I went to a club once where no-one sang along & it was really strange. They all sat around tables in groups, had their own private little parties & applauded politely, tho! My club is famous for it's acoustics & it's singing audience, & I try to book acts we can sing with.

Another strange evening at a third venue had the MC hoping the booked act (singer/songwriter) was not doing a particular song cos "we" - MC's group - wanted to do it. Guest was not apreciative cos he had previously asked MC's group not to sing their version of the song as it lost all meaning the way they rearranged it. Near the end of the evening MC asked guest how many songs he had left. 3 was the answer. Oh, just do 2 cos we want to hear someone's instrument solo again. Guest was very restrained all evening & we never went back (strangely enough)

sandra