A few things this week

1. Llangollen

2. AGM

3. Other Invites

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/

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.

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