Exec 2004/05

Co-President - Ali

Former small, frightened rabbit, now slightly larger, mutant rabbit, our president also doubles as a very resourceful caller - the sort who can adapt seemingly effortlessly to situations like having only ten people turn up

Co-President - Stéphane

Continuing in his ever-frustrated quest to actually get us all to be just a little bit organised, Stéphane is also sharing the Presidency. His help is, as ever, invaluable; ranging from driving the minibus to Coventry to printing out our publicity

Secretary - Margarita

Britain's smallest giant, Margarita is best known for killing Saint George

Treasurer - Jagruti

Britain's best doctor Jagruti is best known for bringing him back to life again. Or am I confusing real life with the Mummer's Play again?

Band Co-ordinator (and Enthusiasm Officer)

After being officially "unofficially in charge of being thoroughly enthusiastic at all times" last year, Ella has now graduated to real live exec member and enjoying the untold levels of stress that go with trying to organise a ceilidh in a single week!

Equal Opps Officer - Jake

Though now concentrating on concertina-ing, Jake's real forte lies with that King of Instruments, the Shaky Egg. His rendition of Mingulay Boat Song for Voice and Egg leaves one quite literally speechless. Jake is responsible for attempting to bring together every outlandish piece of percussion in the known universe, including the spoons, the bodhran, and on one occasion even an entire drummer

First-Aider - Fi

We were filling in the Exec form at the Freshers’ Fayre when we realised it might be an idea to have someone on the Exec who would know what to do when, say, someone fell on their head doing rapper practice (mentioning no names); fortunately, Fi does

Web-Animal - John

Unable to run away fast enough, John was landed with the task of website updating, a job which he has performed with astounding brilliance. (Hey, talking about yourself in the third person is fun!)

Founder/Mummy - Gilly

Gilly started this society in 2001, and has now moved to Cumbria to learn how to teach small children. She will be sorely missed…

Elephant - Don

Wanted criminal on the plains of Africa, Don the Elephant has retired to England to perform the relatively sedentary task of being a ceilidhsoc mascot

Whistle-Blower - Ben

Ben gets honourary membership because we will probably be ringing him up every five minutes to ask "Ben… which tunes go with Soldier's Joy?" and "Ben… why is the ceilidhsoc server outputting nothing but rude words?". …And probably also: "Ben… can you come and play at the next ceilidh?"

Source of Ancient Rapper Knowledge - Jen

Backflipper of legend - does she even exist? Well frankly, yes, because I've met her. But the backflipping story is still a cautionary tale that we think of when filling in union risk assessment forms…