Hi All,
Hopefully you've all already seen Ellie's email about the crawl - given the number of pubs we'd better have a prompt start, so please be in there in kit by 1915 so we can dance at 1930. 💃
MABEL DAY!!
On Sunday, we have Mabel Day! We will be meeting in the Royal Blenheim at 11 to dance at 12. The pub will be doing bacon butties with other options hopefully also available. After we've all danced there, we will visit many pubs (probably all containing mulled stuff) before going to the King's Arms for food, cake and gin and more dancing. (And maybe some tunes).
Getting there! Your best bet is the 0935 from Marylebone, which will be £18.10 for a railcard off peak day return. Please sort your own ticket and we'll meet at Marylebone at 0920 - if you need to collect/buy a ticket there leave plenty of time as they don't have many machines. If you don't have a railcard and so would need a groupsave, please shout and hopefully there are others that could go in on that - you would all need to take the same train home afterwards. There is also the Oxford Tube from Victoria (which is a bus), but it takes longer (especially on the way home) and only saves a little bit
SIGN-UPS!
New Invites: Silver Street (Martin's ceilidh band) with Clare calling are doing a Burns Night ceilidh on Friday 24th January in the London Welsh Centre and would like us to do an interval spot. As a bonus, any profit from this can go towards DART - so once you've signed up invite all your friends/relatives/work peeps/randos off the street etc. (We'll provide more info nearer the time)
Decline Invites: I have declined Bower St invite to Margate and the Dead Horse invite to Whitstable, should give a bit of breathing space around other summer events, so please take a look.
As always, sign-up sheet fun times can be found here:
DERT!
Yes, I know I'm getting ahead of myself.. but there aren't many options for accommodation and currently Travelodge is cheap! As in currently about £42 each for the weekend, though this is likely to slowly go up... (note we do a 50% subsidy). So, I would like to get this booked up this side of Christmas on a lovely group booking (no payment until April). So, if you are coming and want to bring someone please let me know - I'll also need to know this so we can get a ticket to the evening showcase for them. I think it is possible to cancel rooms up to 28 days before, so if you are a mostly yes sort of maybe, then maybe be a yes :) If you would rather I didn't book you anything and would like to sort yourself, that is fine. There is usually also indoor camping available, think this was about £35 in previous years, but will depend on what they find. For those who haven't been to DERT with us, we tend to find a hostel or somewhere like travelodge/premier inn type places rather than indoor camping - we quite like sleep and showers, but that doesn't mean everyone has to stay in the same place.
DART
Teeny tiny one on this. We now have a mailing list that will keep most DART related emails separate (we will keep those not on it up to speed), if you would like to be on this please let me know, I think I've checked with all the maybes, but apologies if not. If you are a yes/maybe for DART Emma H will be in touch, please reply to her asap when she emails you - we need this sorted out by Monday so we can have a minimum fundraising target (obviously be great to raise it all!)
Bath Time
If you would like some money for your travel please fill in Emma's spreadsheet...
Anyway, many exciting things, see many of you Thursday / Sunday or if not Monday!
Hannah ☺