We have a "slow jam" at Blues Week (Augusta Heritage Foundation) at Davis and Elkins College very summer and it works real well *but* it takes the right person to lead it and not let it get into that run-away-train mode.

Yeah, newbees want to play as fast as they can. Speed has a way of covering mistakes. But a good facilitator should be the one to control the tempo, not the students...

Sounds like your teacher let the inmates run the jail, Nicole.

Print this entire thread, cross out names if you must, and give a copy to the teacher....

Bobert