Here's a thought, Allison. Rather than bend your music to what may be simply the flavor of the month at the school, consider the integrity of what you do every day in your approach to traditional music. Why do you choose this song rather than that one? Why do you sing that particular version? Consider musicians who have lived their lives as persons of integrity; Pete Seeger, Jean Ritchie, Utah Bruce Phillips, Cindy Kallet, Gordon Bok...

"When Seeger goes before an audience, he knows one song he is going to sing—the first one. "I used to write down a few," he says. "Somehow, they never seemed to fit in—so I gave it up." Many of the songs deal with social inequality, with the bomb, and the question of peace. As a humanitarian with a strong feeling for justice, Seeger wants to help solve the problems he sings about. This moral integrity is the source of his strength and beauty as a performer. He has not sacrificed his principles, as have many of today's urban folk singers, out of a prudent avoidance of anything controversial." http://www.peteseeger.net/hifi1963.htm

Show it more than you tell it.

Best wishes for you and Hunt...and get some sleep, eh?

Maeve