Posted 2:35pm
We love our outdoor Zumba sessions on Sundays on Highbury Fields. They really bring people together, we have a lot of laughs as we sweat, and we even have a picnic afterwards that is very social. Everyone who walks passed is smiling, some are dancing, and some even join in.
Apart from one couple who live on Highbury Park road, and they have not liked us from the beginning. Well, last week they made an official complaint to the council, and we received an email from the parks department saying that if we are playing amplified music we need to make an official event application and pay a fee.
I wrote back explaining who we are and what we do, I also said we knew about the couple who had complained and, in fact, every week I do a sound check, which I video, from outside their property and they cannot hear the music.
Anyway, the parks people came down on Sunday to see us. The bloke was fantastic. He said the sound levels were fine, we had a terrific group, he loved what we were doing, and he would report back that he could see no issue with our continuing. I got an email yesterday saying that we were fine. No events applications, and no fees.
Absolutely delighted. I know the good it is doing our users, and within the local community. Fun things like this need to be encouraged, not cancelled.
Yay!!!
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