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Thread #128687 Message #2892027
Posted By: GUEST,FloraG
22-Apr-10 - 09:17 AM
Thread Name: Secrets of a good singaround?
Subject: RE: Secrets of a good singaround?
I think the secrets of a good sing around are just that - secret.
I've only been to a couple of sing arounds as they are not really my thing. However, I have come across singing sessions at smaller festivals. They were as some of you describe - sitting round the room with each person having a turn. Where the first singer was good - the next one was better - and so on round the room. A few people accompanied themselves but most did not need to. The quality was better than you would get in most folk clubs or local pub sessions.
Although they made strangers welcome I got the impression that many people knew each other. At the end of an evening of real quality singing I left with the impression that the good singers know which festivals these occur at and will attend several of these festivals during the year. If too many people knew where these events took place it would perhaps dilute the quality element of the occassion.
So the secret of a good sing around - keep it a secret between the really good singers.