I USED TO SING IN FOLK CLUBS MANY YEARS AGO AND HADN'T SUNG IN PUBLIC FOR 20 YEARS, UNTIL RECENTLY. YES, IT IS AN ORDEAL, YOU FEEL AS IF YOU WANT TO DROP THROUGH THE FLOOR IF YOU DON'T SING OR PLAY WELL. BUT, WE ARE LUCKY HERE IN DEVON, ENGLAND, WE HAVE TOLERANT GOOD NATURED FOLK PEOPLE, WHO JUST LET YOU GET ON WITH IT, LAUGH WITH YOU WHEN YOU DO A PLONKER, SO JUST SHUT YOUR EYES, AND DO WHAT YOU LIKE DOING.

THAT'S THE REAL GIST OF IT. IF YOU ENJOY WHAT YOU DO. MOST FOLKS, EVEN PROFESSIONALS HAVE BEEN THERE. IF YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH, COME TO OUR PRINCETOWN FOLK EVENINGS, IF NOT FIND ONE LOCAL TO YOU, IF THEY ARE SNIFFY, FIND ANOTHER. YOU WILL FIND ONE THAT YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE IN EVENTUALLY.

BEST OF LUCK, BUT DON'T GIVE UP, SCREW UP YOUR COURAGE AND DO IT.

JENNY