Deni. Wareham Wail does not provide any entertainment, or supervision for children (or anyone else). It is a singing festival, as Kitty said 'a celebration of unaccompanied singing'. The banquet is not suitable for children because it starts at approx midnight, long after the little dears (and my) bedtime. It's entertainment content, like the rest of the weekend, is a matter of what happens at the time. Generally speaking, people do not take their children to WW (us included) because it doesn't have the 'feel' of a childrens weekend. As far as I am aware, there is no ban on children, but it very much a no frills weekend, very basic.

Kitty, I wasn't getting at you. Particularly over the last year, there has been a growing myth about the defined roles of each of the venues. I was just pointing out that nobody actually imposes such rules. You were quoting Alan's leaflet, I was quoting Alan. All he wants is for all the venues to work well, in whatever format. We have tried to treat it as part of our job to encourage people to sing what they want to sing, not worry about having the right song for a particular venue. Last year, we had someone actually complain that people had been singing chorus songs in the top tent - shock! horror! how dare they? What are we supposed to do, throw them out as soon as the first verse is over, or gag the rest of the 'audience' to stop them from joining in? I don't feel it is in anyones interest for such myths to get etched into the mental granite. It's an easy going weekend, I hope it stays that way.

I know you came to the top tent last year, we were pilotting the session at the time and were very pleased to see you. If I remember rightly, you were one of those dreadful people who sang a chorus song (or two) in there. Me too! Hopefully, we'll both be in there causing just as much trouble again this year, too.

See you there

Brian