My apologies Mr. Charles I thought I had:

1: If you can't sing don't
2: If you are going to sing in public have the decency to actually learn the song.
3: To those who aspire to act as MC at singing sessions within a Folk Club setting then accept responsibility for "Quality Control" in allocating slots, if asked afterwards, "Why wasn't I given as many opportunities to sing as A or B?" answer truthfully, "Because your performance needs improvement - more practice at home."

Folk Clubs who operate by incorporating "Guest Nights" with floor spots ARE the life blood and support system of the genre of music we all say we enjoy and support. There must be an MC who on "Guest Nights" must ensure a standard. The "professional" Guest shows the standard that "should" be aspired to and that "professional" Guest "should" be "man" enough to stick around and talk to his/her audience - it is after all only showing respect, consideration and good manners. As someone else stated the singaround sessions run by these clubs should be viewed as the audition settings to showcase your talents for selection to support "Guest Artists" if "performing" is your thing - If not then sit back and enjoy, listen, observe & learn.

"Folk Clubs" who operate solely as "singaround" performance venues to provide opportunities for anybody and everybody irrespective of material, talent/ability are basically doomed from the start, because they are inspiring no-one, they are teaching nothing, all they are doing is celebrating mediocrity.