JennyO wrote– 'So far, the only singing we've found are organised 'sessions' in the Football Club, and the only singers are the organisers. We poor cattle at the back are expected to just join in. Not MY idea of a session!!' and then Sal said, 'Something's not right. Why has this happened I wonder? '

I can only reply as I found it. Liz and I were programmed to run, and I quote, 'A music and song session' starting at 11.15pm in the Football Club. We arrived early expecting to have to join in to an existing session as we did last year. The place was relatively empty. Then we remembered that we were in competition with the Watersons who were on in the main venue at the same time. We duly started as timetabled and, for around twenty minutes we struggled to keep anything going. Liz was suffering from a streaming cold and so we were over the moon when anyone took the initiative or responded to our pleas for someone else to lead a song. (The less we had to do the better) Despite this the empty seats at the front remained empty and the small band of stalwarts at the front sang chorus song after chorus song. By midnight the place was starting to fill up and more singers and musicians appeared. We were massively grateful to Sue, Gavin, Kirsty, Esther, Ken, Tom and several other un-named individuals who supported us. Special thanks to the Kingsmen who came and gave us a welcome break with some excellent rapper. The numerous instrumentalists who appeared didn't play despite the lead given at the start. A few tunes would have been more than welcome.
This was most assuredly not a singaround, it was a session (exclusively song as it happened) and people contributed as and when they felt able. Our job was to start it and then keep it going.
We all had a great night and Liz and I left a thriving session at around 12.45am.
So what's your idea of a session?