Hi again EricTheOrange
At Bideford Folk Festival (11-17 Aug) I'm running a series of workshops on 'Solo Singing for beginners' from 2.00-3.30pm from Tuesday to Friday. Last year most of the people who came to these sessions went on to sing in the lunch-time singarounds in the Joiners Arms.
(I've realised the info on the web-site is a bit misleading, but check it out anyway - Bideford Folk Festival
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The daytime singarounds I run at Cheltenham FF (in February) also seem to be a place where many first-timers 'give it a go'.

If you join Mudcat (easy, painless and free) I can PM you (that is, send you a personal message) rather than hi-jack the Dartmoor thread any more.

Sue