No, I can't Silas. Are you too near an army camp or something? :-)

Dick - the price of drinks is not always increased to pay for the performer. The performers don't always get paid! I think that is what Nick is on about. I know, for instance, he was at our festival where through the day we had only one paid performer in the singaround - and the folk club paid him! The singaround went on all day in the bar and even spread to the back room at one point. The landlord did not increase the price of drinks. Mind you - he could have paid something from the extra profits he made. It's not often he sells a weeks worth of beer in a day!

Cheers

DeG