Hi Strollin' I sure know where you are coming from and I have lots of optimism for the future of the music we all love, and lots of optimism that it is in safe hands with so many good young musicians
about today.
Last year there was a tea time session in a pub called the Fleece in Haworth, Yorkshire, we used to get lots of young people there playing- fiddles, flutes, whistles, you name it , ages from pr- teens to late teens, all playing traditional [ mainly ] music. So all is not lost.
eric