"yes it does, it means good performance"
Not always - we've argued before about a 'very professional' performer who occasionally vomited over the audience - he had an alcohol problem and unfortunately many audiences encouraged his behaviour and it became part of his act.
Good entertainment of any sort does not make good folk singing, no matter how professionally done - can't remember the number of time I've turned up to hear a 'name' I'd never heard sing before and gone home thinking "what was that all about?"
The Singers Club committee was inundated by publicity flyers from 'professional folk singer agents advertising 'their boy', who wanted to get into 'the folk scene' - we never booked any without hearing them and those who had the forethought to send recorded samples were quite often either poor performers or nothing to do with folk music whatever.
Agents are paid to promote eve when what they are promoting is crap.
"I do not disagree, but my point is that those people practised,and performed without shuffling through crib sheets, is that not correct Jim?"
You harp on this as if it is the general practice of us mere non-professionals - it is not and to suggest other wise is elitist nonsense.
"I am suggesting everybody should practise so that they can perform to the best of their abilities"
So am I - what the **** are you on about.
"basically more Carroll Codswallop"
And this is more of your gratuitous insulting - if you can't address people properly - go and learn some manners
Don't know about cl;ubs, but I'd never bother my arse to listen to such an ill-mannered lout.
You really aren't good enough as a performer or as a debater to insult anybody
Jim Carroll