Kat (et al)--

May I offer EXTREMELY RESPECTFULLY and in a total spirit of caring creativity--

Is is possible that part of the problem has been the differences between what we here in the US might perceive as:

1. A generally smallish Song Circle with a peer as facilitator, which might be held in a home, a school, a church, etc., and which would be somewhere on a continuum from fully invitational to fully open, as determined by whoever starts it or is running it on any given day... (And is this, in UK terms, a "Snug"???)

and

2. A potentially large, open-but-MC'd Open Mike held in a bar, tavern, club, coffeehouse, etc.? (Is this what is a "Tavern" in UK terms?

[Apparently what we DON'T have (yet) are SESSIONS (or, in US terms, JAMS) where people all bring songs to try as a group and everyone who wants to plays together simultaneously. Maybe that's just as well, think how BIG it would be!]

SO--- work with me here--

M'cat Snug: Live Online Songcircle

and

M'cat Tavern: Live Open Mike

???????

At the discretion of whoever is opening a room?

Kat? Howzzat?

~S~