What I find really encouraging is when we get young dancers and musicians coming onto the folk scene who ARE'NT the offspring of other folkies, genuine fresh blood from the real world outside. That's when I celebrate.

And as far as offspring are concerned - for me personally they are too arty-farty and precious and NYFTE come over to me as bored looking youths doing the dancing because they've been pushed into it by folky parents rather than it's something that they have genuinely done as their own choice.