Three things are fairly obvious to me:-
* The folk club organisers who have been working at it for decades don't have a monopoly of good ideas.
* The young folk club organisers who have emerged in the last few years don't have a monopoly of good ideas.
my point entirely which is why i stated of Equal importance.
lastly there is nothing wrong with wild mountain thyme it is a beautiful song that serves the purpose of getting everyone to sing to together.
People like PeteSeeger[a consummate performer]understood the purpose of such songs as good night irene, and then would intersperse that song with something of political significance, like how dirty is my stream,
good night irene and wild mountain thyme[or well known chorus songs] are songs that good performers understand have their uses.
Folk club organisers need to know about how to organise, perfOrmers need to know about performing, That would seem like common sense , however common sense does not appear to be that common.