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GUEST,Mike Miller Professional Folksinger, and Proud of It (65* d) RE: Professional Folksinger, and Proud of It 21 Sep 06

Honest to Betsy, weelittle, it's not so bad as all that. While nursing homes are not the most lucrative of venues (typically in the $85- $150 range), the shows are not the trials you make them out to be. Some audiences are more responsive than others but, as I have learned, an inability to applaud does not mean an inability to enjoy and appreciate. Besides, senior doesn't have to mean senile. I play at many retirement communities where the audience is older, to be sure, but as alert and open as any folk audience I have seen.
It is true I do other kinds of venues but, when I am available, I am glad sing for the altes. Hell, I'm one of them.

               Mike

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