I'm confused. There have never been 'reserved for musicians' signs on the tables in the front room (the one on the right as you go in), although there's sometimes a sign on the door identifying that romm as the 'singaround room'. Space is limited in this room, but whoever is running the session has always accomodated singers, and everyone gets their chance when it is their turn. But it may not be their turn for about an hour or two as it does take time to get round everyone.

The place where there are 'reserved for musicians' signs is the main room, which accommodates a free-for-all dive-in session during festival times. So it may be a tune session, or a tune session with occassional songs, but with no identified leader. So if you sat in there and waited to be asked to sing you would have a very long wait! Except when this room is hosted by Derek Elliot as it is once a week throughout the year, and then you would be asked to sing.

The other room (the front non-smoking room with the bar in it) hosts informal dive-in sessions during festival times.

I say festival times because similar things happen during the Moor and Coast Festival and Whitby Folk Week. The singaround room is an official venue for the Moor and Coast Festival, and a purely unofficial one during Folk Week.