Guest (28th December) says that he/she reads 'that as being specifically 'English', with 'other folk music' meaning other English folk music.'

But, as I said earlier on, the Society has never limited itself just to English folk (song/dance/customs etc) as this sentence says, 'AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE OF OTHER COUNTRIES.'

I have always seen the EFDSS as being 'English' only in the sense that it is based in England. Unfortunately, we are living through a very nationalistic period (what are all those Union Flags doing behind Government Ministers whenever they appear on TV?) and this proposed change in name belongs to a similar mind-set.