Now that a few days have passed, I think that perhaps I understand what happened. The Moose Lodge hadn't done an open-mic in several years apparently and no one I talked to beforehand could tell me how it was going to work. No one was actually in charge. Perhaps in the past when they had done open-mic nights all they got was a few drunks who wanted to sing with the band. The band may not have been expecting someone wanting to perform solo any more than I was expecting to play with the band. They may have been as confused as I was. When I went back up to do another song, they made no effort to join me and after the one song, one band member suggested I do another, which I did, and again they left me alone. In fairness to the band, they were good bar room entertainment for the crowd that was there. I think they weren't prepared for me any more than I was prepared for them. Unless and until I get some feedback from someone in the audience to the contrary, that's my theory and I really feel pretty good about the end of the experience anyway.

Go for it Kat. What can it hurt?