...Get over your pompous idea of what the protocols in the folk world should be...

The protocols are very simple and have been very clearly defined for generations.

Here they are again for those of you who haven't got it yet.

1. If you are up on stage with the mic then you get to sing or play for your allotted time.

2. If everyone is sitting down together then it is a session, eveyone gets a turn, and the shy ones get encouraged to perform.
If you jump in and take somebody else's turn then you have the morals of a petty thief and if you are remembered it will be only to avoid you next time.

3. If everyone is standing up then it is a jam and everyone joins in together.