"but then again, the standard of singing over here is far higher than it is in the UK for traditional events."
I meant to add - and a damn sight more friendly and welcoming than some of the cliquish freemasons lodges where the regulars sit in little bunches and ignore strangers, as I have witnessed and exoerienced on many occasions in the UK down the years
Jim Carroll

Absolutely - with their heads bowed down and their little rules!!!!