The problem now is a serious one of how to get those many youngsters, who are folking away regardless of EFDSS, to get involved.
not just youngsters but people of my age too, i have been folking away for many years regardless of efdss, about 30 years, playing clubs festivals, I even played in a band with John and Katie Howson[recent recipients of EFDSS gold badge] though it appears myself Sue Weir and Paddy Butcher have been airbrushed from their history.
When John and Katie, first arrived in Suffolk for a couple of years we all[ paddy john, katie, jan butcher, sue weir, Dick Miles] played in a band called The Suffolk Bell and Horseshoe band, Sue and I later played in a second band with John and Katie, none of this folking was in anyway connected to the EFDSS.
Congratulations to John and Katie for their EFDSS GOLD BADGE.