Peter T,
Not shy at all but agree completely.   It's why we do what we do.

Community does reflect "folk" and that's where the emphasis does the most good. People own the music, then they understand it.

Getting a figurehead for educating kids is tough because it becomes institutionalized fast....like Jazz at Lincoln Center. Ben Webster's few minutes is a case in point. No mention of Eddie Lang in the Burns documentary. (Daddy of all jazz guitarists). Bound to miss somebody.

Let's give the job to lesser lights and have more of them.

Frank Hamilton