Well, if I had waited to post I would have been able to read McGrath of Harlow's post about the Notting Hill Carnival. Is this the one that is held in Brixton?

Also, before this thread, I posted in a thread about May in Morris Dancing and for some reason, never got a response to my question about the custom of Morris dancers "blackening up" [putting on cork or something to darken their faces}. I wanted to know if this still occurs. I saw it as a custom representing the Moorish origin of Morris dancing, and in that sense honoring those Moors and meant no disrespect...

Anyway, if the Moorish {excuse me} Morris dancers did eventually participate in Notting Hill Carnival in Black face, I wonder how well they would be received.