There is a recent thread on telling a bodhran player to shut up, On another note, Ive noticed having been at sessions in Scotland and Ireland recently that in Ireland there's strong sense of respect for the music such that when someone sings an a capella song (the session leader will bang on the table and the place goes quiet - they even turn the fan off) whereas in Scotland or for that matter in Vancouver everyone just keeps on talking. In a recent session in vancouver when someone sang a lovely air - and one patron shouted at another to keep quiet the bar staff quickly put a stop to it even though the pub the owner and many of the staff were Irish. Obviously the size of the place and type of session something to do with it. What are other peoples views on this matter. Cheers. Petr.
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