Step Ceilidh Party (and many other invites) - TowerRavensTeam

13 Nov 2019

Hi All,

Thanks for coming to the AGM on Monday, appreciate it was long, but there
was a lot to get through. I'll sort out the minutes over the next couple of
days so it is still fresh in your minds when I send them round - in the
mean time, Becky's summary should hopefully tide you over! (And don't
forget to fill in the DERT practice doodle!)

There are various sign-up sheet related things, I have put everything
filled out on Monday up, please do double check in case anything is amiss -
there were a couple where I think I've put them on the right line, but
worth double checking... Also if the little bit of extra info on some of
them that I've provided below changes anything for you, please adjust as
appropriate and as always shout if you need more info as you probably
aren't the only one wondering... *Ellie and Ellie* especially, can you
double check I've put the right one of you in? I've based it on how you
each write E...

Also, was there someone who went to Kimpton and was interested in joining
Tappalachian - they have emailed about a one-off taster evening in
January... please let me know who you were so I can put you in touch

But, first:
1. Coming up this week
2. Current and declined Invites
3. New Invites

*1. Coming up this week *we have the Step Ceilidh Party on Saturday! It
starts at 1930 and finishes at 11, they have a pretty packed schedule from
the looks of it and it looks like we are now dancing at 1015, so a little
later than originally planned. I've attached the schedule so you can see
who else is performing. We are welcome to attend the whole thing. I think
most people said that they would want to go to it all, so if you didn't and
are intending to come later please let me know. I would like everyone there
by 2130 absolute latest.

*2. Current and declined invites*
 - At the AGM last night we decided to focus our efforts on DART for the
time being and so will postpone trying to do Llangollen for another year.

 - Towersey, if you would like to go please fill this in if you would like
to go. Appreciate that we may wish to not do this if we do DART, however we
will be discussing DART with those that have committed very soon and if for
some reason this doesn't look like it will come off, we may wish to do
Towersey.

*3. New Invites - *there are a lot of these, so apologies. Will see what
the picture looks like in the next couple of weeks and some of these may
then disappear if not very popular (probably the Morris-y ones)!
 - Bower St Morris Day of Dance 23-24 May - Drinks reception Friday night,
Saturday dancing followed by Fish and Chips in Margate and viking chess in
the evening, some relaxed stands and lunch in Whitstable on Sunday. Camping
available at cricket club. Weekend cost £35 +£10 per tent.

 - Dead Horse Morris Ale 17-19 July, Camping at Goodys Brewery in Herne,
with a day of dancing in Whitstable on the Saturday. £20 per head. Could go
for a day trip

 - Brighton Morris Day of Dance 4th July - Outside spots, maybe we could
investigate whether we could do pubs… various spots with a final mass dance
by the beach, followed by an evening of food and drink

 - Alternatives to Llangollen:
Priddy Folk Festival 10-12 July, including ceilidh spot on saturday night.
Free ticket and camping for performers
We have also been invited to Ilfracombe All things Morris this weekend as
well, however I would have thought that a festival would be preferable, so
I have put Priddy on the sign-up sheet and not this one.

 - Broadstairs 7-14th August - they are super keen for us to go and we
haven't been able to the last couple of years. What we could do rather than
doing the full week is either the weekend or even a day trip. If you would
prefer either of these things, please state that on the sign up sheet.
Camping is available and you receive free festival tickets for days that we
are dancing and can have 25% off tickets for other days. About 1hr 20 away
on the train from London. More info about the festival here:
https://broadstairsfolkweek.org.uk

 - 7 Champions Ale, Benenden, 18-20th September . This has come through
facebook, so I don't have the details, however an old invite from them
evening buffet on Fri, bus tour 10-4 Saturday with Pimms reception at 7pm,
ceilidh and dinner, cooked breakfast and one last dance on Sunday. £35 per
person . Looks to be 2-2.5hrs by public transport

Have an exciting week - am sure the highlight will be when I send the
minutes through... Sign-up sheet here as always:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11XHQc6j0g7HQto7rhOs6k0bfkw-XmFb8jmCeRa4…

Thanks,
Hannah