If you are one of those rare and precious women with a voice that is almost bass, with a rasp that raises the hair on the back of the neck, absolutely the showstopper is "Bring a little water Sylvie" - but prepare to stand back when the harmonies move into contrapuntal rythms. An amazing and modest woman called Jane Petto stopped the Brodstars folk festival a couple of years ago with just that. It was at the late night singaround at the school, about 4 am and we all thought the roof was coming off.

People still talk about it.