Hello all,
As you know Ken and I got engaged last summer and are finally getting round to celebrating that with everyone!
We're having a get together at the Crown in Farringdon (one of our last crawl pubs there) from 7.30 on the 15th April. I've managed to invite some but probably not all of you on facebook, but everyone is invited, along with partners etc.
Be lovely to see some of you there, it'll be a week after DERT and we don't have a practice that Monday so will be a good excuse for a get together :)
Becky xx
Hello all,
As Jo isn't very well, Reesha isn't available and Jo W. has gone to Oz we don't have a set to perform Westerhope tonight.
The focus will be very much dancing Piccadilly out as there isn't much point trying to do Jubilee as we know we can do that! It would be really appreciated if some people from Westerhope could come along anyway, we really need collectors and it's always more fun with a few more people. However, if you are struggling to fit the crawl in and are not in the DERT set you are free to do your own thing this evening. If people could send me a quick text to say if they're not coming I'll know when we can leave the first pub, I don't want to leave without someone if they are coming! 07988696321
Sorry this has come as rather late notice, obviously Jo couldn't predict she wouldn't be feeling well (hope you feel better soon btw!) and it's just unfortunate that it coincides with Jo W. leaving and Reesha being unavailable. We'll discuss doing another Westerhope outing, potentially the last Monday before DERT? to ensure you have more practice out.
See you later,
Becky
Meeting tomorrow at The York near Angel station at 7. They do food if you
need a spot of tea:
https://www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk/restaurants/london/theyorkislingtonlondon
Please please please be ready to dance in this pub dead on 7.30pm. Not only
do we want to get in loads of pubs so we can all dance lots, but this time
we also have a bit of a schedule we need to stick to as some pubs we need
to be there at a certain time to be able to dance. So drink fast and follow
me on a route march! Apologies in advance!
See you tomorrow xx
Hi All,
The following is what we all owe for trains and accomodation to Kathrine's
wedding. For those of us bringing a plus 1, their cost is included in
yours. Price per person varies because some people have a railcard of some
sort and some people were a little late to go into a group booking. If
anyone would like more detail on the figures let me know. (Accommodation is
£35.50 per person.) If anyone has any problems with paying this, please let
Sue know and she will see what we can arrange - we obviously don't want to
be causing problems for anyone.
If you could transfer the following amounts into the Ravens account with
the reference 'Wedding' at your earliest convenience that would be great.
Hannah & Martin 138.3
Laura W & Paul 146.5
Sue 69.15
Ffion & Patrick 138.3
Reesha 73.25
Jo 78.95
Laura S 78.95
Thanks,
Hannah
Hi everyone,
1. Crawl
2. Sign-ups
3. DERT Bake-Off!
4. Party / EGM
1. We will be crawling around Islington tomorrow - watch out for the final
details from Laura W. Please could we try to be ready to dance by 1915 so
that we will be able to make a nice prompt start at 1930.
2. Lots of lovely sign-ups info:
NEW!!
- Crawl on 27th April
- Beverley Folk Festival! Woop woop!
Still on there but needing some more responses:
- Belle's DoD 1st Oct
- Carshalton 14th Oct (though it's been so long that I'm guessing we
really aren't all that keen!)
I've taken the following off of the list as we just don't have the numbers:
- Tredegar House (Wales)
- Laura's Old Folks (maybe we can do something later in the year)
- St George's Day
3. As part of the alternative judging this year there will be a bake off on
the Friday night. Might be a bit of fun to enter. I don't know the exact
timings of any of it other than it being in the evening, but perhaps this
is something we should consider as a team. Am happy to bake (though am
getting there a bit later than some of you - could make something like the
one with the Raven on that I did last year for practice) - but any
volunteers welcome - or we could just make a ton of cake! Om nom nom...
4. I would like to call the EGM/Party for 24th April. This is slightly
later than usual, but if we take the Monday after DERT off, the next Monday
is then Easter Monday, so we think we'll need to push it onto the 24th
instead. This means there will be no proper practices in April, but we will
still have our crawl - see above!
Have a lovely week and see you all soon.
Hannah :)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bf
kw-XmFb8jmCeRa48IRI/edit
Hi all,
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I'm going to try and make stickers ahead of DERT. We'd mentioned at the AGM that we thought this would be a way of creating a bit of buzz around the team before we actually start dancing by giving them out on Friday evening and Saturday day time. I think we're aiming for something that makes us look fun with a hint of attitude so (good) puns and play on words welcome!
Here are some things already suggested:
1) Replacing one word in a well-known phrase with the word Raven e.g. What does the Raven say? Who let the Ravens out?
2) General folk jokes e.g. Cecil says no, George says yes
3) Our Raven names e.g. Brazen Raven, Towering Raven, Raven Mad, Quaver Raven
4) General Ravens/Tower facts e.g. Tower Ravens: flying in circles since 2012
I'm very happy to take more suggestions. You can email me, talk to me on the crawl, or add your ideas straight to this google doc<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E6QDzITYFHboTe4ptKcF8QBytDeEal_DAmS8FAV…>.
Thanks,
Ffion
Please take a look at my blog on Welsh folk songs - caneuongwerin.wordpress.com<http://caneuongwerin.wordpress.com>
Hi all,
Some bedtime reading for you all... I've been working on the essay for
Westerhope, and I'd really appreciate feedback. The current draft can be
found here
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HxLqsciuLR1AKNVSnJtXzKSV5k2UWifxKmIgict…>,
and it should be commentable, so do put notes in if you see anything odd.
I've based it on Laura's essay from last year, so a big thank you to Laura
for making the whole thing significantly easier! :)
Thanks everybody,
Rachel x
Hi everybody,
We agreed today that we would wear the same costume as last year, that is:
black shirt, tie with badge, normal skirt (no petticoat), tights, shoes.
Add black safety pants if you are worried about the length of your skirt
without a petticoat!
Shirts:
I think that Jo, Hannah and Laura S already have shirts that fit them from
last year. I know various non-Westerhopers have shirts; I believe that we
need to find shirts for Hannorah, Reesha and Rachel-Anne.
Can you three let us know what size you would normally wear as a tshirt?
We'll see if anybody is able to lend theirs. I think we found last year
that we had to go up a size to allow for arm movement when dancing. I am
trying to find out if Primark still sell them, but no luck so far.
The shirts are a little sheer. Did we wear them over our usual tshirts,
can anyone remember?
Ties and badges:
I believe that Jo, Hannah, Laura S, Kate, Katherine, Rachel all have ties
and badges from last year (Laura S may have several??). Can Kate,
Katherine and I all try to remember to bring ours on Monday and we'll do a
bit of a swap?
Safety pants:
If you're worried about the length of your skirt without a petticoat, last
year Laura bought these
<http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231286124406?var=530540160683> which were cheap
and effective.
Thanks all,
Rachel x
Hello all,
Just want to say a big thank you everyone's continued hard work. I know the build up to DERT can be frustrating as well as tiring but it is really showing in both sets that we've put a lot of effort in.
Reminders for Thursday -
DERT set - please really think about appearance, we'll check kit all matches (barring tights which will buy for next crawl) and neat hair (this is mainly at me) I know we mentioned more feathers, can someone remind me to ask Laura S. if she still has any feathers?
Overall our focus is really listening and staying with Kate, in particular not rushing on the doubles. Everyone/ as many as possible stepping to the end pre-popcorn, remembering woop woop step [😊] Oh and SMILING!
Ffion - sword out of windmills and sword in double tumble
Laura W. - no camp feet on your way round in windmills, remember to walk around after V lock! Brute force in 5 person locks
Becky - land on 3 in windmills, don't move at end of spin, 6 sword lock
Hannah - going down at the same time as others going into sweeps and double tumble, don't travel too far in square display, brute force in 5 person locks
Katherine - sword out of windmills and in double tumble, footing on getting into open ring from second tits.
Sue - Speedy entrance to walkaround and then caterpillar in order to break on 4, confident display even if lock looks bad [😊]
Kate - start at good pace and stay there trying to fit exciting music at appropriate times (as long as we don't mess up!)
Westerhope set - obviously I haven't been as involved so can't give as picky advice! Overall remain calm, you can do Westerhope really nicely, both the figures and the stepping, just really listen to Kate and try to step in a controlled way. Try and remember to look up and look calm/smile?? you guys look so much more confident with just that small change.
Here's to an awesome crawl!
Becky xx
