come through
this week, but probably be more likely next week. Have a fabulous time!
Katherine has offered to bring her kit on Monday for Fliss to borrow.
18th March we have Ru coming to help us with our stepping - am sure Becky
will remind you next week ☺
2. Sign-ups
St Albans - they need to know by the end of March whether or not we would
be coming. Lewes Day of Dance are also looking for a response soon as well.
Please also fill in for the London Folk Festival on 7th September (same
organiser as Poplar that we've just had to say no to... please note, Poplar
has now been declined and is no longer on the sign-up sheet).
We had an invite to Broadstairs which we have declined - maybe next year
(it is soo close to Whitby). Long Man Morris Men also invited us to a
midsummer thing, but we are going to Windsor instead ☺
Sign-up sheet here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…
3. AOB
We agreed to try out a set of Jimmy's black handled swords. He'll also fix
our broken ones (apparently we're the first to break his!).
If you still need new shoes for DERT please try and buy them soon so you
can wear them in a bit. Think there may end up being a mass shoe soling
experience as well at some point. If money is a bit tight, please speak to
the treasurer team (Emma/Sue).
If you fancy some DERT merch, you can order here:
https://dert2019.co.uk/shop/
Westerz crawl made £165.90 plus ~£10 in foreign currency. Emma, can you let
us know what we made on the Piccadilly one when you get back please?
Have a lovely couple of weeks and see you soon!
Thanks,
Hannah
Hello all,
Absences: Fliss, Emma, Martin (covered by Aly), Clare?? Sorry Clare I've lost track!
Jo is bringing the swords and Ellie is opening the hall at 7 for clog.
As we don't have Emma we are very limited as to what we can do with Piccadilly so we will focus on some stepping as well as organising double Jubilee for the show case as well as continuing to work on Westerhope for those not in the trad team. Westerhope can work on what they did on Saturday led by Jo.
I'm not feeling a 100% but if people wanted to go for a drink after practice to be sociable with Aly that would be great, having a spare musician with Pat generally not being available would be highly beneficial for the team so make her welcome!
Thanks,
Becky
Hi guys
Sorry for mass email, but I don't have some individual addresses. Everyone is welcome tomorrow, even if you haven't declared an interest.
I'd like to start around 11am if possible, but come any time after that. There's plenty to do even if you're not a confident seamstress.
I'm at 25, Pearfield Road, London SE23 2LP<x-apple-data-detectors://16>. The nearest station is Forest Hill, with 4 trains an hour from London Bridge (13 mins). It is also served by 8 Overground trains an hour from Whitechapel, Canada Water, etc. Exit from Platform 2, turn right and walk along Perry Vale for half a mile or so. Pearfield Road will be on your right. The 356 bus goes along Perry Vale and stops at Siddons Road, but it only appears every 20 mins at best, so unless you're lucky, it's not worth waiting for. But if you phone me from the train, I'll pop along and pick you up in the car.
There don't appear to be any closures tomorrow, thank goodness.
Tomorrow there are also 2 trains an hour from Blackfriars to Penge East (but not from Victoria). The 75 bus stops very close to the exit from Platform 2 and takes you to Siddons Road in about 8 mins, which is 2 mins from my house. Or you can phone and I'll pick you up. Can't guarantee to check messages immediately.
07714337017
I'll provide some form of simple lunch. Does anyone have any preferences/requirements?
Look forward to seeing you.
S x
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Hi All,
Sorry for taking forever to get round to this, though Becky's email has
covered off everything happening this week!
Tomorrow we have another sewing day at Sue's house to try and get more of
the kit sorted out. Sue can you give a time that you would like to start?
Sign-ups
Hen & Chickens Paddy's night on 17th March is now confirmed. Basically 1
hour at the first pub music and dancing with drinks, then an hour at the
Alwyne Castle - 3 minutes walk away with a drink each there. We are also
being paid for this :) We have Nikki and Ozzy for music.
We're now mostly up to date on the sign up sheet, but Lewes Day of Dance
need to know whether we are coming or not to help with their planning. SO
please take a look at this one (12th October). We also have outstanding
invites for London Folk Festival 7th September in C# House and St Albans
Folk Ferstival. I think Poplar Folk Fest on 4th May will be a no.
See you Monday if not before, and happy practising Westerz!
Hannah
Hello all,
I've been trying to negotiate a practice that Ru can come and help us with stepping since before Christmas. We have provisionally in the diary the 18th March. Is there anyone that can't make this practice?
The point will be to help people who are struggling with any stepping just generally, new people who can step but maybe don't quite have our style, and in particular doubles for piccadilly set.
Ru is very good at looking at your stepping and understanding why it doesn't look quite right. i.e. if your knees are bent funny, or your hips aren't angled enough, or your not hopping right etc.
Please let me know asap if you can't make it. Frustratingly I left my diary at home, so apologies if you've already said you can't and I'm missing it!
Thanks,
Becky
