Thanks to everyone who came to the gig last night. It was really nice to see you all there and fun to do a dance. I think the audience enjoyed it too!

I've been looking over our bookings for the rest of the summer and have come up with the following potential plan of action.

Jubilee alternative positions: 1) Jo and Katherine 2) Hannorah, 3) Kat B 4) Becky 5) new Katherine

Jubilee: working on the lock if there's no tumble

Polish Beadnell with people who've missed practices/who want to do more Beadnell practice.

Polish Jubilee alternative positions: 1) Jo and Katherine 2) Hannorah, 3) Kat B 4) Becky 5) new Katherine including tumble practice for Kat.

Practice dancing in small spaces and strange surfaces (outside) especially for those on next crawl: 1) Rachel, Katherine 2) Laura, Janet 3) Becky, Lindsey 4) Hannorah, Sinead 5) Kat

I will be on holiday. Anyone want to take on teaching duties?

I'll be on a different holiday! Volunteers?

Bit of Jubilee, bit of Beadnell, start looking at new dance again?

Beadnell - teach Katherine 1 and Becky 4

Sorry, I'll be on yet another holiday!

bank holiday = no practice

Jubilee reminder with York people: 1) Katherine 2) Laura 3) Kat B, 4) Becky, Sinead, 5) Sue

Beadnell reminder with York people: 1) Katherine 2) Laura 3) Kat B, 4) Becky, Sinead, 5) Sue

Working on new dance - remembering the figures we invented

Jubilee reminder with Peterborough people: 1) Ffion, Katherine 2) Janet, 3) Becky, Lindsey 4) Hannorah, 5) Sue, Kat B including getting both Lindsey and Becky to tumble off Katherine & Sue and Katherine & Ffion.

Beadnell reminder with Peterborough people: 1) Ffion, Lindsey 2) Janet, Katherine 3) Becky, Kat B 4) Hannorah, 5) Sue

Working on new dance - knitting invented figures together into proto-dance

Dancing proto-dance and making necessary adjustments.

Jubilee reminder with crawl people: 1) Rachel, Katherine, Ffion 2) Laura, Janet, 3) Becky, Lindsey, 4) Sinead, Hannorah 5) Sue, Kat B

Tightening up new dance

Jubilee reminder with Tenterden people: 1) Rachel, 2) Laura 3)Ffion? 4) Sinead, Hannorah, 5) Katherine

Beadnell reminder with Tenterden people: 1) Ffion, 2) Laura, 3) Rachel, 4) hannorah, Sinead 5) Katherine

Procession reminder with Tenterden people

Perfecting (!) new dance

As you've probably guessed from the above, I'd like to aim to get the new dance out at Tenterden. It's quite a tall order as we've still got a lot to do on it. I feel the most efficient way of writing and learning the dance would be to concentrate on having 5 people who will be at Tenterden learn it first and then they can teach everyone else how to do it in October. I'm aware this isn't very egalitarian so if you feel strongly that we should teach the dance to everyone who turns up each week let me know. If a lot of people feel this way I think we'd have to shift the target dance out date to the October crawl or even Thrales day. Thrales day has to be the ultimate deadline or else we'll have to do Beadnell as our second dance!! If we are going to focus on 5 dancers getting the new dance right first, that mean those five need to be able to commit to all of the practices in September. It also means we need the right numbers. At the moment we have 6 dancers signed up for Tenterden (not in the positions I hoped for!) and lots of maybes. So... if you're in a position to upgrade from a maybe to a yes please do so! https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa48IRI

As always, if your name's on the list for a particular day, please let me know asap if you know you won't be there. Equally, if your name's not on the list please still turn up!