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There are ample opportunities for making noise at this highest order sea music festival. You can join in refrains and choruses at concerts and workshops. You can also attend the late night free-for-all sings, and lead a song if you're intrepid enough to do so. Be cautioned that leading a song requires a good set of lungs and appropriate choice of key to gain attention from other prospective song leaders. This is definitely not your "Is this my turn to sing?" song circle. It might also help if you had some buddies clearing some space for you with whirling crowbars, though I've never seen this attempted.

The public late-night sessions susually take place in large open buildings such as a dance hall or the gallery restaurant. These are not the greatest singing spaces acoustically (try to place yourself with your back to a corner) but the singing/participation can be truly wonderful.

Charley Noble