The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #37940   Message #531660
Posted By: InOBU
20-Aug-01 - 07:05 AM
Thread Name: Important - Attention All Mudcatters
Subject: RE: IMPORTANT -ATTENTION ALL MUDCATTERS
Sent my two cents in...
To the Director of Tourism,
Council Offices, North Quay, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8TA.
Re: Bans on Morris Dancing and control of traditional music in pubs in Weymouth...
To whom this may concern:

Traditional culture, spontaneous and planned in public places is a great part of Britain's heritage and a big reason my wife and I - and others we know, travel to Britain. The various restrictions and controls on traditional music in pubs and on Morris Dancing in the streets is antithetical -- both to the continuation of traditional culture and tourism. In Quebec City, there were attempts at the same controls, for example on busking, it resulted in a rapid decline in traditional culture. I am happy to report that several weeks ago, Quebec City was full of buskers, and there was music in most pubs, and the place was packed with tourists bringing money into the economy of Canada. I think your policies are short sighted, and I hope you reconsider.
Regards and concerns
Larry and Genie Otway
80 Saint Marks Place
New York City, NY 10003 USA