"Is the EFDSS really changing enough today into what it ought to be at the vanguard of "our" music?"

My impression (from the distant slopes of Glossop) is that there are signs of vitality of a kind I haven't seen previously during my twenty years' membership. Tributes to RVW and Bert, several songbooks published (including valuable reprints of Penguin and Marrowbones), the magazine much improved, good features in the Journal...

I suppose I should declare a vested interest, since Sam Lee's 'What the Folk' Saturday lunchtime series at CSH includes my Child Ballad presentation 'Songs of Trial and Triumph' on November 1st. I hope to see some of you there.