"So how have we come to the point where we can't sing to thirty or forty people in the back room of a pub?"

Because the only pub function room in our village was only allowed a licence by triple-glazing and sound-proofing, which kills the acoustics of the room stone-dead. We can just about get away without PA on a singaround night, but on a guest night with the performers at the front of the room, PA is essential to reach the audience, and it is pitched at a level where it sounds like a normal acoustic performance.

Barbara