Last night we had a concert in Winchester (UK) with about a hundred people from 3 community choirs, all singing Hampshire folk songs, as part of the celebration of George Gardiner's folk song collecting. Most of the singers and the audience members (the concert was sold out) were not "folkies" and probably have never been to a folk club or festival, but thoroughly enjoyed the music, and might now be persuaded to come to another and different type of folk event. I know a lot of community choirs don't do British (and especially not English) traditional music, though I'm never quite sure why. I'm interested to hear from any community choir members out there who are also interested in folk song, with a view to exchanging ideas and maybe some repertoire!
Best wishes
Sarah