It was never hard to get my family started singing.

I wouldn't ask if anyone wants to do it - I'd just start and hope they would realize I'm not going to stop easily. 'Tis easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission, or even get a bunch of folks to come out and admit they'd like to sing. Maybe you could plot with the other singers to make this happen. (It sounds like what you're thinking about doing anyway.)

Sophocleese, I'm not saying this is true in all cases, maybe just some. When I was a kid, I had friends who said things like you mentioned above. I'd keep singing anyway, and they'd join in and have a lot of fun. I suspect they heard all the negative stuff from their parents, siblings or other friends, and thought that's what you're supposed to think/say about singing. I don't think it was what they actually felt themselves. Once they found out nobody was going to give them a hard time at my house, they felt a lot more comfortable. Who knows, if people go through life hearing that singing is somehow wrong with no evidence to the contrary, maybe they come to believe it.