Dear john, has it occured to you that the reason traditional music is stronger in Ireland than England, is partly a result of comhaltas aexamination and competitons. COMHALTAS was originally formed in 1951, because the irish tradition was in danger of extinction,as a result of COMHALTAS ACTIVIES [EXAMS COMPETITIONS]the tradition is very much stronger,
anyone that runs an organisation,or business such as[ efdss] needs to look at other successful models such as COMHALTAS and analyse their reasons for success.
apologies to BB, but as efdss aim is to promote dance and song and jOHNADAMS is a representative of efdss,please forgive the red herring.Dick Miles