Thanks, Vixen! I think it might have gone better if I'd been scheduled for a later workshop period. This is the fourth year that the PASA (Philadelphia Area Songwriters' Alliance [Pennsylvania USA]) has put on the event (we call it "Winter SongWorks"), and I've long since learned that the first period is always rough because folks are still in the "meet-and-greet" mental mode when they come into the workshop room. It takes a while for everyone to switch gears and start thinking about songwriting in general, much less the workshop topic in particular.

I hope you're right that the attendees left knowing a bit more than they did when they came in, and that they'll think twice the next time they starttoputtoomanysyllablesintoaline of their next song!

Anywho, if this thread generates any interest in PASA's activities, we have workshops every month, a showcase-and-open-stage house concert ten times a year, the Winter SongWorks event (workshops and open stage), the less formal Summer SongFest (workshops plus song circles and open stage), a pool party in the heat of July and a holiday party in the chill of December. Membership and most events are free. Events are held in the Philadelphia PA area (amazingly enough!) -- southeast Pennsylvania and western New Jersey (Cherry Hill - Collingswood area). All info is at www.pasamusic.org If you live in the area or are planning a visit, come join us!

Sharon Abbott
PASA co-chair