31 Oct
2019
31 Oct
'19
3:01 p.m.
Hi All,
A few things this week
1. Llangollen
2. AGM
3. Other Invites
*1. Llangollen*
As mentioned on Monday and possibly last week as well, we are considering
going to* Llangollen, the International Eisteddfod*, which is a celebration
of music and dance from around the world. The festival runs *7-12th July*,
and from the looks of it the categories we would want to enter *compete on
Friday and Saturday *(3 or 4 categories look likely), so we would need to
be there Thursday night. Thrales have been before and won prizes and sounds
like it was a fun weekend - they also brought home a good chunk of prize
money.
To get there, you take the train to either Ruabon or Wrexham and then a bus
to Llangollen which will take around 3-3.5 hours from Euston
Latest application date 29th November, so please let me know if you are
interested by *20th November* and we would hear if our application is
successful by 13th December. (Emma H, note entry fee of £100 - payable once)
More info about Llangollen here: https://international-eisteddfod.co.uk/
*2. AGM - Monday 11th November (not there will be no sword dancing)*
I'm going to resend the AGM Agenda later, got a couple of points that
people have asked to have added on, along with the minutes from last year -
please read these before the AGM. I will also send round a rough
description of the committee positions. Basically please read the email
when it comes.
*3. Other Invites*
We have had our official invite to *Mabel Day 1st December* - a day of
dancing around Oxford with Mabel Gubbins and various other teams, usually
11-5ish. There will be cake at the end, and most pubs will be selling
mulled beverages.
I'll provide updates next week about Thrales Day etc. - should have a pub
for the Friday night by then.
*In terms of other invites, we have quite a few for next year on the
sign-up sheet already, so please do fill yourself in*. We have some other
Morris DoD type ones which aren't there - I'll sort through these and we
can see if we actually want to do any of them - I know a couple of ears
pricked up on the Brighton one. Chippenham I am going to decline as it is a
busking invite.
Have a good week!
Thanks,
Hannah