JMO 20th Anniversary DoD in London

Joint Morris Organisations 20th Anniversary Day of Dance in London

Tours: The morning tour spots are unchanged but the afternoon schedule has been reworked and some new tour spots added so please re-check your side's route and disregard the previously circulated schedule and see attachments below.

 

Joining Instructions: For ease of reference, in the joining instructions document I have highlighted the amended text yellow. In particular, I draw your attention to the following changes:

 

- If you realise your team will miss the morning dance spot, contact me on 07901767541 for instructions rather than going directly to Trafalgar Square as there is a chance we will not be able to dance there

 

-  Trafalgar Square contingencies - The new schedule contains an additional 1:30-3:00 tour spot which will only be used if there is a problem with dancing on Trafalgar Square.

• If we cannot use Trafalgar Square at all: If, on the day, the authorities advise we should not use the square before our booking starts, I will contact the morning marshals and ask them to hold sides at their morning dance spots for longer, take their lunch breaks, then go to their contingency tour spot for 1:30.

  If we have to leave Trafalgar Square early: If we begin dancing on Trafalgar Square and are advised by the authorities to leave/find it necessary to vacate the booked space, we will stop the dancing and tell sides to go directly to their contingency tour spot and contact 07901767541 when they arrive.

 

- The evacuation plan for Trafalgar Square is now to leave the square in the direction indicated by the marshals and go to your contingency tour spot, contacting 07901767541 when you arrive. 

 

- At the end of the day, return your collection bucket and vest to the Nag’s Head (10 James St, WC2E 8BT, ///mole.rips.maps), or give them to a side who is going there. This is the same location as the Nag's Head dance spot.

 

 

On Thursday, 19 October 2023 at 13:31:32 BST, Elizabeth Hancock <izzy.espsbag [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

 

 

Dear all,

 

Please see below the message from Nigel and the JMO committee. Diane and I will circulate updated tour schedules and contingency information this evening.

 

 

Some teams have enquired about any potential effects of demonstrations in London during the JMO London day of dance.



The JMO is aware that the Stop the War “Solidarity with Palestine” demonstration will be marching past Trafalgar Square during the JMO event there on Saturday 21 October. Demonstrations in central London are of course common, and we have taken advice from the authorities, and from local Morris sides who have experience of dancing there. They all agree that there should be no problem with the event, and the Mayor’s office have said that the Heritage Wardens on the Square know we are coming and will engage with the police as required. The event will thus continue as planned.

 

However, we have made some changes to the existing plans because of the route of the demonstration, so please make sure you are aware of the latest information.

 

Nigel Strudwick, JMO Chair

 The outline plan is:

• 10:30-11:30 Teams tour locally to their arrival station
• 12:00-15:00 Trafalgar Square.  All teams – 2 separate dance spaces.
• 15:00-18:30 Tours of central London until dusk

40 teams are booked: