"Sorry, Stringsinger, but I did not run a small, intimate and primarily traditional folk club for many years for educational purposes"
Whether you like it or not Dave, education i one of the essentials if folk is to survive
WE were lucky in the early days because there were plenty of people of our age doing the same thing - now "our age" has become a hindrance
Traditional singing is alien to most people - I've heard youngsters describing it as "Paki music"
People need to be first won over to the 'folk sound' and to the idea that you need to concentrate on what you are hearing - and eventually, to think about it
I am constantly being given a boost when I hear a young Irish singer bring a maturity to their singing that you would expect from a veteran - nowhere near enough yet but we're getting there

We were once very moved when we took a Traveller friend to sing and tell stories to a bunch of Deptford schoolchildren
The teacher had them all sitting around Mikeen in a polite circle, until he started to sing and tell stories; gradually they all slid on their bums until they formed a tight circle at his feet - magic

Every time a singer introduces a song hhe is 'educating' his/her listeners, I see nothing wrong with extending that to workshops were this becomes more formalised
The ideal is, of course, your residents tool up to do this rather than buy it in
I jump at any chance of giving a talk - I would rather not get paid for   it because it then becomes work - though an occasional bed , I suppose, counts as payment
Jim