"The folk scene IS irrelevant to the Society, from so much of what I see,"

Explain this please, with relevant examples from your own experience. Because I can cite (at the risk of repeating myself) the following:

Concerts of new and contemporary folk artists, including Jim Moray and the Shee

Sponsorships at Cambridge, Sidmouth and Furness folk festivals of both young artists and traditional artists, and a wide range of performance and workshop activity for adults and young people

The Take 6 Project, which brought folk music to school children in the communities where that music was originally collected

The David Owen and Doc Rowe art exhibitions

The upcoming Olympics partnership project with the Morris Organisations which will get hundreds, if not thousands, of kids morris dancing

Peartnerships with folklahoma

Not to mention the most important relevance of all: the many young musicians and singers who are coming into the library every day to research the tradition and find new material.


So now you give ME the examples, FROM YOUR OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, which tell you that "the folk scene IS irrelevant to the society". Given that you have previously admitted that you have no direct experience of its work, know little about what it actually does, and have never been to Cecil Sharp House, this might be challenging. Please also give EXAMPLES which back up your other claim, that EFDSS has sought to keep you away from traditional music. Tell us about when you tried to access EFDSS's resources and were turned away. Or when you contacted the staff or tried to use the library, and they were anything less than encouraging and helpful.

And then explain whether you really DO have a problem with EFDSS, or whether in fact you've decided to make it part of one of your nasty little vendettas just because one or two people associated with it, past and present, have got up your nose over the years.

Let's be honest and unmask this rather unhealthy obsession for what it really is. It is kind of pathetic that someone with NO actual experience or knowledge of an organisation would seek to damage it, especially one as significant and as fragile as EFDSS, because of their personal issues. Grow the hell up.