Re the attendance, I don't know the Morris scene here but think (outside the small folk club singers players), local support wise, it can a problem in these parts.

With the Irish sessions, we are as scattered as say me near Cromer and a couple I can think of in Beccles. Norwich becomes a sort of hub or centre with some of us having some distance to go.

It's not that players don't exist in Norfolk (I know a couple with the 1000+ tune type repertoire who would hold their own anywhere) but a) part the geography and b) peoples areas of musical interest