Look at me I'm, look at me I'm, look at me I'm dancing!

[venta]

Do you live in Oxford? Do you have a passing familiarity with city centre pubs? Are you free on March 5th? Would you like to give up your entire Saturday for no money?

Some of you may already know this: my sword-dancing team is organising the national, annual rapper competition this year. In Oxford.

Details here.

Extensive experimentation in previous years' competitions has shown that the only way to get a gaggle of sword-dancers from one pub to the next is to put them in the care of a reasonably responsible, reasonably sober human. Said human will then shepherd them lovingly from one pub to the next, making sure everyone gets to the correct place at the correct time.

In fact, it's best to have two of these humans. (You know, one to stay with the body and one to go for help).

My team is quite small, and various of us are doing other things - organising judges, calculating scores, clearing up after breakfast, extracting badgers from dishwashers (don't ask). Accordingly, we find ourselves a little short of humans.

To be a suitable human, you must be:

• able to pass as human


• willing to make a firm commitment to show up in the city centre on March 5th at 10:30 for a briefing, and stick with your gaggle of sword-dancers until about 4ish


• willing to sit through a certain amount of sword-dancing, some of which might be bad


• reasonably responsible


• reasonably sober (even after a day spent in pubs)


• in possession of own sense of direction, and familiar with Oxford


• have own teeth


• lots of teeth

If that sounds unappealing, it is of course possible just to show up in one of the pubs for half an hour and watch the dancing, whilst being as drunken and irresponsible as you please. You're actively encouraged to do that, in fact.

If it does sound appealing to anyone, let me know. There is no remuneration available. There may be the prospect of a hot evening meal and free entrance to the evening showcase performance, I'm not 100% sure on the details as yet. The showcase does, of course, contain more sword dancing so you might be totally sick of the stuff by then anyway.

Comments

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Sadly that's the day of smallclanger's next karate grading, so I will not be available for a large part of that time period. But I'd like to catch some of the actual dancing, so will make an effort to catch up somewhere along the way!

[ebee.livejournal.com]

Lionshaman and I are already on the list right? I WILL be mobile by then( or with pet Shetland to ferry me) and between us we have great experience at herding drunken crowds. Might be willing to split up if u need more teams. Can cross post this if u want joanne etc to help. And yes, we will prob stay. V excited. Ex

[fractalgeek.livejournal.com]

My Life Story - Megaphone Theology:

Don't know that track. I saw them last year at Koko, and it was one of my gigs of the year. A complete luck in, from friends who could not use a ticket.

The Greatest hits CD is on my regular play list.

[hjalfi.livejournal.com]

I qualify in all respects except for not knowing anything about Oxford pubs. So unless you want to lose a team completely, never to be heard from again except in legends of the Wandering Rappers who on foggy nights can be glimpsed dancing in back alleys to the sound of sepulchral accordion music, I'd best not volunteer.

OTOH I can certainly come and applaud.

[hjalfi.livejournal.com]

Incidentally:

Cakes can be any type, any shape, any size. Please note, however, that cake competition entries should be made of actual cake. We're not falling for that one again.

Elaboration is urgently required...

[ylla.livejournal.com]

I am nowhere near Oxford, know very little about Oxford, and have never made it to DERT because it's always right after IVFDF, and that would be a bit too much of a good thing (or too much running up and down the country, anyway. Not sure why I didn't make it to the Glasgow one.)

[shui-long.livejournal.com]

I would if I could but I am not able...

(and if you recognise the origin of that line, you'll know that the preceding line is particularly apt!)

Besides, I do a poor imitation of a crocodile

[hmmm-tea.livejournal.com]

I'll be in Oxford on the 5th, but unfortunately I'll be busy being part of a gaggle of sword dancers.

Sadly can't volunteer

[a-llusive.livejournal.com]

but if an opportunity for some time with you is likely to crop up at all, please let me know. Would be lovely to see you.