"If you are judged at all, you are judged on an amalgamation of everything they have heard you do, not tonight's faux pas."

Thanks for that BIGM. I must keep rembering that! Also some really good poems and advise from others. Thank you.

Andy 7 you ask if anyone else has these feelings,oh yes! I so wish I didn't.I keep telling myself that I sing because it's what I love to do so why do I need appreciation and why am I so easily discouraged?
I could stay at home and sing but something makes me want to perform. Just sometimes you really touch a listener and they tell you and that is what makes me keep going back for more.

Also I'm proud (good bladder) that I never leave the room or thumb through files or talk while others are performing at a singaround as I respect them.

Believe me it's a handicap being so precious and I do try to fight it!