'Try booking Britney Spears at the Folk club you are involved with,see what the reaction of your regular audience is.
They expect Folk music, and dont pretend you dont know what that is .
I bet not one of your regular audience would turn up.,and furthermore the rest of your committee would say she is not suitable for the Folk club,why?because she doesnt sing folk music and is not a folksinger.Dick Miles'

I'd like to correct you on that Dick. Last time we booked Britney, she gave a terrific show. She was respectful of the dress code (arran sweater, carpet slippers and a pipe); listened to all the floorsingers and gave us a cd for the raffle.

True she was relying on the stuff from her first album; The Weaver and the Factory Maid, Verdant Braes of Skreen, The Trimdon Grange Explosion and Hit Me Baby One More Time. But having said that, she'd agreed to do it for the door and seemed well contented with three quid and a bag of tomatoes. And at least she didn't do any Kate Rusby or Seth Lakeman numbers.