Many years ago my partner and I bumped into a Morris side while on holiday in Cornwall. They were very chatty and welcoming until they asked us where we came from and who our local 'sides' were. When I said Tunbridge Wells and Royal Borough they stopped talking to us and tried their best to ignore us for the rest of the evening.
They were "Morris Ring" and Royal Borough were not. Sad state of affairs isn't it. To 'outsiders' we're all in the same package. Get in there Morris dancers, enjoy the gig, try to give the general public a good impression of 'real' people enjoying themselves, take the money- there is little enough of it about.
All publicity is good publicity.