SPANISH FIESTA AT THE WHITE SWAN LAST WEEK
FIRSTLY THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO TURNED UP LAST FRIDAY, FROM THE FEEDBACK I RECEIVED ALL HAD A GOOD ENJOYABLE AFTERNOON. BUT IT WAS ALMOST AN AFTERNOON THAT DID'NT HAPPEN DUE TO OUR WONDERFUL LEADERS NOT KNOWING WHAT THE LEFT HAND IS DOING FROM THEIR RIGHT. I SUBMITTED MY APPLICATION FOR MUSIC TO THE TOWN HALL IN GOOD TIME AND THEY DULY STAMPED IT AS OK, THEN TWO HOURS BEFORE WE WERE DUE TO START THE POLICE CAME IN AND SAID NO MUSIC UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. SO WE POPPED INTO GEOFFS OFFICE TO BE TOLD WE COULDNT SEE HIM UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, THE ADVICE WE WERE GIVEN WAS GO DIRECTLY TO THE VALENCIAN TOWN HALL, LIKE THATS JUST DOWN THE ROAD. SO INTO THE SATTELITE AYUNTAMIENTO NEXT DOOR WHO SAID NO PROBLEM TO THE MUSIC. WHY IS NOTHING SIMPLE!!! IS THE POLICE NOW WORKING TO ITS OWN AGENDA OUTSIDE OF THE TOWN HALL? ANYWAY, THE STAFF IN THE OFFICE SAID THEY WOULD PHONE THE POLICE AND TELL THEM ITS OK FOR US TO HAVE THE MUSIC, ALTHOUGH IF THEY STILL TURN UP AND TELL US TO STOP WE MUST DO SO. I TRY AND FOLLOW THE RULES BUT AM STILL NO CLEARER WHERE I STAND ON THE ISSUE OF MUSIC. IT SEEMS THE BEST POLICY IS TO JUST GO AHEAD WITH IT AND HOPE AND PRAY NO ONE COMPLAINS TO THE POLICE.