How much do you get out of a session / sing around. We all hear and learn new tunes and songs from other areas that we may never visit. At the fringe we have the chance to talk about these, and find the history, this may lead into friendships that may never have occurred. One of the things that I found touching at Beverley fringe this year was to see Si Khan and his wife sitting through the sing around he was not bothered that he was not called on to sing, he said that he listened to the new songs and loved the harmonies, especially Linda and Hazel "Hissyfit" and took their Cd home with him and when he was asked to sing was amazed when the whole session joined in on the chorus. To me these things are contributions not comparisons, as the thread seems to have developed into.