Well, trac has now held two 3-day residential events ("The Big Experiment") and we're getting more young people and there's always a good percentage of people who are 'new' to the session scene.

I also often preach that the Media would do well to perceive a trend over the past couple of years: Springstein doing Pete Seeger, Sting doing folk/trad, Eurovision being won by an obvious 'folky' entry from Norway; in Wales, a number of 'pop' stars going 'unplugged' and drawing repertoire from trad music.

Also in Wales, the Arts Council and Tourist Board are trying to put together a Cultural Tourism European project with an emphasis on trad musicians. I know that there is interest in taking part down in Cornwall and a few European partners have put their heads above the parapets.

sian