Subject: RE: Folk Club Manners
From: weelittledrummer - PM
Date: 03 Nov 08 - 12:57 PM

Without wishing to state the bleeding obvious - you are, I hope , charging for people to come in on a singers night - so that they are 'buying in' to the ethos - albeit a small token amount.
exactly WLD,once people pay,there must be a minimium standard,if you[the club] are in a public house,bums on seats,and liquor consumed comes into the equation,the publican has to make a living,if only six people turn up instead of 25[unless the six are heavy drinkers]because the standard is low,the publican will find something else and show the folk club the door.
people will go where the music is good,no problem if the organiser wants to hold the club in a private house,an audience of three men and a dog,no longer matters.