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Thread #104605   Message #2148174
Posted By: Folkiedave
13-Sep-07 - 07:56 AM
Thread Name: EFDSS: 'Folk free zone'
Subject: RE: EFDSS: 'Folk free zone'
Glor na nGael is a national organisation for the Irish language.

Every year Glór na nGael award more than €150,000 worth of prizes to committees from around the country. This is done through the means of a public competition where partnership of local groups and the promotion of the Irish language are the main focus. Most committes work on a voluntary basis and the others provide employment for people with the Irish language in this country. Each committee is doing excellent work, from setting up naíscoileanna and gaelscoileanna to organising events through the Irish language in the areas that they are living. From the amount of work that these committees have done, it is clear that they have true vision and respect for the development of the language and the language itself. Glór na nGael is extremely pleased with the excellent work that these committees are doing.
                           
                                 Taken from the Glor na ngael website.

Here is how it works Dick.

Do you seriously believe that this committee structure would work for folk music in England Dick?

As for the EFDSS teaching music, no they don't do it. So clearly the dozens of young people coming into folk music are doing it via osmosis.

Or perhaps Folk Arts England had something to do with it?

http://www.folkarts-england.org/folk%20dev.htm