Where did I ever say a word about Heather Wood's vocals? Nowhere, that's where. (Would never have dared!) The YT stopped performing because Heather and Royston wanted to go off and do their art music and Peter wanted to take a different direction but concentrate on trad and his own work. That was in 1969 and I was at the farewell concert.

Wandering even more wildly off topic, it's now getting on for two decades since Messrs Bellamy & Wood left this world, but Heather who I saw not long ago (NOT in a club), is, thankfully, still with us.

People must be able to perform (and adapt the tradition)

Indeed, yes. The tradition must be respected but conventions can be broken. This must not mean that wannabe performers should be allowed to escape from their bedrooms before they can perform in public, and if 'organisers' have a role at all, it is to keep them offstage. The 'good-enough-for-f*lk' attitude is an abomination and adds exponentially to the public perception of tradarts as an object of ridicule.