The Proms Smith) and his companions Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) and Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill). The booking system was also revised with a new online system to allow ticket buyers to set up a personalised Proms plan in advance to speed up the booking process. The 2011 Proms season began on 15 July 2011 and ran until 10 September 2011. The principal anniversary composers included: Other anniversaries of composers featured at The Proms included: The music of Frank Bridge also received a particular non-anniversary-related focus. Other notable performances included the first Proms performance of Havergal Brian's "Symphony No. 1" ('The Gothic'), which
Take Back the Night (organization) safe from sexual violence. On November 7, 2009 the first Take the Back the Night annual conference took place at Columbia University. While some Take Back the Night marches encourage men to participate, others still have refused to allow men (even male victims of sexual assault) to be involved under the claim of creating a "safe space" for women. Several critics have argued that this ignores the struggles of male victims and fails to provide them male role models, as well as implying the need to "take back the night" from all men, not just the minority who are perpetrators