worth taking into account - some newspapers won't bother sending a reporter and photographer round as this expensive for them having to pay these people - however if you send a photo -together with a press statement and interview - you have done their job for them and they will be pleased to do a feature on you from what you send.

Remember all the bases you are covering here. fromthe sound of it your local church might be willing to give it a mention in their parish magazine.

Nowadays - you can e-mail evry local paper, plus the folk press.

frankly I don't believe you aren't awash with Irishmen and women, and other ethnic groups in Jackson who would fancy getting up an giving you a song. You are obviously going to have to have the dance club one night and the song night on another night.