I must say that the 'reserved for muicians' at the tap and spile is very offputting for us humble singers - I saw then earlier this year when the festival was not on. It was not even true because the seats were taken up by performers and their non-performing partners as well while us poor people waiting to get a chance to sing could not even get in:-( But it is their style so I know better than to go there in the future.

It is not really rocket science to run a singaround. I did last night at the Manchester mudgather. Allow all the singers 10 minutes each. OK - We didn't finish till 11:45 last night but it could equaly have finished at 10:30 - In which case I would have started again. Just lay down the ground rules at the offset and maintain them. Easy.

Cheers

DtG