Thanks to VT and Piggstings for the sympathy,, and for the input from everybody else. As you say, the situation is totally unpredictable. On our opening night, helped greatly by the presence of Capella plus Mike Nicholson, we had 35 people, most of whom sung. It was magical. Slightly less turned up the following week, and it's been up and down since then, but the highest was 16. I was looking forward to Mike's gig at Friday Folk last night, as I thought he'd bring in a similar number. Alas, I was wrong, we totalled 14! We plan to continue The Foresters as a singers club,at least until they chuck us out. We do have a separate area to sing in, and it's accessible.