[Tower Ravens] Roundup from Monday

Hi all, Lots of stuff got discussed on Monday night, so here's a little bit of a summary: 1. DERT - entry 2. DERT - transport 3. DERT - accommodation 4. Other invites 5. Knickers 6. Subs account details - - - - - 1. DERT - ENTRY Our entry for DERT has been accepted. Money has been sent for a team of Rachel, Jo, Becky, Hannorah, Ffion, Nikki, Laura S and Sue; as well as spectator evening tickets for Aisha, Katherine, Lindsey, Nic and Sinead. I've put in a request to get an extra spectator ticket for Laura F and mentioned that there's a possibility that Ozzy may or may not be going to play. (I've asked when they definitely need to know that by.) Gonnabe a good weekend! - - - - - 2. DERT - TRANSPORT Train tickets to and from Leeds are going up in price. The cheapest I can currently find is £70 (no railcard) if you want to leave after work on Friday. It may be cheaper if you're prepared to take Friday off work or are more flexible there. We could potentially get a group ticket if more than 10 were travelling together. The other alternative we discussed was driving. From a quick show of hands yesterday, it seemed that Ffion (2 spaces), Hannorah (3 spaces), Nikki (3) and Lindsey (3) might be persuaded to drive. Two weeks ago Lindsey mentioned a minibus, but this hasn't been costed yet. Could all those of you who are coming please reply to this email letting me know what your preferred method of transport would be. - - - - - 3. DERT - ACCOMMODATION Hannorah has very kindly been looking into accommodation and come up with the Leeds Metropolitan Uni, who have single rooms at £72/2 nights or double bed rooms at £42/2nights per person. Another option Dan has just mentioned Thrales were looking into is the Premier Inn, which as twin rooms and would come out at £51 each for the weekend. Aisha has mentioned that she will be staying at home, a short train ride away and can put up up to three people with beds (and dinner!). Again, if you could all email me with your preferred choice, that'd be great. We'll be looking to make a group booking in the next week or so, so I'll need to know where and, more importantly, how many for. - - - - - 4. OTHER INVITES As Ffion mentioned in her previous email, it'd be really good to be able to confirm or deny SOAS. I think this weekend is not going to happen (should really have realised that earlier!) and I think unless anybody objects I'm also going to turn down the March date as being the weekend after DERT. However, 22nd February might work well, so please sign up if you're free. At the moment we have four number 5s signed up... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvM6rY7GMmOGdF9vYVIwaXBmXzViSz… - - - - - 5. KNICKERS We agreed that Becky and Laura S were going to source knickers for discussion, in their respective sizes. I think Laura was going to buy the rhumba ruffly ones and Becky the sequins. We will then consider which we like best and whether we all want the same or different (which seems to go backwards and forwards a lot!). Ladies - it'd be good to get those ordered soon, especially as we'll need something for the tumblers before tumbling on crawl... - - - - - 6. SUBS ACCOUNT I've been requested to send round the details for the Ravens account. I'm sure Jo would love it if those of you who don't already have a standing order set one up! Account number 00380515, sort code 070246. - - - - - In summary, please let me know: - how you'd like to travel to DERT and if you're okay to drive - where you'd like to stay while there - if you're available for a performance spot on 22nd February (one dance, Saturday night) Thanks for getting to the end! See many of you on Thursday. Rachel xxb