"If a club opens its doors to the public and advertises a certain type of music, the organisers take on the responsibility of ensuring, as far as possible, that those coming through the door are given the opportunity to listen to that music in the best possible conditions (given the prevailing circumstances) and to a standard that doesn't fall below 'acceptable' to a listener (not the case if you are just a bunch of mates sitting round to 'have a sing')"
in my opinion it is better to have folk clubs in seperate rooms, people ten come specifically for the music.
"I believe that most people have the ability to be singers and with work, can become good singers."
I agree with that, but with the proviso that "good" stylistically is debatable, I do agree with you that a lot of the singing exercises advocated by The Critics group will improve the technical ability and improve confidence of singers.
I do not agree about the importance of the head voice, or Bert lloyds idea of singing with a smile, These are ideas of a certain group in the folk revival and do not seem to be common amongst UK tradtional singers here is harry cox singing in his natural voice,no use of head voice, the same applies to fred jordan.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsxG06FMA-Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh5i_M5kkxg