We can all learn something from the advice Arkie hands out. I have been to the Ozark Folk Center alot. Mt.View is a town I would love to live in. If there os any place I have ever been that is getting it right on passing down traditional folk art and music it is Mt.View Ar. I mean the place is a folk musicians dream. Throngs of musicians play music around the courthouse square every night. It is an amazing community and amazing people. My girlfriend and I went out to that area this last May for the weekend. This was her 1st trip and my who knows how many'th lol. She fell in love with it instantly. The musicians start showing up in the morning on the weekends and it is late before they finally stop. I started playing with musicians at around 10 am and didn't quit until after 2 am. They have chairs sitting around downtown in front of the courthouse and in front of businesses and people just show up and play. It is such a neat place. Arkie is one opinion you can trust about preserving folk music. His area is one of the few places I have seen that is doing a great job of that.