The clubs around Dorset, that seem to be doing well, are all monthly events; namely: Royal Wessex Hotel Dorchester, The Elm Tree Langton Herring, The Weaver's Club Sherbourne, and others at Fifehead Magdelene and Winterborne St. Andrew. The attendance at the weekly session at The Cove Inn on Portland and the sing-around at The Ship Inn, in Weymouth tend to fluctuate a bit, but as with all events of this nature there is always the hardcore of dedicated people to keep everything ticking over. Each locality has its own dedicated group of singers and musicians. There is another small group of people who seem to stray from 'their' patch and 'do the rounds' on a regular basis, visiting all of the clubs in the county, breathing fresh air into them. I just wish that there were MORE younger people in the clubs, we do have one or two youngsters, but the vast majority in the Weymouth/Portland/Dorchester/Langton Herring area are forty+.
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