Our Voice has (and still is) raised against some of the changes and stupidity of some of the changes likewise the lame excuses for exemptions etc... e.g. our local Morris team will be able to dance and the musicians play for them - but let the mandolin player us a 5watt amp to raise his instrument so it can be heard alongside a bass drum and a license will be required. But we shall see what we shall see, and the fight can go on!

Not sure that the music for Morris is required to be non-amplified in order to be exempt - just that it is integral to the dancing. It appears to be a problem to play the same music - without the dancing, however, as that would require it to be licensed....