You don't read very carefully, Conrad. I SAID that I do not organized festivals, nor do I run a pub or coffeehouse, and I don't set up and promote concerts. I leave that to people who are better at it than I am. As I said, I don't make the decisions. But I PERFORM at these events. And I am not "advocating" anything in particular, other than trying not do drive people away from performances of folk music and alienating them.

If you were REALLY interested expanding interest in folk music, you wouldn't be taking the position that you are.

Performers don't have to be "the best." But they shouldn't be so bad that they make people look around desperately for the quickest way out.

Other people here understand what I've written. Why can't you!??

Don Firth