Just to reiterate Becky's thanks to everyone who came along to try out Longsword on Sunday. Last night we decided to basically put any further decisions on it off until the EGM after DERT. Were we to decide to do another practice this would be after DERT anyway.

So, upcoming events:

1. Crawl

2. Christmas Party

3. Sign-ups - Chippenham and Tredegar

1. Crawl is this Thursday around Euston and the collections will be going to the Trussell Trust. Hannorah has some official collecting sign things, so we're all sorted on that front! See Hannorah's email for full details, but basically meeting at the Rocket at 7 ready to dance at 7.30.

2. Christmas Party - we are all booked for ice-skating at 8pm, so meet at 0745 by the ice rink by the tower. If anyone is there earlier, the Hung Drawn and Quartered will be the meeting pub. Afterwards, we'll aim to go to a nearby pub if there's space, if not we can pop by a supermarket and return to the practice hall. There is one spare ticket as 10 are the same price as 9 - so if anyone else fancies joining in, now's your chance. Please bring £13 with you on Monday, if skating, to give to Ffion (will be less if anyone takes the last ticket). Rachel and Sue have kindly offered to look after things while we skate, but please try not to bring the kitchen sink with you...

3. Sign-ups - We decided to turn down Silver Flames offer to dance out in January in Stratford-on-Avon as it's a long way to go for potentially limited dancing. It's also quite close to a crawl and a dert practice. Chippenham - we are going to apply to dance on the Saturday as a day trip from London. Tredegar House - From what Ffion said on Monday, this would involve dancing in the grounds of a stately home with potential to crawl in Newport/Cardiff afterwards. We need an idea of whether we would have enough dancers before applying.

See most of you tomorrow!

Hannah :)