All I am saying, and I think that others may be in agreement, is that they should be kept away from the general public.

I disagree. What you do in your club is your affair. If another club wishes to allow such singers they have every right to do so.

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I do have my own dislikes with smaller (which interest me more than concerts one btw) clubs but none come down to the performing ability of the individual.

1. I can get irritated by say can't be bothered to use guitar tuner, haven't worked out what key I do the song in, etc. This isn't lack of skill, it's just sloppiness.

2. I sometimes feel clubs can degenerate into "mutual admiration societies" where a core are only really interested in themselves (oh and the guest if they happen to have one). The standard of this core could be excellent for all I care. It's the feeling I can get, nothing to do with what I hear.

3. Personally, rather than filter out, I wish MCs would balance what they have. Three sets of (I suppose I wouldn't know) three well done Dyan/contemporary American style performers is likely to be far more painful to me than even a slightly out of tune Wild Rover.