Enjoy your singing. It is enthusiasm and energy that count. So get up there and have fun, let the microphone do the rest.

Sing TO the audience and connect with them, make eye contact and smile when it is appropriate.

Sing in your own natural voice, don't try to emulate that horrible high pitched nasal twang that some folk singers think is the way to sing.

When singing a cover and you can't seem to get away from the original artist's version; try speaking the words a few times until you can sound like YOU singing.

If you consciously try to sing louder you could ruin your voice.