Once the Beijing Olympics are over then the run-up to the 2012 London Olympics will begin.

As people interested in the folk arts we can be part of that and look towards the funding that may be available to promote our interests. There will be money missing as the games take funding but there will also be a huge cultural festival which will run alongside the Games (it is a less well-publicised part of the Olympics).

If Katy Spicer and the Arts Managers of this world can help the folk arts in general and the EFDSS to gain a part of that, then great.

Or we can blink and miss it.