My first (and probably last and only) paying gig was at the Australian National Folk Festival a few months ago in Canberra. My family and I have gone to that festival every year for over a decade, and we had seen some terrific acts, and some not-so-terrific acts that made us think, hey, we could do better than that. So this year my (20 year old) daughter called my bluff, and the two of us got on stage to do two half-hour sets of unaccompanied singing on themes associated with Passover. I was happy with the reception we got, and I don't think we were the worst thing on at the Festival, but I did get more of an appreciation of how much work (and talent) it takes to do the job right and do it on a regular basis. I doubt that I'll do it again --- back to floor spots at the local folk club.