It is the tradition for the Welsh irish and Scots to promote music in such away and from a very early age, like 5 ?

there are differing 'classes' of music, only one will be 'Trad', there are others , and ther'ld be solos, duos, small choirs and large, single sex and mixed, singing and reciting !

In general the English do not have this though there are occasional forays. Probably initiated by a celt ! These events tend to be rather formal and classical based

It gives youngsters a very early learning platform on which to perform 'publicly'

I was always beaten by the girl who could sing and and play piano better than me.



It is a cultural and local community.area 'thing'. In London it was based on the Welsh chapels and churches and the London Welsh Society was the larger picture.

I believe the 'english' are the poorer for not having such. i exempt certain celtic influenced areas like Cornwall and the N East of Eng

so the culture is purely in the hands of ?

I was lucky to have attended a school where the music teacher promoted such a competition and I fully support those teachers who do so these days

dear Jed, you dont know what you've missed out on, but you appear to be overcoming your handicap, good luck.