Les, Dave, three and a half days ago, in my first post on this thread, I said: "...there is no need for antagonism between organiser and performer". So, to be told now "Be grateful all you performers and just think,you would do it as a choice coz it is in you anyway", is at least patronising. In other words, because I love what I am doing, and yes, I am lucky to have been given the chance and the support to do it (for which I have always been grateful and have said so many times), for those reasons I should then "be grateful" and shut up? roll over to be tickled? what?

I accept that GUEST,ian did not mean the message to have the overtones that put Blowzabella's back up. I am sure he is a good guy and would love to harmonise with him (ian, that is). But cut Blowzabella some slack too, he feels attacked - and reading the text above, I can see why.