I think you'll find a lot of people on this thread are more well known than you suspect David... You are well out of your depth here amongst several members of the efdss national council, at least one major festival artistic director, at least one noted collector, many professional performers including a very big name indeed, and other posters who have spent entire lifetimes working at the coalface of traditional music. And that's just the people I know...

Listen to us all - everyone here has more knowledge about this than you and they (mostly) being polite and patient in the face of your refusal to listen. As Eliza suggested, learn more - wikipedia and "a programme you saw once" are not accurate sources, just as "pottages and lawn tennis" doesn't count as participating in English culture. Your pronouncements are mostly hilarious if not for the fact that there's so much conviction behind them. Go out and get involved - not lecture, or decide how things should be done based on the fact you'd prefer the world to nice a neat and tidy, or decide you already know enough from a single summers travelling to last a lifetime - but FIND OUT MORE.

Jim (go on... Work out which Jim...)