I'm not that fond of Kumbaya, but understand why some people like it. I do object, when I'm sitting in an audience, when we are coerced into standing up and holding hands, or other "forced" comraderie. It's not just done with Kumbaya. I was at a house concert where the performers asked everyone to stand up and hold hands on Kate Wolf's Give yourself to Love. I like that song, I understand why the performers felt they wanted to do it, but I still only went along because I didn't want to try to explain why I would rather have stayed seated. The Revels performances where the cast tries to get the audience to join hands and circle around the theater also bothers me. I was at a holiday singalong last December where, when they did that and someone asked me to join (politely, I would add) I just said arthritic knees and they moved on.