Glad that our 13 year old Guest reported in. The Folk Center in Mountain View, Arkansas does a lot of workshops and some contests.   At one time all participants were senior citizens.   That is no longer true.   Some senior citizens started bringing grandchildren and other young folk started to show up.   We do not get as many of the younger generation at concerts but the seniors have the time and the means. We also have a lot more younger folk on stage and jamming on the court square. I'm expecting folk music to be very much alive in 20 years.   That is music that has been passed on for generations finding another generation.   Of course the singer songwriter, "I sing my own songs" type will be with us too. The songs of today's singer songwriter, "I sing my own songs" will not be with us. Unless they spend some time with good lasting music and absorb it into their souls.   An aside, but on the subject in a way, James Keelaghan, in my opinion one of the best of today's singer songwriters recently did a CD of traditional music, and a fine CD it was. But I suspect that Keelaghan had a solid foundation upon which his writing is built.