To be fair, Dave, I think it's easy to make those sorts of assumptions about EFDSS based on its history, and if people have been out of touch with the organisation for a while, it's probably not that surprising that these are their impressions.

I should add, as mentioned elsewhere, that Thursday night's launch for the Young Coppers CD at Cecil Sharp House was attended by Dave Rotheray from The Beautiful SOuth and Graham Coxon from Blur. Both were very enthusiastic about EFDSS when I spoke to them, and happily parted with contact details so that EFDSS can keep in touch with them.