Well it isn't all singarounds. We have very lively sessions (that would probably appall purists, but hey-ho) that evolved from the folk club ethos. There's no sitting in circles and no reverential audiences and no taking turns. Though if someone wants do a song, they can do so and we'll cheerfully embrace that as well, and we do, often. I'm not saying it's better, not a bit of it. Each to his/her own and all that. But we've been at it for nearly twenty years, it's still traditional music, and we still get free beer!