Dave, I was trying not to get personal (there's been way, way too much personal abuse flung around on this thread already, much of it off-topic, and mostly by people who ought to have the intelligence to know better IMHO) and I'm certainly not looking to start a war of the kind I was dragged into by some nutter earlier. I guess it's an 'If the cap fits' thing, but I'm not going to point fingers at any individual, there are plenty of others setting themselves up as judge and jury over peoples' morals, or whether they have sufficient talent to be allowed to sing in public.

But I will never accept that someone who wishes to sing or play should have to jump through hoops, be 'judged' as good enough, or gain some sort of unofficial NVQ in Folk singing, before they are 'permitted' to perform by some kind of self-elected Folk-Simon-Cowells. Which is where some contributors would appear to want folk clubs to go. That route is the road to disaster.

It's just my opinion. It's not the assination of Archduke Ferdinand.

Peace,
BWM