humusic1-6, Exercise 3: Revival or invention?

Model answer (one possible paragraph; check the scholarship):

For revival: the dance house used real village dances, songs and styles, learned from recordings, films and living musicians, and it brought older players into contact with a new generation. Without it, much of this material might have disappeared from use.

For invention: the participants were city people learning a rural repertoire in a very different setting. The repertoire was selected and sometimes simplified, the events were organised and often supported by institutions, and the bands played for a new audience with new expectations. The result is a new social practice built from old material.

Conclusion: both are true. The dance house preserved and transmitted a tradition, and in doing so changed it. That is how most folk revivals work, and it does not make the music less real.