Folkiedave: I do play fiddle, and footle about on duet concertina, but I fear you may be thinking of another John Kelly, from Ireland? Actually, if you're who I think (Dave Eyre) we have met - at Sidmouth four or five years back. I was dancing with Rumworth, and Haydn Thomson introduced us. You wre supposed to be emailing back about some books....
Ruth Archer: I like your analogy with the lift! And, yes - it is your age group that is conspicuously missing from folk music and dance. It's the yuppie generation. Please don't take that personally - you're obviously not all yuppies. It must be a lonely existence! Interesting question: what should we now call yuppies, since they're no longer young - and possibly no longer upwardly mobile? As you say, the 'new' people are not alwys young; the folk dance club people are predominantly past retirement age, but that seems to be because it's the thing to do when you retire.
Gene Burton: Don't be writing me off just yet; I've already told a few people to get a nice flat gravestone put over them, as I fully intend to be clog dancing on their graves when I'm 100. That's the sort of person you're dealing with here...
John Kelly.