...and you named names - Bizzy Lizzy

isn't that slander? Unless of course you have evidence. Bizzy Lizzy doesn't seem to have that kind of reputation - she is well known to us on the folk scene and has always treated all her events equally - giving of her time and effort selflessly and with the greatest respect to us working musicians. Without the likes of Lizzy and others like her - there would be far less work for musicians to be had. And I am sure there are no bands or musicians out there who would 'pay the organiser' to put them on - especially when they do the job of negotiating the lowest fees possible in the first place in the interests of getting best value for their events!

Work it out Mcawber!!