Last night at music the group was enthusiastic about a suggestion I made, an idea I've moiled about in my mind for some time.

As I've said before, in Juneau we have a new monthly music venue which consists of 5 twenty-minute sets. It is fun and has become popular. We call it 'Gold Street Music' for the obvious reason.

Now we're thinking of sometime early in the next year scheduling our Friday night music jam group- about 12 people - for a 40-minute set. It will consist of everybody being onstage at all times but individuals and duos and threesomes, etc, would break off and do a song or tune (or two). The whole group would start it off by doing a group number and involve the audience and end it the same way.

Everything would be planned and practiced.

I was visualizing a group of empty chairs in front and everyone standing behind them, then the designated performers would come forward and take their seats.

But perhaps having every one seated would work better just as in a real jam. In real life, when two people want to do a number together there is some shifting of seating.

Any ideas?