I suspect one important factor is to see what ever 'trad' is as a collection of things: songs, tunes, mumming, concerts, social dance, morris, sword, clogging, stories, -------- walking and making home brewed beer? Then to try to do as many as is reasonable.

Another is that most people don't want to do folkie things every week and few of us have enough songs to be interesting and fresh every week.

And, although it's obvious it isn't always attended to, these are social events where people should enjoy each others company

Cheers

L in C
Who must leave for Portugal where the weather is wetter than Manchester.

Plug, plug The Beech, Beech Road, Chorlton, Manchester, Wednesday 17 Feb. Songs and a few tunes, mosstly but not exclusively traditional