3 Apr
2019
3 Apr
'19
11:19 p.m.
Hi All,
Here it is - the email that you've all been waiting for!
A few general things:
*Kit* - make sure you have it! Including all the extra bits like skull hair
bobbles for piccadilly, the long sleeve as well as regular length sleeve
t-shirts for Westerhope Make sure you have whatever you need to keep your
hair tidy (probably mostly applies to piccadilly to save us having to
re-tie multiple times) - so 500 hair pins / hair spray / 20 hair ties etc.
And don't forget to *polish* your shoes! đ
The timetable for the daytime can be found here, we'll find out our warm-up
pub when we arrive on Friday in our welcome pack:
https://dert2019.co.uk/competitions/
I've attached the Final Instructions from the DERT committee which should
have some info on food availability, the silly "Coals to Newcastle"
competition and all that jazz. đľ
For Friday evening, it would be good to have as many of us wearing some
kind of merch - T-shirts/hoodies etc.
*Friday:*
*Travel: đ*
If you are on the 1500 train, please by at Kings Cross at 1445 at the
latest between Leon and the ticket info place so I can hand out tickets and
we can board without any panic! I might bring myself some tins of gin... We
get to Newcastle at 1750. *Don't forget your railcard! *(and buy one if you
don't yet have it/it is out of date).
*Hotel: đ*
We are staying at the Jury's Inn, Newcastle (the one nearest the station
and on the north side of the river - *http://tinyurl.com/y6p9kank
<http://tinyurl.com/y6p9kank>*). There's a short cut through the life
sciences centre from the station. It is 2 people per room, though we do now
have one spare bed, all rooms are supposed to have 1 double bed and 1
single bed. I've put the some provisional pairings together at the bottom
of the email, but feel free to change this - names in bold are the named
person for the room - they might not actually care, but just in case. If
you are there earlier than me and have any issues, just give me a ring. In
theory they will charge my card on the day. Please note that we do not have
breakfast included in the room, but you can purchase it there or go to a
nearby shop/cafe/pub. 9 of the rooms are on this booking ref: 360465817 Will,
yours is on this one (can't book more than 9 at a time without jumping
through hoops, so I didn't): 360465849
*Evening Venue đ¸*
The evening venue is Star & Shadow Cinema â DERT HQ. They are serving food
6-10 and there are takeaways and supermarkets nearby. The coach trip also
arrives back at around 6pm, so I'm presuming that's when that opens up. The
Star and Shadow bar will stay open until midnight, then the Coal Yard open
11-2 (will need our DERT tickets to get in there though). An option for
food pre-Star and Shadow Cinema that has lots of space and would cater for
all our dietary needs is Wagamama - obviously we can see how we feel when
we arrive. Keep in touch on the WhatsApp, as I know not everyone is
arriving at the same time.
*Saturday:*
We need to be over in the Ouseburn for our warm up dance at 10am, so at the
moment the call will be 9am gathering in the hotel lobby ready to leave by
0915 via collecting some food if you need it. It may also be a good idea to
grab something to have for lunch later as I don't think we are near food
venues other than inside the pubs themselves.
Timetable in the link above. Have a blast of a day! We're going to be
awesome! đś
I've copied Becky's drinking rules etc. as I can't think of a better way to
phrase it!
**Drinking rules: as always I'm going to implement my have one drink before
we start to calm nerves. Laura obviously you do whatever you feel necessary
at this point! I will probably also suggest another drink in the afternoon,
but I want to avoid drinking too much until we're done! Westerhopers
obviously you can drink a bit during the day but please be sensible, it'd
be awful to have worked so hard only to go wrong due to a drink too many
during the day. During the evening we can go wild! Again, hoping a schedule
appears soon so that we can judge when we will be dancing both the trad and
the showcase. đ¸
**Lunch: the area doesn't have anywhere we can go specifically, although
the venues generally do food and snacks.As we aren't close to Byker at
lunch then I might suggest picking something up on route to make sure there
is something we want and that we can get it in time. đ
**Post-lunch and pre-trad dancing. Newcastle has many pubs that are happy
to have rapper but it's a match day so we might really struggle, especially
at lunch time. Again it all depends on location and timings as what will be
available, but we'll try!
If we're able to get some photos during the day to keep the buzz going on
social media (and also so we can post some after DERT so it looks like we
went!) Pop them on the Whatsapp when you're able to. đˇ
We'll be done shortly after 1630 in the Cumberland and need to be in the
Tyne Theatre and Opera House at 1800 for the trad, I don't know what time
we are on, but regardless we should do our best to be there throughout to
support the other teams too/avoid stress about getting there in time. We
aren't able to take food and alcohol into the venue, but it is very
central, so there should be plenty of stuff nearby for popping out. Am
guessing that depending on what time Westerhope are up, might not want to
eat beforehand.
The after party once all that is done is back at the Star and Shadow
Theatre Bar, there will be shuttle buses over there, otherwise it is a 30
min walk. Again bar open until midnight, then the Coal Yard after that. đ¸
Sunday:
We usually find a pub (often Wetherspoons, but other pubs are available) on
the Sunday morning to have some breakfast/brunch/nurse hangovers etc. The
workshop will be at 10 in the Cumberland Arms, followed by the DERT reps
meeting (at least one of us will go to this) at 1115 followed by farewell
drinks, all in the Cumberland. We are then (most of us) on the 1301 train
back to London, which will get us in at 1551. So, if we can be at the
station by 1245 please to save me from worrying. đ¸
Hopefully that should cover it. Any questions, please do shout - you might
not be the only one wanting to know something!
Can't wait to see you all on Friday!
(Congratulations for reaching the end!!)
Thanks,
Hannah
*Room pairings: *
1 *Hannah N* & Martin
2 *Laura *& Paul
3 *Rachel *& Dan
4 *Katherine *& Tom R
5 *Becky *& Ffion
6 *Emma *& Hannah TD
7, 8, 9 take your pick: *Ellie*, Miriam, *Joanna*, Hannorah, Tori - one of
you is going to be lucky to have a room to yourself! Can one of you also
pretend to be *Rachel-Anne* please? a room is booked in her name...
10 *Will*
Sue booked her own in case anyone thinks I'm missing her out