The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #173694   Message #4214605
Posted By: GUEST,PMB
02-Jan-25 - 04:47 PM
Thread Name: “Lamentable Fiddlers” in Sandy Bell's Bar…
Subject: RE: “Lamentable Fiddlers” in Sandy Bell's Bar…
I would have expected it to be the other way round. Apologies for forgetting to stick my moniker on that last post. And for missing the u.

Song sessions - great.
Poetry, story sessions - great.
Tune sessions. English. Irish. Scots. Welsh. French. - great.
Mixed sessions with any or all of the above combined - great.

Juggling act in tune session - well, once in a while. The occasional dance is often better received. Barging in with what you think should be going on when the rest of the company have settled down to an expected different take - perhaps don't be surprised if you're coolly received. Insistently telling other people what they ought to be doing when they've convened for an agreed purpose - be well insured for plastic surgery.

But we're getting a long way from Barbara Dickson, and why she preferred the good old days of standing outside with the womenfolk while the smoky male boozers got on with the serious business in the warm.