Well, Andy Cohen has a bunch of stuff going, but I can't recall what all he has scheduled. I was in touch with him before the holiday and he did say that there would be trad-oriented activities throughout the conference.

Frank is correct, of course..and I do believe that education is going to be happening. There are a bunch of fantastic folks that are involved in doing just that at FA. However, I do fear that Andy's (and the FA) plan might be preaching to the choir.

What we need is someone of keynote speaker status (anyone personally know Roger McGuinn?? :-) ) to try to sway the masses.

Frank said, "The singer/songwriter is in danger of becoming just another arm of the pop music biz. It's about gigs, copyrights, publishing deals, airplay etc. etc."

Unfortunately, I am afraid that they (and we) are already there. But I do believe strongly that trad folk music can be entertaining and enjoyable. We just need to be given a chance. Many times we aren't and dismissed as irrelevant and boring.

Deb Cowan