Where are the youngsters?

Subject: RE: Where are the youngsters?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 18 Aug 12 - 05:53 AM

IMHO most "youngsters" who folk want to participate in music/song and/or undertake energetic dance. Broadstairs is still short of the variety of participation that Sidmouth offers, its pubs (unlike 20 years ago) are full of electric mid-atlantic or worse music.

When I was last there the experience of playing for the morris was unsatisfying (even compared to the norm), with sound overlapping sound, shortage of decent pitches, grockles walking through dances etc.

Of course an alternative explanation is that the "yoof" are avoiding the oldies and are there somewhere pissing themselves with laughter at the oldies trying to connect with the young.

Subject: RE: Where are the youngsters?
From: terrier
Date: 18 Aug 12 - 05:36 AM

Yes, it should be a concern, how us older generation have lost touch with how we you'st to be, how the youngsters now/still are. Maybe the difference is that as youngsters, we were ready to ride on the backs of the older, more experienced musos/singers, whereas now the up and comming players are looking for new avenues to explore and they are doing it in their own way at their own venues.

Subject: RE: Where are the youngsters?
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Aug 12 - 05:22 AM

yes, it should be a concern. The only answer I can think of, is that the general collapse of musical literacy means that they simply aren't there

Subject: Where are the youngsters?
From: GUEST,FloraG
Date: 18 Aug 12 - 05:16 AM

Popped down to Broadstairs festival yesterday - what joy a bus pass is - amd met a lot of old friends - but where are the youngsters? Its the same people who were there 10 years ago - and some 20 or 30.
Some morris sides have youngsters and some of the paid guests were youngish, but where are the rest?
Should this be of concern?
FloraG