The Volunteer Sunday Evening looks a good event as you suggested Anne, although probably not geared towards many drop in singers from my reading of the programme, but I'm MCing the Ham then so will miss it anyway.

I usually pop into the Theatre Bar at least once, maybe twice in the week but if my lunchtimes are free I tend to go to the Volunteer for the "in the tradition" sessions 12.00 to 2.00. I think my schedule this year means I'll only miss one of them.

The lunchtime Volunteer, Theatre Bar and Middle Bar all have their own distinctive flavour and appeal to different tastes. Mine veer toward the Volunteer but I also enjoy the Theatre Bar; well it's run by friends, what can I say.

Dave B: The Sidmouth history book mentions, in the section for 1980 that the Middle Bar singers sang all week, which ties in with the 25 year anniversary, but also states that you ran sessions there in 1978 and 1979. I guess that yours were not the whole week hence the "formal" 1980 start referred to, although it's not clear. You are credited with starting session there though. There's a photo of the Punk Ceilidh in 1977 but it's not easy to see who's who, probably a good thing!