Dick, I wasn't sure quite what you were saying as it wasn't entirely clear. I don't think anybody would begrudge John and Katy their awards, certainly not you, but I'm still not understanding your point. The EFDSS has an award which recognises excellence and they got it.

And _I'd_ give them a Gold Badger if such an animal existed! :-)


I think they ARE innovators. They have innovated projects which have had a great deal of effect on communities outside the general folk scene and connected those communities with their local historical music in a way which nobody else did before (excepting of course that there's nothing actually new under the sun).