Here's a suggestions (A strong suggestion) to workshop leaders.

Whether you are leading a straight sing-around or taking a more unstructured approach, at the very start of your workshop look around, see who's already there, and ask how many of them would like to sing during the workshop.

Then you may want to say that if they haven't gotten to sing by about 5 or 10 minites from the end, please raise their hands & remind you. It's awfully frustrating for people to arrive early and never get to lead a song because the circle filled up with latecomers and never got to them.

Thanks!

(and thanks to Judy Cook, who provided an example of this at last year's Getaway.)

Rita