From: JandABacon@aol.com

Date: 3 July 2007 17:14:34 BDT

To: admin@sefan.org.uk

Subject: Re: SEFAN:2007-07-02:01. Revised guidance to the Licencing Act 2003

In a message dated 03/07/2007 11:24:02 GMT Standard Time, admin@sefan.org.uk writes:

From: "Dr. Beau Webber" <J.B.W.Webber@kent.ac.uk>

Date: 3 July 2007 10:55:18 BDT

To: SEFAN <admin@sefan.org.uk>

Subject: RE: SEFAN:2007-07-02:01.GLEANINGS from artsjobs digest and VAN

Thanks Penny,

I have placed just the Licencing Act update link on KentFolk.

 

I have done a preliminary read through it - not a lot that we did not know or suspect, I think,

I have excerpted some of the particularly relevant sections to a file on KentFolk news :

http://www.kentfolk.com/News/ :

Jobs, Auditions, Funding + Licencing
......| Notes re Revised guidance to 2003 Licencing Act - July 2007.txt
......| SEFAN_2007-07-02_01.VAN - link to Revised guidance to 2003 Licencing Act - June 2007.txt

In particular, I am pleased to note that "spontaneous dancing" as Viv and I are likely to indulge in, does not convert an event to a licensable one.

Not quite sure about someone who turns up with their Appalachian clogs - probably falls under "Morris and similar".

 

Particularly worthy of note is the repeated "light touch" request to local authorities.

cheers,

    Beau

Probably is covered under the term "Morrris dancing and dancing of a similar nature". If you have followed the St Albans debacle, you will note that a foreign folk dance team who were dancing with English Miscelany in the town caused Council to ask EM for a "temporary event notice". EM paid, but after the Morris Fed got involved -  and St Albans legal team got down to reading the words properly-  the Council back tracked and gave their money back! So always worth arguing a bit. If you have any problems in the future record it and let the Fed know - or the Ring and Open for that matter

 

Best regards

John Bacon