Ebbie,
It's nice to hear a success story and it's also interesting to of the opposite happening.
I repeat, as far as I'm concerned, almost anybody is capable of singing as long as they put in the work.
I also believe it to be part of the folk club's job is to help those who want to sing, not by allowing themselves to humiliate themselves in public, but to put the skills and the experience of club performers at the newer singers disposal.
MBS George
What you are describing is not a club, but a series of concerts interspersed with practice sessions.
Jim Carroll