TRADITION: let's (re)define it.

[CMcG]

Personally, I think it would make more sense if we described it as "Scottish traditional". <snip>

Well the forum heading already has the word "Highland" in it...

OMG!

I cannot believe someone started this thread.

I'm going to my bunker now.

Sorry! Can I pass the buck and say it was Jock Scot's idea?

For me, the problem is more semantic than anything. The sub-forum description indicates that THCD is somehow not current because it stops in the 1980's. I believe that traditional is not the same as historical.

By saying that tradition is still living, it means that it is also still changing. The changes just happen to be slow and tend towards the classic rather than flash in the pan fads. It's what allows discussion on this part of the forum to be held with regards to established conventions, aka "rules."