The question, Insane Suspender, was not whether it ever happened or even whether it should happen but whether it was, as Jim seems to believe, typical of what is going on in UK folk clubs.

And my point, my dear Gastropod, was that whatever may or may be typical of what goes on in UK folk clubs, the rules will always be proven by the exceptions which are themselves the human currency of a music that must be primarily defined by context rather than content. Folk Music is about folks doing music; amateurs with a passion very often greater than their ability, but only in the eyes of certain musos who might snide & sneer from the sidelines, but at the expense of the decency & camaraderie inherent in the very fabric of Folk, with but few exceptions. I'm sure the same is true of Lewes (...20 hours solemn walk...); an encompassing & supportive community of like-minds and old friends communing through the medium of Folk Song, however so wobbly the occasional performance might be.

The Great Suspender