I realise no-body has a crystal ball on this thread, but I sometimes wonder where the younger end of the scene will be playing and singing in ten or fifteen years time. Some of us will have gone to the great sing around in the sky, others will not feel like running weekly or even monthly Folk Clubs. My own opinion is that the weekly Folk Club event will slowly vanish, the Festivals will increase, and there will be more events like the Soundpost Festival (Fay Heald Bryony Griffith) and we will see more informal song/tune sessions in pubs to encourage the beginners. Am I correct or overly pessimistic or overly optimistic or just plain wrong?