The warm emotional experioence of everyone singing together--no matter what they sing or how well they sing is--is one thing. Music is another. I sort of wish singing groups/circles/singarounds/hoots would adopt a labeling system (like the movies) to provide some advance warning as to what to expect. It's not that one approach is better than another; it's just that some of us are disappointed when we attend a new group and find that it's rated RUS.