Yes, Howard, the Education Development Days are aimed at "educators", but these are the very people who are promoting folk arts in their own communities. And the majority of the NW projects are promoting participation; Lancashire Turns and Tunes Lancashire Youth Folk Group Horse + Bamboo Performing Arts Theatre Lancashire Encounter Festival Abhi Dance Academy Preston City Mela Movema Dance Company National Youth Folk Ensemble These projects reach far deeper into our communities than our folk clubs can.
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