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  1. I totally agree with your first two paragraphs Wheelsup but I reckon any women interested in being in a squad have most likely been going to UHA, maybe for years already. I realise being a guest at one hall & performing at numerous halls through the night as a guizer or musician are different things but it is for the squad leaders to make it clear to all that falling by the wayside is not tolerated. Women do night shift jobs too so I'm sure they will cope! If they find being in a squad is not for them then they can give up their place to one of the many in the waiting list, no harm done.
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  2. Wheelsup

    Lerwick Up Helly Aa

    I would totally defend a squad's rights to invite in anyone the wish, i.e they should not have anyone forced on them. However there should, in principal, be no reason for anyone being excluded because of gender. The Up Helly A' organisers' would need to address is i.e. that there is no such exclusion clause, because all it s doing is creating a cause which people will take up whether they have any interest in going out or not. I suspect many of complainers might not be as keen as they think, if they ever have to do the full stint. So many first-timers think they can just go home when they're tired. lol
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  3. ^Oh I did get your point Colin, my one is that the (Lerwick) UHA could take note of what is happening in the other festivals & learn from them possibly. They have shown that there really are no serious issues with being inclusive. Like most things, where there's a will, there's a way.
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  4. Well the female & beardless bit has already happened at SMUHA as I'm sure we all know & the sky didn't fall down, the world didn't stop turning & all the masculinity of the men involved in the event didn't crumble, as far as I hear! I believe a good time was had by all as usual.
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  5. But since Delting & SMUHA already have women taking part in squads, what would it prove?
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  6. BGDDisco

    Lerwick Up Helly Aa

    I've enjoyed UHAs all over Shetland and all bar one allow mixed gender squads, and they are all very entertaining. I think the die hard Lk traditionalists' fears of a female invasion are un-necessary. The lasses would have to wait in line for a squad placement along with the rest of the newbies. The influx of female squad members would be a slow trickle, not an immediate takeover of the festival. I wish the women well with their campaign, but know that it won't change overnight.
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  7. SIBC Article. That's nice......
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  8. EM

    Lerwick Up Helly Aa

    Yes. Off hand I don't remember the year, but it was certainly pre-WWII and probably pre-WWI. Very true, it could be said to have a tradition of gradual change. The key to this is the intangible “Spirit of Up-Helly-Aa.” Organisation and governance is consensually based rather than an adversarial system as familiarly used in Westminster. The Committee's remit is to the guizers and they are completely in tune with how the guizers interpret the “Spirit of Up-Helly-Aa.” Consequently, when changes do happen, they are never controversial. Exactly so. Tedious indeed. It is completely pointless and only engenders ill feeling. Something which dilettante UHA attackers really miss is the "have your cake and eat it" angle. All the UHAs are different, so taking part in two is not the same thing done twice. Many, many women like to both guize in the rurals, and also enjoy the very different Lerwick formula. When you can have two different types of event, why would you want just one?
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  9. Absolutely hitting the nail on the head!
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