" What does this tell us? - nothing much? "

the lad learned it from John Spiers, who presumably learned it from another source ad infinitum....

and on another point, or should I say the same one re-ierated..

On the contrary, Eliza, I think globalisation (e.g., many nationals "going-pop"/employing pop-methods such as the one mentioned above) is much more likely to make "everyone the same".

Eliza C is NOT talking about globalisation or anything like it..what she is saying is that, and I quote "The "traditional" way is to move naturally with the times" umm...again I present The Imagined Vilage (which Eliza appears on, by the way) as evidence of the tradition moving forward in good way, a natural way...it's one of my favourite CD's. The tradition isn't a museum piece in a glass case to be viewed by the paying punters, it's a living thing, ever changing, ever growing, and long may it do so.

Charlotte R