Good post, Leenia. Whatever works.

And Sandra: Whatever works. I hope people sing the way they feel like singing, whether it's standing, or sitting down. I sing standing up when I sing in most churches, because they ask everyone to rise and sing. Actually, I'd be tempted to do it on some songs, whether they asked me to or not. I feel a strong need to move, when I'm singing a song with a strong rhtyhm: stand-up move, not sit-down move. But that's just me. I generally perform folk music and blues sitting down, because I like to give leisurely introductions to many of the songs. I feel less comfortable doing that, standing up, for some reason.

I led a workshop at the Eisteddfod one year on singing styles, and encouraged people to talk about who their influences were in developing their own singing style. I was really enjoying it until a woman in the audience went on an insulting diatribe about how people who sit down when they sing have no idea how to sing. She teaches singing, and started going into great detail about the internal organs and why they have more space when you're singing.
Gordon Bok, Sandy & Caroline Paton and I were the participants, and I took umbrage at her attack, because she made it personal. I told her that I'd be sure to ask her to participate if I ever had the desire to teach a Singing Mechanics workshop.

So far, I've successfully resisted the urge.

Jerry