Attached is the info from Crook Morris about the day if you want to know any details. It includes links to various items on the dert 2017 website (http://www.dertinfo.co.uk/), such as timetables, maps etc. Becky will collect our wristbands and sort all that lot out. There will be more info next week, but just a couple of things ready for you to think about this week - most importantly BREAKFAST!

1. Hostel (and breakfast)

2. DERT Bake-Off

3. Stickers!!

4. Brief outline of the Saturday timetable

1. Hostel - we are staying in the Kendal Hostel (http://www.kendalhostel.com/) which is only about a 15 minute walk tops from the station. On Sunday we will go to Spoons or something for brunch, so we decided yesterday to only ask for breakfast on Saturday morning. The consensus was a "simple" breakfast which includes Cereals, Bread/Toast, Jams and Preserves, Fruit, Fruit Juice, Tea and Coffee would be fine, though if anyone would like a Full English I can order these (it will only cost an extra £3 for anyone that does want it) - so far Hannorah and the 2 Pauls would like the Full English. If anyone else would like a Full English, please get back to me by Friday 12 noon as I need to contact the hostel to book them. (Simple will be the default, and I will book as many as are actually staying in the hostel - think we have one or 2 spare beds, am recounting this week.)

Hannorah - did you say your sister is staying on Friday? (Breakfast purposes :) )

I think we are sort of obliged to enter something given we forgot to take our cake bribe for the AJ's last year... Seemed like there were some suggestions of making a Kendal Mint Shot cake thing with actual shots and maybe arranged to look like a rapper set. Possibility of gluten free. So, we need someone to bake or at least someone willing to carry the creation to DERT and put it on the judging table by 9pm on the Friday night (or both - if evening people would like to bake, we'd need a carrier)... Volunteers? Also any suggestions on developing this concept beyond my rather shaky outline..

More info on this and the AJ competition here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/675344492568251/

Ffion is printing stickers today - so if there was an idea that you thought was especially amazing, please let her know (not sure when they were being done today, so get comments in asap if you have any...)

The day itself - I won't put too much information on here - save boring you all until next, but if you would like more info please check out the dert 2017 website/the attached/ask me in case I happen to know the answer... 

Warm-up dance 1030

Then we will be dancing at 5 pubs during the day with an additional spot at the shopping centre where we have 10 mins to raise as much money as we can for the Great North Air Ambulance (this is a side competition set by Crook Morris) - so we can use this to run through the trad again as well as Picadilly.

There is a reasonable gap between the end of the pub dancing and the start of the evening do, so we'll be able to have a good dinner, relax a bit, run through Westerhope and collect the second set of swords ready for the evening.

In the evening, the Westerhope will be at 1945 - they are alternating trad dances and showcase dances in the first half. Our double jubilee will then be at 2100 towards the end of the second half.

I'll send some more info next week.

See you soon!
Hannah