We don't normally get a chance to do the Song Loft due to other commitments but do remember when it moved to the tent for the 'Survivor's Session' one year when we did get put off because we were told in no uncertain terms to be quiet (we were outside the tent at the time and expecting survivor's to be a bit more partyish like it is everywhere else and usually is at Moira), so we decided to go to the Railway instead and had a brilliant night. OK you couldn't do deep and meaningful songs in there unless you were loud enough to carry them off but you could discuss each others performances and play whatever instrument you had brought with you. To be fair it doesn't only happen at Moira but its very off-putting when you get looked at daggers if you walk into a 'song' session with instruments. Gainsborough (singaround upstairs in the pub a few years ago) and Doncaster Folk Festival upstairs afternoon sing-around a couple of years ago were the only two places we have actually felt uncomfortable. Luckily the rest of the weekend in both cases didn't put us off going back and it hasn't happened to us anywhere else. You can't blame the organisers for how the hosts run sessions. At least at Moira there is always a choice as to what sort of session you want to be involved with so people vote with their feet.