You have my sympathy over that one. You did try before you left and possibly it would have been just better to just done the inevitable?

Is this one still going I wonder, for it did obviously satisfy those present, if not you?

I have no problem with excellence. I just view the participatory activities to be a valuable part of the road to it.

It is easier to inhibit most people than to encourage them. We have produced many fine musicians, due to their nature and egos, who it would always have been impossible to inhibit, now matter how hard you might try.

Maybe we have been encouraging the wrong personalities?

If the players you refer to, leave the sessions they consider not to be up to their standard and find or start others, the original one would have served its purpose, would it not?

I see the answer to be many sessions everywhere. These catering for all tastes and ablilties rather than trying to make a few sessions cater for all.