Well, thanks guys, but personally I'm assuming that performing in a theatre venue which happens to have a bar attached is OK. And I'm hoping that this thread isn't going to be hijacked by PEL arguments, which deserve a separate thread. And I wouldn't want to get a reputation for kicking up a fuss, because I didn't (and McGrath has warned on another thread about not gratuitously offending if you want to be effective). I sent one e-mail to the Song Director expressing the hope that the festival could continue to accommodate singarounds in a venue that wasn't a noisy, smoky pub. And I'm very pleased to hear that it can.

Kitty