A couple of thoughts: 1) Consider running a couple of workshops each season. Guitar, singing and song writing workshops are great if you want to encourage the active members of the club. Our experience is that workshops often attract a few watchers as well as participants. Great idea to run something like this for (say) an hour before a guest slot - Julie is doing this at the Rhyl Folk Club in November - or even before a singers session. 2) The Topic FC in Bradford often theme their singers nights - "Drinking Songs" - "New Songs" - even "Songs about death" etc. Imagine that, folk songs with people dying in them - must have been a long night that one ... Best regards John Robinson http://www.JulieEllison.co.uk
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