Ian Fyvie

but will name a Guest club that's a shining example of how guest clubs should be run: Lewes Saturday Club.

Er, thanks Ian, I think. It's nice to get a compliment but we'd rather not be singled out as superior to all the other hardworking club organisers in the area or around the country for that matter.

I have watched this thread with increasing sadness because it has always been my belief that one of the joys of the folk scene is that there are no divides between the audience member who simply sits and listens in a singaround to the "superstar" who can fill the Albert Hall. They are all part of the same family. It seems I was deluding myself.

Earlier you said -

It seems that there are undoubtedly two (3 Capt Birdeye?) types of folk club

I gather there are around 400 folk clubs in the country so I suspect there are probably 400 types of club and all of them are the right way of doing it. Just because someone else does it a different way from you doesn't make them wrong.

Diversity is good. You pays your money (or not) and takes your choice.