confident in the knowledge that, by sharing a venue with all the other floor singers that they heard over the evening, varying from adequate to excellent, they would improve.

What if they didn't? It is not a rhetorical question, I've see that happen! To coin a phrase I just saw somewhere... Come and see if you don't believe me. :-)

Maybe it just boils down to that then. No-one believes anything unless they have seen (and heard) it for themselves. I know that most people will improve. I am also absolutely certain that a very few will not.

DeG

PS - I'm transfering data onto my new NAS drive that I set up yesterday if anyone was wondering why I am so long at my computer. I need to do it but it is SO boring. I'm playing nethack as well:-)