When I lived in Glentrool, Galloway, we ran some events in the village school and persuaded Sheila to come for a night for the villagers- NOT a folk club! She came with Jess Smith (author of 'Tales from the Tent') and we had a wonderful night (I have a DVD)

We decided to ask Sheila & Jess to talk to the children in the afternoon & they were a great hit (especially the rude bits!) & it all went well. One aspect was her explanation of the cant language via a cant version of a song.

   We Ieft the children in the teachers' charge & went for tea at our house across the road. I remembered we hadn't put the chairs etc back in position as we'd promised, so I went back to do it.

   The children were still in the cloakroom & didn't see me. I was delighted to hear them talking about what they'd heard, but the best thing was when I heard a group of three or four of them singing Sheila's 'cant song- I think it was 'When the boat comes in'.

That's what I call making an impact.