Am looking forward to next year, but I do hope that there will be more song sessions.

Just come along to the Old Road Tavern and sing with the rest. *Smiles*

I am not sure that this particular problem is caused by the lack of alternative places to sing or by me having any need to complain. I go to play tunes in the Irish Session - not to sing there or to listen to anyone else singing there. If I wished to sing or listen to others singing - I would seek out a venue where I could do this without affecting the pleasure of others.

If the normal conventions were being followed (rather than being pushed to the limit) - there would be very little to complain about. If you have the courage (or the brass-neck) to keep giving your fellow session members the choice - (after inflicting your forth song of the evening on them ) - of trying somehow to stop you or just waiting for you to come to the end your current song - there is little hope.   

The (very) occasional song at any tune session is usually welcome - if only to give you a chance to go to the loo - but the same person insisting on singing a number of songs over a number of days - is not done with any "awareness of the flow of the session" but done in spite of this. In practice it also inhibits the 'occasional' song coming from others - (more considerate) - who may recognise that the quota of 'occasional' songs has been reached....

If this session was the only game in town - the occasional song would be more welcome but that is not the case here. So why do these singers not go to the sessions where singing is the object?
Is it because they would have to listen to other singers whilst waiting their turn to sing? Or not be able to sing more than one song? Or not stand-out so much and be so sure of everyone's attention and warm applause?