Firecat said: I'm 19! Does that count as young enough, or are we just talking about under 18s?

According to this 'Shooting Roots' event at Towersey Festival - the age limit in order to attend in order to learn to play and participate in folk music appears to be 26!

http://www.mrscasey.co.uk/towersey/tShoot.htm

Are we in danger here - perhaps for the very best reasons - of creating and encouraging a totally bogus devide in our music making?

The idea surely is not to artificially create a situation where the young only feel that they can play with other young people?

-And where the older musicians are seen as only useful to learn from?

-And where younger musicians are seen as only useful to teach?

We can all learn from each other surely - regardless of our age? Perhaps if we have reached a stage where we can't learn anymore - that defines us as being TOO old? Or regardless of age - TOO conceited?