[MayHeydays] May Heydays - postponement to 2021

[Announcements for May HeyDays]

May Heydays Hopefuls,

In view of the general situation – the government telling over 70s to  
stay at home for the next 3 months, event organisers including folk  
dance clubs cancelling events nationwide and our foreign callers being  
stopped from coming into the country (or getting back home) - the  
committee has decided that we cannot run May Heydays in 2020. We will  
therefore postpone it until next year.

As previously stated, you can have your ticket money held over for  
2021 or apply for a refund, to tickets at mayheydays.org.uk.
Those who booked for camping could, if they wish, elect for a refund  
just of the camping money (unless they paid via the agency).

Please note that we cannot make cheque payments so your refund request  
will be processed by a bank transfer.

Whilst we do have the bank info from payments received by cheque, to  
be on the safe side please confirm them to us. If you paid by bank  
transfer direct to May Heydays we will also need you to let us have  
the full relevant re-payment details (account name, sort code, account  
number).

You may do this, for example, by a single email to  
tickets at mayheydays.org.uk, by split of info in two or more emails, or  
by phone to Monty Crook on 01308 423 442.

For the limited number who booked via WeGotTickets, you will also have  
the option to hold your money over to next year. Any refund requested  
will be paid by the agency. We will give more info on this when we  
have confirmed the details.

Please give us a couple of weeks to consult with everyone who may have  
incurred costs on our behalf. Most of our suppliers/performers/De  
Montfort school will not charge us anything at all, so the total of  
incurred costs we will need to recover will be quite minor in the  
great scheme of things. Once we know what our total cost is for 2020,  
we will apportion this cost to all ticket holders (except, for those  
paying via WeGotTickets, where we will not be able to make any such  
retention).

We will have a full bank holiday festival next year (unless the  
government decides to delay VE Day celebrations for a year!) - for  
which we have lined up Geoff Cubitt, Colin Hume and Kalia Kliban as  
our main callers and a wide variety of bands: Contrasaurus, ECDB,  
Knotted Chord, Jon Berger & friends, Keeping Thyme, Momentum, Portland  
Drive and the Derby duo of Doug Eunson and Sarah Matthews. We have not  
yet booked an International dance teacher but will do so in due course.

So, something to look forward to at the end of this tunnel!

Note that the ticket prices for next year will be somewhat higher than  
for this year's shortened festival, and there will be a small extra  
amount to pay for those who do not request a refund this year.

We are very sorry to be the bearer of such disappointing (but probably  
not unexpected) news, especially as we have all invested many hours in  
getting it off the ground, and, of course, we were looking forward to  
the weekend as much as you.

It was not to be.

We extend our best wishes for good health during the coming difficult months.

The May Heydays Committee

Tel 01308 423 442