good thread this. Don't expect too many young people to attend. they a diet of manufactured pop thrown at them To admit to liking folk is not considered cool. If they do turn up encourage them. Talk to them' if they want to perform make space for them. A good folk club will combine music and song. will allow for those who want to perform solo and those who want the audience to join in. It is up to the organisers to know the different people who attend and cater for them all. I personally do not like many of the unaccompanied songs despite going to folk clubs when I was 16 back in '66, but like the others that run our club I accept that others do. We also accept newer approaches to folk and trad and try to encourage everyone that wants to perform. AND new attendees are allways welcomed. Our "inner circle" of 5 do not try to dominate proceedings and we do not allow a situation in which others may want to. I help to run the club at the Globe at Guisborough and attend the folk club at the Rugby club.Both are run on the same approach and both are thriving
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