Hi All, DERT is over, but we still have loads of things to do! So, strap in for a roller coaster of a business email! This covers events for the next couple of weeks as *we don't have a practice on Monday *as it is a Bank Holiday. So next practice is 29th April *20th April - Becky's Wedding!!!* Starting at 5pm. There are loads of trains that go to Bedford so should be easy to get there. Please sort out your own travel, and consider whether or not you need to go and check into a hotel beforehand or not. I believe there are a few of us staying in the premier inn in Bedford itself, so we can coordinate taxi bookings for after the party between us - pre-booking has been recommended. 5-7 session, 7 is cake, first dance then ceilidh until 10, with a buffet provided in the middle. We are dancing Piccadilly as per DERT at 9 (after the buffet - don't forget to shine your shoes!). Disco 10-12, kick-out at 12 unless you are staying at the venue: http://barnshotelbedford.co.uk/ *23rd April - St Georges Day* @ The Jack Horner. I will send some more precise details next week, but it will be one dance (amazing that they are paying us to literally do one jubilee!). I suggest a warm up dance at another pub before we go there. Current plan is to dance somewhere between 1900 and 1930, so will meet half an hour ahead. If we fancy it we could tour some other pubs around TCR afterwards for a bit more dancing. *25th April - crawl not on. * *1st May - *aiming to get there for 6pm or as close to it as we can. Once we have a team gathered we'll sort out timings. There will be drinks and we can go somewhere altogether afterwards for dinner. Anyone who couldn't make the event, feel free to join us for food! More details after the next practice *New things:* *Invite to Bath Time!* 26th October: Although it is an open invite, we are one of the teams that they would particularly like there. We can do it as a day trip and spend the day crawling the pubs of Bath, was a fun last time. Only about 1hr15 mins by train from Paddington. It's on the sign-up sheet, you know what to do! *Day of Dance - the steering group of Ellie, Emma, Hannah TD, Hannorah and Rachel-Anne* represented by the first three are to find a date (probably in June) that the team can do asap so that we can invite Thrales and get everything organised. From the sounds of it, none of Emma, Ellie or Hannah are free in May hence the need to look at June. I'd probably suggest that you choose one of you to lead on stuff. Obviously I can help with any secretary things as needed, but it's down to you... ☺ *Declined Invites:* 11th May trip to Oxford with Mabels and the ceilidh in the evening - NOT ON as we don't have a team. Maybe another time! Baldock DoD, 18th May - they were impressed by the video of this. Not keen, so will say no. Apparently it is part of Baldock Festival. 7 Champs Weekend of Dance 6-8th September. Clashes with London Folk Festival, so a no as well. Sign-up sheet is here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4… Finally - a reminder that if you have any comments/amendments on the *minutes from the EGM*, please get them to me by 20th April so I can send out the final version with a reminder of the action points. Thanks, Hannah