BBC Folk Awards Demo 7th Feb

Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards Demo 7th Feb
From: Surreysinger
Date: 12 Feb 11 - 08:28 PM

Could I point out that this thread's topic is about the demo which was staged OUTSIDE the venue for the Folk Awards and about saving the FOLKWAVES programme, which was cancelled with short notice before Christmas. Personal pet peeves about what should or should not have won,what should or should not be the subject of an awards event,how people introduce their performances, their own websites or indeed about personality disorders are exceedingly well off topic and have nothing to do with it. If people want to post on this thread, could they restrict their chat to that?? It is a subject which is felt strongly about by many people, and these conversations and peeves are completely divorced from it. There is, after all, as WAV himself has pointed out, another thread for reflections about the awards. Go post there???

Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards Demo 7th Feb
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 13 Feb 11 - 12:53 PM

I wouldn't say "personality disorders" (SurreySinger) or "cranks and crackpots" (PunkFolkRocker), but believing that what has become mainstream Americn culture is somehow above our own and, thus, singing with an American accent or adding pop, rock or jazz elements (and being rewarded/Awarded for it) IS wrong.

As Gareth Malone replied to one of my tweets, "English folk is cool" ~ RT @davidfranks: #folkawards When will we have an ENGLISH Folk Awards to match what they have in Scotland?

Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards Demo 7th Feb
From: Surreysinger
Date: 13 Feb 11 - 01:23 PM

I previously said "There is, after all, as WAV himself has pointed out, another thread for reflections about the awards. Go post there??? "

WAV ... please take a look at your own earlier observations regarding threads , see what I posted (which was NOT about personality disorders - that was a previous poster) and continue your conversation about topics unrelated to the subject matter of the thread elsewhere. This is not about you and your ideas or the Folk Awards - it's about the campaign to save FOLKWAVES.

Subject: RE: BBC Folk Awards Demo 7th Feb
From: GUEST,Ralphie
Date: 14 Feb 11 - 01:37 AM

Would just like to agree with Surreysinger.
David. This thread is not about the Folk Awards, or a plave for you to repeat again your views on Folk music in general (which we have heard a million times before) I started it to highlight the protest to re-instate one of the best loved radio programmes that was axed just before christmas. There are other threads where you can pontificate about your views on what folk music should be. Why not start one of your own, and you can talk to yourself.
The rest of us have heard your views.