1) Best Singer; Best Duo; Best Group; Best instrumentalist (by category - strings, wind, free reed etc?); Best Folk club/venue; Best Dance Band; Best Session; Best Value; Best recording; Achievement award; Services to folk in Yorkshire; Most Promising new-comer; 2)* Most importantly I like them (I think that goes without saying); They resident in Yorkshire (I'd suggest the pre-1974 borders) since at least the preceeding year to the awards. 4) Sheffield of course:-) * Of course this implies that a definition of what 'folk' is, or at least in terms of qualifying for nomination, required. Controversially I'd exclude singer/songwriters unless at least 25% of their usual repertoire is traditional
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