Hi All,
Firstly, excellent dancing at the weekend, even though it isn't our
favourite surface - we definitely made a good impression, got some lovely
comments and the organiser Shelley, from Wicked Belly, was very happy.
Coming up this week... Bromyard! Woop woop! I'll update the Bromyard email
with final info a bit later on today.
Sign-ups:
1. Current
2. New Invites
3. Declined Invites
*1. Current:*
*Laura's Community Festival *- as emailed earlier, please update
yourselves, if you said something one way or another last night, I've added
it in, if you were a maybe, could you please do your best to make that a
Y/N as soon as possible please, as 15th September is fast approaching!
*Goathland* - I have double checked getting there, and you can go via
Britain's most scenic bus (once you've taken the train up most of the way),
which is probably cheaper than taking the steam train there. Plus you would
get the bonus of the steam train on the dance out they are proposing over
the weekend anyway.
*Wimborne* - still up there.
*Crawls * - The September crawl still has a few people that need to reply
*Thrales Day* - 11th November. Will be dancing as usual in a pub somewhere
*2. New Invites:*
*York DoD* - will check about pub dancing rather than the outside spots -
depending on which way this goes, it will either appear on the sign-up
sheet or disappear for another year.
One I forgot to mention yesterday (there were so many!) is *Evesham* -
21-23 June 2019. Sounds like it comprises a coach tour of
pubs/towns/villages in the Vale and Cotswolds. Evening, they have a
session/singing/ceilidh and then on Sunday there is a procession and a show
spot. Can either go for £18 for the Saturday day time (includes lunch) or
whole weekend for £42 (includes cooked brekky, sat lunch and camping).
Anyone fancy it? I'll put it on the sign-up sheet as I forgot to mention
yesterday and I don't think I'll be at practice for a couple of weeks. More
info about the weekend here: http://www.nationalmorrisweekend.co.uk/
*3. Declined Invites:*
*Belgium *- we just didn't have enough people. They are keen to get us over
there, so I suspect they will come back with some dates at some point -
fingers crossed for next time!
*Black Diamond Day of Dance* - we decided No. Though apparently Darlington
does have some good pubs.
*SDU and OM AGMs*, none of us really wanted to go. If anyone who wasn't
there on Monday would be keen, let me know and I can provide details. (TBH
we don't tend to go to them, so no need to feel pressured!)
Thanks,
Hannah
Hi all,
More info. re Bromyard coming from Hannah but a couple of things discussed yesterday.
Workshop at 9.45 Saturday morning. Meet at 9.30 in kit, we will perform Jubilee, do mass stepping and then split into groups. There isn't meant to be huge attendance so hopefully we can join up and help each other teach. The point will be to teach Jubilee but don't force your group to do something they simply can't do - just try and use Jubilee figures if it gets too hard!
Quick note if there are children in the workshop - be wary of touching them in order to guide them round. Obviously sometimes you have to but it's best to pre-warn that that is what you are about to do. Obviously don't swear and don't talk about how drunk you were/your raging hangover.
NEXT WEEK: we will be practicing next week, Monday 10th. We hopefully have some new members coming. Also if you are someone who hasn't been in a while this might be a good opportunity to try us out again :)
See you soon!
Becky
Morning all. I've been told to send a blackmailing email about this so here
goes... If any wonderful, talented Ravens are free and willing on Saturday
15th September for a spot around lunchtime in Kilburn/West Hampstead at my
community centre, I would just like you to know you will be bringing untold
joy to the lives of young and old, have access to all the cake and curry
you desire on the day (vegan and gluten free will be available!) as well as
face-painting and henna. I will also personally buy you each a beverage of
your choosing the following practice, and my gratitude will be never-ending
xx
Blackmail over :) Either way, please can you pop your name on the sign up
sheet asap so I can make plans one way or the other. Big love xx
Hello all,
Sorry for late notice. Absences I have is Sue, not sure if there was anyone else? Hopefully I have everyone who is coming to Bromyard anyway as that is the aim for the week :)
There will be me, Hannah N, Emma and Ellie that can clog - personally I'm happy to do it as a 4 but is everyone else? Please have a think and come to practice for more like 7 so we can run through it and make sure we remember what happens!
Please have a think if there is anything you are unsure of so that we can dance through it 😊
thanks,
Becky
Hello all,
I am presuming planning for this crawl is organised, any idea where guys??
I'm down as a yes for this Thursday but would ideally transition to a no. I've looked at the numbers and it looks more than possible, although we wouldn't be able to do Piccadilly (but without Emma, Katherine would have to be 1 with no prior warning, which seems a tad risky!).
Numbers I have for people to play with:
Jubilee:
1.
Katherine/Rachel
2.
Rachel-Anne/Hannah N/ Hannah TD
3.
Laura/ Hannah N/ Hannah TD
4.
Ellie/ Hannah/ Laura
5.
Rachel-Anne/ Ellie/ Rachel/ Katherine
Westerhope:
1.
Katherine
2.
Hannah N
3.
Hannah TD/Laura??
4.
Ellie
5.
Rachel-Anne
6.
Rachel/Sue/Laura
Rachel I still can't commit to memory what numbers you said for Westerhope! Please slot in as appropriate.
As you guys are basically prepping for Faversham please dance the numbers you feel you need to practice, I believe this is particularly true for Westerhope. Unless I hear otherwise re. numbers by 8 tonight I am going to pull myself from the crawl in the hope that I can rest up before Bromyard!
Sorry for flaking off this AND Faversham. I hope you have an awesome time. Try not to let the outside spots get you down. It's also worth making it clear at each spot that you only have two dances as morris sides assume that every team can dance a never ending variety!
Thanks,
Becky
Hi All,
Hope you all had a good bank holiday weekend, and hopefully no one forgot
it was bank holiday Monday yesterday... though to help with your rapper
withdrawal symptoms, we have a *crawl this Thursday* - watch out for info
coming soon.
*Upcoming events:*
*Faversham* - Sunday 2nd September, see the Faversham email and let me know
if you have any queries / would like me to buy you a train ticket / are
driving and haven't yet told me your reg plate number if you want to use
the free parking.
*Bromyard* - We will be dancing both days, I just don't know the details
yet beyond the workshop and ceilidh spot. As soon as I know more, I'll pass
it on. If you haven't yet let me know about whether or not you'd be there
in time for the Friday night procession, please add it to the sign-up
sheet. More Bromyard info in the Bromyard email, and I'll provide updates
next week/when I have them.
*Sign-ups/New Invites:*
*Belgium,* this is looking to be a no, unless Emma, Katherine and Rachel
are all super-keen... hint hint. If so, we can try to find a musician, but
I think it unlikely we'll be going this time.
*Dance on the Moor - *25-27th May 2019, Goathland. Goathland Plough Stots
are hosting a Festival of Dance (possibly a crawl via Steam Train?!), looks
to mostly be sword teams invited, so should be good (Goathland Plough
Stots, Mons Meg (I think), Southport Sword, High Spen, Sheffield Steel,
Saddleworth Morris) . Accommodation - offer of indoor camping at the
Community hub, along with space for tents. Alternatively B&B's or hotels,
if you prefer in the village:
"We will be working alongside the North Yorkshire Moore’s Steam Railway
which runs in-between Pickering and Whitby, with a station in Goathland
itself. This will hopefully allow us to offer the opportunity for a wider
range of dancing locations, including tight cramped areas on platforms and
some local watering holes and large public areas in our local seaside town
of Whitby!
We will have live music during the evenings ready to entertain you all
after a long day of dancing, and there will also be a bar with a large
variety of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. "
It's on the sign-up sheet, you know what to do!
*Wimborne Minster Folk Festival* - 7-9th June. Can dance Sat (10-5) or Sun
(1030-5), or both - given distance I would suggest going for the whole
weekend (takes about 3 hours to get there). We had an invite for this last
year, but it clashed with Beverley/St Albans weekend. I think both Judith
and her partner spoke to Becky about going when we we were at Sidmouth, so
can count it as an invite off the back of Sidmouth!
Have a good week and see some of you on Thursday!
Hannah :)
Hi All
*Travel*
I suggest we take the 0843 from London Bridge which arrives at 0949 in
Faversham. Please meet outside the Pret (No. 56 in the attached map) inside
London Bridge station at 0830 ready to go.
To come back, I'd suggest the 1552, getting back to London at 1700 or if
miss it, 1614-1734 (there is a train in between, need the slightly more
expensive ticket, £20.55 rather than £18.80 both with railcard). Martin and
I will need to be trying to get the first one. If you would like me to buy
your ticket for you and you'll be taking the 0843 from London Bridge,
please let me know by Wednesday 1200 - I'll book the £18.80 one unless you
ask otherwise.
If anyone is driving, there is free parking available at their festival
village (I think there is a rough map/description in the attached
programme), if you would like to use it please send me your reg plate.
*Then the order of the day will be:*
Procession, meet at 10, process at 1030 - I will bring the banner.
Then we have 3 spots each with 2 other dance teams - 1200-1300 on Stone St,
1330-1430 Post Office, 1445-1530 Stone St.
I'm hoping we can see if there is a nearby pub to pop into during our spots
as it's probably going to be hard going dancing outside and I'm not sure
that we'll have enough to fill that amount of time!
Apparently there will be portaloos at the spots, though personally I'm
hoping we can nip into a pub...see above :) (I'm not an alcoholic really, I
promise, though probably will be bringing a hip flask!) The festival have
said that they don't think it is possible to dance in the pubs because they
will be busy and hope that we enjoy the festival and will come back to
dance outside in turn-and-turn about. I think they did get that we much
prefer, and are better on, wooden pub floors but as they don't think this
is possible, they have timetabled us outside. So, let's go and make the
most of it, even if it isn't our ideal dance conditions
The centre is pretty compact, so we will easily be able to grab lunch in
the half hour gap we have around lunch time.
Thanks,
Hannah
Hi All,
A few points of business this week, particular attention needed on the
Belgium item please as I would like to be able to get back to them asap.
Latest info for Faversham and Bromyard will be in separate emails. Don't
forget that Monday 27th is a Bank Holiday so there won't be a practice...
next one will be 3rd Sept
1. Sidmouth
2. Crawl
3. Belgium - urgent response required
1. Sidmouth - thanks once again for everyone's efforts, there have been
many nice things being said/written/emailed, so well done everyone for
that. We've had some general thanks from Charlotte and Malcolm, the dance
team organisers, including congrats for raising the most money for the
festival - so awesome job on that as well! ☺
Morris party organisers also sent thanks and said that we pitched it
perfectly (as did Chilts and Camden, it wasn't just to us :) )
We've been sent a link to a feedback form for the festival which anyone can
fill it out, so if you feel like providing some feedback to the festival,
please do - you can also be entered to win a pair of free tickets to next
year's festival should you wish. Link to feedback form below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_UDuJbPlpAjuYy2JV84V13-
IbmU33p3ga9xWlEQ4JL2ZIGw/viewform
If you had a partner ticket, could you please provide me with £10 (or £5 if
just the weekend) - I'll accept both cash and bank transfers (details at
end of email). I think there are some general finance discussions happening
as well, so hopefully we can give everyone some money towards their train
tickets - watch this space...
2. Crawl next Thursday (30th August) - more info coming soon... (like next
week)
3. Belgium - the invite that has been half way here for several months! We
finally managed some successful communication... so they have invited us
for the weekend of 16-18 November (2018). I think the weekend would look
something like arriving either Fri evening or possibly Sat AM (would likely
be a v early train though to make it worthwhile!). The main reason for
going is to dance at their folk dance evening on Saturday night. The rest
is all fairly flexible at the mo, but could be shown around Grimbergen on
Saturday, dance in evening, then on Sunday go to Brussels or elsewhere and
potentially dance. I think this can be guided by us to a certain degree.
Probably come home Sunday evening (though am sure if anyone wants to stay
til Monday that would be fine). Accommodation would be with host families.
In terms of getting there, there are eurostar tickets available - the £29
ones on the way out are only available in the middle of the day on Friday
or on the 0618 saturday morning, otherwise it will be more like £39 or £49
out. Coming back trains would most likely cost £49. Flying looks to be
around £97 return. We can work this out exactly if we have a team to go,
though feel free to do a quick investigation if it helps you decide one way
or another.
On which note, please fill in the sign-up sheet for this asap, so we can
let them know one way or another. I think they are quite keen for us to go,
but if we can't then I think they would be wanting to invite another team.
If possible please try to be a yes or no rather than hovering in the maybe
category.
It's all on the sign-up sheet - so go, go, go! (also please take a quick
look at the September crawl while you're there...☺)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-
XmFb8jmCeRa48IRI/edit
Have a truly exciting week!
Thanks,
Hannah
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From: <julia(a)moska.org.uk<mailto:julia@moska.org.uk>>
Date: 20 August 2018 at 15:42:09 BST
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Subject: RE: Message from Liz
Many thanks Sue.
BTW I heard huge praise indeed from a past president of the Fed as to what a
magnificent display Tower Ravens put on in Sidmouth! From what I saw I could
only agree
Xx j
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Sent: 19 August 2018 23:55
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Subject: Re: Message from Liz
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Hi All,
Does anyone have Liz & Mike's address please?
Xx j
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Subject: Message from Liz
Hello DOT girlfriends,
Hope all is well. I know you have all often enquired after my dear
Mum knowing how poorly she had been in recent months, thank you for
caring. I just wanted to share that sadly she passed away on Sunday
afternoon. I was so glad my sister and I could be with her. Right now
I feel so so sad I shall miss her so much.
See you all soon if the London practice works out, hope so.
Fondest wishes
Liz xx
