Like a lot of others on this thread, I think singarounds are what it's all about - singing, songs, learning, exchange, community, continuity, change, belonging, expanding, sharing, bonding. You can't beat a good singaround and you can't fail to learn something good in a 'bad' one. Songbooks and library resources are (very valuable) contributors to the real thing. Guest performers and recordings fuel, perpetuate and inspire it. Me, I love and am grateful for 'em all!