The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #111226   Message #2345890
Posted By: Graveyard
21-May-08 - 06:17 AM
Thread Name: Singaround Keswick first week in June
Subject: RE: Singaround Keswick first week in June
Howay Betsy man, Everyone knows, especially if you run a folk club, that there is not allways time to get everyone on, local, tourist or not. Not wishing to be patronising, I think that Martin Jordan and Terry Haworth do a canny job offering a venue where people of like minds can go and play, sing or just listen. Bearing in mind that the venue caters for the listening audience rather than those participating, it is a good night. As far as a session/singaround goes it needs a regular core of people on which to build. This to some point happens at the Twa Dogs. A number of years ago I wandered around every pub in Keswick looking for a place to take about fifty, well behaved, thirsty, hungry adults for a full weekend of singing and not one pub would have me, except the Twa Dogs. I agree that looking at the people walking around Keswick and the area they fall into the general pot of what a folky looks like and enjoys, so why does nothing happen?