Kendall... it was not "taken over"... it was, if anything, abdicated. No one can "take over' a forum like this unless hoards of the good ones surrender and rationalize being like lemmings... or can't take enough time from Facebook to bother...

Once upon a time at the FSGW Open Sing, when we met at church with 2 levels, there was a group who decided that an "open" sing allowed..oh, horrors.. too many not-too-good singers who bored the 'anointed', so after and hour or so, there was a gradual sneaking away to the basement to have a private party.... thus making 'boring' become a self-fulfilling hypothesis.
There are STILL some who will not come to a sing which does not come up to their 'standards'... but Friday night we had about 25 folk sing & play and chat, and enjoy themselves....and yes, there were moments which were less-than-wonderful- but it was sharing and helping and being 'folk'. Not a bad thing....