Jim Carroll,

Sorry if I wasn't clear. I'm not naive enough to think that people don't make a judgement of a performance to themselves. We all do - otherwise we wouldn't listen to or perform music. What I meant was I didn't feel that anyone should undermine a person or undervalue their contribution to the social aspect of the evening just because we didn't happen to enjoy that performance.I feel that the attraction of a folk club is the sheer cameraderie of meeting together for the "odd pint" and a sing.