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