I did once go to a local singaround where only two of us turned up - we did spend a couple of hours singing at one another, but that's undoubtedly too small. I have on a few occasions been to singarounds where it goes round once, but there's not enough time to go round everyone again. Several strategies have been used - just going as far as you can is one, as is having the organiser put his/her favourites on in the second round, but also I have seen everyone being given a raffle ticket, and the numbers chosen getting to sing, or songs in the second round being limited to 2 or 3 verses to get as many as possible in. All have their drawbacks, but most of us who frequent singaraounds are pretty flexible in accepting that just as not every performer will be top-class, so not every singaround will be perfect either.

What I don't like is when there are three singers left to go, and 10 or 12 minutes left, and the next in line hasn't thought of what to sing, needs to tune an instrument, and gives a long-winded introduction to the longest song they know, meaning that the last two singers get left out. That's just plain selfish.

Andrew