I'm with Cluin: First and last--first. Especially, finish strong!

Now, I am a solo act, singing with guitar, with banjo, and unaccompanied. Although I love my unaccompanied songs, I would never start or finish with unaccompanied.

I use the distribution of banjo/guitar/unaccompanied throughout the program to change the pace, break up the sameness as it were, as well as changes of tempo, of key, and such factors as sea songs, bloodthirsties (now there's a technical term for you!), love songs, comedy songs.

Other than that sort of generalized description, I can't think of any other principles of program planning.

Dave Oesterreich