I've mulled over everyones ideas and here's what I've come up with for our charity Christmas content - Tower Ravens do the 12 days of Christmas!

We're gonna modify the popular carol with raven-y lyrics and content to be released on facebook, twitter and insta over 12 days from the 13th Dec to Christmas Eve. Each of the posts will be accompanied by a bit of info about our chosen charity and a plea to donate. 

Sounds good, right? YES! BUT I NEED YOUR HELP! Below is what I need from you as soon as possible - and I will be harassing everyone on whatsapp. I'd like people to pick what they want to do, but if I have no takers I WILL ASSIGN TASKS.

Firstly, I need a 6-10 second landscape video of - 

A Raven climbing a tree - you don't actually have to climb a tree if it's dangerous! I'd be happy with a foot braced against the truck and arms stretching out to a branch. 

A Raven eating brie - for someone who likes eating brie obvs, and maybe holding the triangle packet to make it clearer what it is.

A Raven cooking peas - a pan from the peas to the raven so we can see that it's peas in the pan.

A Raven chasing a bee - does anyone have a bee toy they can pretend to chase?

A Raven drinking tea - looking refined with a nice china cup?

A Raven full of glee - looking happy with tinsel in your hair and maybe glitter on your face!

A Raven with a curry for tea - ideally sat a table with a nice spread of Indian food in front of you.

A Raven with a goatee - someone will need to draw this on their face!

A Raven having a wee - anyone happy to be sat on the loo in kit??? (you don't have to have your tights down if you don't want, I think we'll get the picture)

A Raven getting vitamin C - drinking a glass of orange juice

So all of these need to be in kit because the song specifies "A Raven..." but many of these can be from the waist up so a kit tee, our logo tee or zipped-up hoodie will do if you don't have access to your full kit, or don't fit in it, Ffion ;) 

Secondly, I need - 

A 10 second landscape video of 6 of you stepping a rapper step or a clog step. We have 6 already from the DERT team so this is a chance for those of you not in the DERT team to show your stepping. Feet and bottom of skirt only. There's no sound so don't worry about being out of practice as long as it looks okay. 

11 of you piping! Do we have 11 members who have access to a whistle/recorder/flute/clarinet/other pipe-y instruments? Emma H, I will accept kazoo. This is just a photo, and kit (or zipped-up hoodie if no kit) would be great.

3 more ravens playing instruments - ideally not pipe-like things, so there's a contrast. I have a nice photo of Martin, Will and Pat in their kit and I just need 3 more volunteers to take a photo playing their instruments.

Some more dodgy dancing photos! This is non-folky dancing! I already have one of Me, Becky, Ffion, Emma H and Martin (let me know if you four would rather I didn't use these photos (I won't use the Becky in a cage one!)) I need 5 more.

That's it! Thanks for reading this far. All photos can come to me on whatapp. The videos should be emailed to me so they are a nice quality. 

I'll put a message on the whatsapp after this email goes out asking you all to let me know what you feel prepared to do. ONE MORE THING - I need to jump on this as quickly as I can, please send me what you got ASAP!!

I love you all.

R-a x