Adam, let me add my congratulations to the list! I'm so thrilled that someone your age realizes that traditional songs are works of art and they are a very neglected but important part of our heritage and culture. When I was in high school in the sixties and early seventies many of the old ballads were presented to us as literature (which they are!)and were accorded the attention they deserve. Not too long ago after one of my performances a person in the audience came up and spoke to me. He was a high school teacher and said that he wished his students could hear me, because the songs really brought many historical events and periods to life. I volunteered to perform for his class but he said the ballads didn't fit into any of his lessons and he had to concentrate on the prescribed SOL's (standards of learning). Ballads and such, he said, are considered to be subversive leftover junk from the sixties. What a shame. Adam, I am proud of you and your group! I hope you win the State competition!!!!!