Re: [Tower Ravens] Final pre-DERT practice

Yeah, you've got to be careful though - some of these stools can be pretty tiny! (Ted and I have a couple, and sometimes I think I may as well be sat on the floor). Lindsey said she might have one, so maybe check what hers is like first... unless Nikki would find use having a "team chair" in the future too? L x From: ffion_coch(a)hotmail.com To: laura_marie_smyth(a)hotmail.com; team(a)towerravens.org.uk Subject: RE: [Tower Ravens] Final pre-DERT practice Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 13:54:52 +0000 Re thrones, I think we decided than a reserve Raven would carry it for you. We thought we'd probably be able to find a bar stool or chair in each pub. If someone has a small fold away stool that would be great but I think we decided it wasn't worth spending money on one just for the occasion. Nic said she might have one and we wondered if Hannorah might have one, what with living in a confined space. Having said it's not worth buying one, you can get them pretty cheap (and in blue) from ebay and I guess you might use it on crawls if you prefer sitting to standing. I think the team should pay though - you've already bought a dress! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FOLDING-TRIPOD-STOOL-CHAIR-SEAT-FISHING-CAMPING-N… Please take a look at my blog on Welsh folk songs - caneuongwerin.wordpress.com From: laura_marie_smyth(a)hotmail.com To: ffion_coch(a)hotmail.com; team(a)towerravens.org.uk Subject: RE: [Tower Ravens] Final pre-DERT practice Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 13:14:48 +0000 Woop! Woop! Are there any videos from last night? - they are always useful for me to practise with... Also, did we come up with anyone to be my throne bearer, and what about my throne?! For those who weren't there last night, we discussed the possibility of taking a tripod style camping stool. Does anyone have one? Or should we go sans seat, hope I can grab one in the pub, and if not try desperately to play standing? Laura x From: ffion_coch(a)hotmail.com Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 09:00:58 +0000 To: team(a)towerravens.org.uk Subject: Re: [Tower Ravens] Final pre-DERT practice Congratulations everyone. The dance last night was looking and feeling really good. The music is energetic and Sue is confident and entertaining. Let's do this!! On 3 Mar 2014, at 22:56, "Hannorah Lee" <hannorah.lee(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: I guess tall & dark is relative - & let's remember I'm rather short & pasty! Sent from my iPhone On 3 Mar 2014, at 09:40, "Lindsey Kennedy" <kennedy.linds(a)gmail.com> wrote: Maybe Hannorah is seeing the other teams, rather than the judges - opinion may see (some of) them as 'tall and dark'. On 3 March 2014 09:26, Becky Such <rebeccasuch(a)hotmail.com> wrote: And beards, don't forget the beards! From: ffion_coch(a)hotmail.com Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 07:15:40 +0000 To: hannorah.lee(a)hotmail.co.uk CC: team(a)towerravens.org.uk Subject: Re: [Tower Ravens] Final pre-DERT practice Where do you think you're going to find any tall dark men at DERT?! More likely bald, beer-bellied men ;-) On 3 Mar 2014, at 06:27, "Hannorah Lee" <hannorah.lee(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: How are we going to do? My crystal ball tells me we're going to do our very best & tall dark men will be impressed by how much we've improved in the last 12 months. :-) Sent from my iPhone On 2 Mar 2014, at 13:45, "Sue Connolly" <connollysue(a)hotmail.com> wrote: PS Fantastic prediction, Hannorah! CONGRATULATIONS! Only 12p out (even less if you count the 0.06 euros that I didn't mention) Now tell us how we're going to do at DERT. S x From: connollysue(a)hotmail.com To: ffion_coch(a)hotmail.com CC: team(a)towerravens.org.uk Subject: RE: [Tower Ravens] Final pre-DERT practice Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 12:29:10 +0000 Back on e-mail at last 😊 But pages of unread messages to trawl through now ☹ Thanks for all this, Ffion. I'd love to go through my whole Dert routine a couple of times if there's time available tomorrow. Can anyone remember the new thing I thought of saying on Thursday? One was something like 'I used to have legs like that' but I can't for the life of me recall the other. We made £87.08 on Thursday. Similar amount to usual in small coinage, but fewer £1 coins and only 1 note. Well done everyone - a highly enjoyable evening! S x From: ffion_coch(a)hotmail.com Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 11:33:54 +0000 To: team(a)towerravens.org.uk Subject: [Tower Ravens] Final pre-DERT practice Hi all, Thanks again for another great crawl last week and thanks to Hannorah and Janet for organising. I'm really sorry that I forgot to get our final dance recorded on Thursday. I did, however, take this very dark video in the pub where we did two dances http://youtu.be/PaXcSmnIDRA. So, DERT. It's nearly here! We've put a lot of effort in in the last two months and it's really paying off. So much of the dance is crisper, tidier and tighter than before. The reception we had at some of the pubs on Thursday just shows how good we've become! There's obviously more we could do, but there's only one more practice before DERT. I'm trying to plan our two hours wisely so I'm thinking, for the DERT set: Little bit more precision work: - Straight line of swords in fourth corner - Snappy hands in pixies - clash Rapper is about getting the right balance between precision and buzz so I also want to work on: - Keeping heads up throughout the dance - Smiling at appropriate times -Flicking skirts in walk the dog, back 8 and pixies - please bring skirts and petticoats if possible -Dancing in tight spaces I've sent round a lot of videos recently and I've put the links below. If you're in the DERT set please can you think of ONE thing about your personal dancing that you want to make sure you get right. It could be something you usually get right but sometimes forget, or it something that doesn't quite feel right. If you don't get time I'll think of it for you ;-) DERT set, please let me know if there's anything crucial I've left off the list above of things to work on on Monday. For the DERT reserve set: More dancing to improve fluency and timings - Sinead can work with you to iron out any issues so please have a think about any figures you want to work more on. Sue, I think you did really well on Thursday and that your timings for the jokes which relate to the figures was good. Let me know if there's anything you specifically want to work on. Finally, please bring your sashes - Sue wants to attack them with her new diamonte gun! See you all tomorrow, Ffion x Video links from me and Hannorah:http://youtu.be/PaXcSmnIDRAhttp://youtu.be/PanicNp0yZ4 http://youtu.be/Wz79yUEf4ywhttp://youtu.be/0pcmpc8aWachttp://youtu.be/mBzXa… http://youtu.be/nu22fcwQIychttp://youtu.be/xVE5No7AwQMhttp://youtu.be/pxnTr… http://youtu.be/8Qh8-66vvFEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjVXoC0FUwc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeuDpFDkK9o&feature=youtube_gdata_player… http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x-ECqqQbT5s&feature=youtube_gdata_player&a… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqiwLO2dTlE&feature=youtube_gdata_player _______________________________________________ Tower Raven's mailing list team(a)towerravens.org.uk _______________________________________________ Tower Raven's mailing list team(a)towerravens.org.uk _______________________________________________ Tower Raven's mailing list team(a)towerravens.org.uk _______________________________________________ Tower Raven's mailing list team(a)towerravens.org.uk _______________________________________________ Tower Raven's mailing list team(a)towerravens.org.uk _______________________________________________ Tower Raven's mailing list team(a)towerravens.org.uk _______________________________________________ Tower Raven's mailing list team(a)towerravens.org.uk _______________________________________________ Tower Raven's mailing list team(a)towerravens.org.uk