With the "audition fee" for every "deserving performer" who gets a chance, there are a couple hundred people who apply but are not good enough--so the promoters mostly take money from people they know will never even be considered--

SC, I would be really interested to know how many people that the New Folk operation gets money from, as opposed to how many they allow to play--The thing that kills me is the people who run these events are the same ones who complain about how crooked and corrupt the music business is--well, at least with Payola, when you pay, you get played--