[MayHeydays] Update

[Announcements for May HeyDays]

Dear Festival Supporters,

I'd like to give you an update on how May Heydays is doing.

The good news is that we've just had our 100th + 101st bookings; so,  
thank you, Elizabeth and Sheila from the Cardiff area – a  
complimentary bottle of bubbly awaits you at May Heydays!
That's over 100 dancers not counting stewards, concessions, performers  
and other helpers (like the committee). This number is 60% higher than  
the number of bookings we had at the same time last year; it’s just  
lovely that you have booked so early and especially gratifying that  
over 25% of bookings are newcomers. We can all discover the delights  
of Evesham and the De Montfort School together!

The current main points of interest are:

We still meet dancers who haven't heard that the 2020 May bank holiday  
date was moved from Monday 4th to Friday 8th in 2020. That is the only  
reason we will have to stop on Sunday evening. We look forward to  
going back to a full bank holiday weekend in 2021.

Preparations are going well. One good bit of ‘news for campers’: if  
you have a dog you would like to bring along, you can. Naturally, they  
have to be kept under control at all times and can only be walked in  
the designated areas (this will be made clear when you arrive). No pet  
dogs are allowed in the school buildings.

Dance display news: we will have the Stratford Renaissance Dance group  
performing Sunday lunchtime; they are also leading a workshop. I have  
invited Black Adder Morris, a team with a vigorous and original style,  
to come along and entertain us. To add yet more colour, the Polish  
folk dance group Wieśniacy (roughly, ‘Veeshnatsa’, = Folks) has  
expressed an interest in performing. I'll keep you informed once we  
know the details.

We still have vacancies for stewards. As we are a completely new team,  
we do not know you as well as the previous team did. So, if, for  
example, you are quite happy to chip in a bit of your time and help  
stewarding at a workshop or dance without becoming an "official  
steward", can you please make yourself known to Jeannie  
(stewards at mayheydays.org.uk) or me (director at mayheydays.org.uk). That  
would be really helpful. Thanks.

Please help us to keep spreading the word and if you are interested  
and haven’t done so, do book soon. We have plenty of dance space in  
reserve should numbers rise above 250, which is one of the attractions  
of our exciting new venue. We look forward to seeing you there!

Mecki
Director