Cottingham Live has a :
website,
quarterly flyers,
adverts in folk magazines
folk website listings,
diaries for club members for the following season
press interviews with local papers.
Good relations with other local folk clubs
an extremely bossy organiser who isn't afraid to tell people to get on with it on busy nights (that's me that it!)
guests every three weeks -well attended
a mixed audience of performers and listeners
a wonderful pa system
a great room with comfy seats
xmas Party
themed nights
Reasonable door prices for guest nights
a raffle with a famous mystery prize
a resident sheepdog
Fundraising for charity
a large proportion of members who are professionals singers/musicians
a great compere (not me)
And if people think these things just'happen' they are very very wrong.

Tom Bliss is about to find out if any or all of these things are true- come and see him at Cottingham Live on Wednesday 16 July!!!