Re: [Tower Ravens] Life after Whitby...

Hi All, What. A. Week! Hope you all got back ok and are recovered/ing from a week of dancing. We've had loads of fabulous responses online and during the week while we were there, so fair to say we made an impression and lived up to our collecting reputation. We've had a some photos sent through to us from Robert Townsend, including some from the dance on the boat - I'll try and gather these together at some point as they ended up in multiple emails and pop them in a folder on the GDrive so we have them in stock. Now that the summer of all the festivals is over, we now have plenty coming up for the Autumn and beyond. 🍁 There are some new events below along with some that really really need you to check your diaries and give and answer for - Bath Time and Thrales Day being the main ones - please change to a yes or a no. The next thing on the sign-up sheet is *Sue's Street Party on 8th September*, which will be after our next practice 2nd Sept. If you could come armed with any info next Monday Sue that would be fab! While we were away and over the last couple of days, we've had some more invites coming through, so please take a look at them below (in chronological order) and fill yourselves in on the sign-up sheet. *Stepping On Conference, Step Ceilidh Party on 16th November* (evening). Rapper spot as part of the Step Ceilidh party (something between a ceilidh (focussing on dances with a stepping content) and a number of short step and clog dance performances mostly from delegates at the conference, probably also opportunity for jamming steps as well). Will and Martin (Brown Boots) will be the band and Kerry Fletcher the MC. *Strawbear 17-19th January 2020* Dance displays on both weekend days - Saturday looks to be 1030-1530, there is a concert and a ceilidh in the evening (will need to buy a ticket for these) and other things throughout the day. There is also indoor camping available at £7.50 a night. We need to get back to them by 1st October so please sign up asap. Becky and a couple of others have been before, so am hoping we can talk about it a bit more on Monday, sounded like there might be potential to ensure we can do some pub dancing. It's about 1hr 30 from Kings Cross, which may make it easier to do a day trip if that's what we would like to do. *Saltburn Folk Festival* - 14th-16th August 2020. Just up the coast from Whitby, takes about 3.5hrs on the train via Darlington. They can offer us free accommodation. There is a train station in Saltburn, but if we need lifts from the Station then they are happy to oblige. There are 2 main dance sessions 11-4 on Saturday and Sunday and there is a ceilidh on the Saturday night with dance spots - it's up to us how much we go for, though given the travel time, I would suggest doing the whole weekend with an aim to leave early on the Sunday to get home at a sensible-ish time. *Finally we still have no replies and maybes for:* - *September Crawl* - as a bonus Rachel Anne is organising it and intending to celebrate the end of her course if that's an incentive. -* Bath Time!* 26th October, if it helps you decide I am intending to turn down the Dance around the World invite as I think most people would prefer to go to Bath Time. There are quite a lot of you in the maybe and no reply boxes - I was going to name and shame, but a few too many! Please move to yes or no, I will be chasing on Monday. - *Thrales Birthday weekend* - looking better, but would be helpful to have those last responses in. As it is in London, it doesn't matter if you can only do part of it, but please say if that is the case. (I'm looking at Miriam, Emma, Ellie and Joanna for this one) FYI - I've declined the Lewes festival on 12th October as they have been chasing us and we just don't have enough people, so feel free to take that one out of your calendars. Sign-up sheet here as always: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4… Have a lovely week and see you soon! Thanks, Hannah