[Tower Ravens] DERT

Hi everyone, At practice last night we decided that we will go to DERT this year and we will compete. We'll decide next week whether to do a new dance or an edited version of the old dance. Everyone at practice last night said they were free on the weekend of DERT and would like to come. If you weren't at practice last night please let us know ASAP if you will be coming as we need to enter the number of dancers on our entry form which has to be submitted by next week. Also, if you have any partners or friends who want to come please let us know as tickets (£5) for them need to be booked on the same form. I think this entitles them to get in to the Saturday evening showcase (all teams do a dance but it's not part of the competition and it's followed by the awards ceremony) and to book indoor camping. On which point, there are two types of accommodation available - hotel or indoor camping. Indoor camping will be a space on a school floor where you can put your camping mat and sleeping bag. It costs £18 for both nights and includes a light breakfast. The DERT website suggests three budget hotels and one 3 star one. There may be others if you google I guess. Travelodge is the cheapest and most central option and there seem to be doubles still available for £30 and £36 on Friday and saturday respectively. If you want to indoor camp this needs to be booked with you DERT place ie you need to decide where to stay this week. Nikki will be setting up some doodle pads for extra practices and crawls between now and DERT. The more we crawl the better we'll be so please make sure you respond to these as soon as you can. Thanks very much, Ffion