Mr Red's  FAQ's
Globish

only a guide --- only a guide.
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PEL --- Public entertainment licence (rules that cost money)- assinine legislation- write to your MP or tell "Tourist Information" it is stiffling the voice of real people who enrich the fabric of society for no more reward than they be allowed to entertain themselves and any delighted tourist to our land (or within it). AND particularly do it in a convivial watering hole.
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ish.--- approximately, sort of, _____ I think!.

Folk club --- more formal, sit and listen (or else), entrance fee, paid performers, OR the organiser want it to be called a "folk club"!
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sess --- is / has been reported as / is mostly / or otherwise - a jam session. ie mostly music, anyone who can find a seat and doesn't play too loudly can play all night.
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beg sess --- beginners session, where some of us started.
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w/s --- workshop, beginners and experienced swap ideas. Learning as well as playing.
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dance --- dancing is part of it, or the only part of it sometimes.
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acc sess, acoustic --- not purely folk, may include storytelling, pop & poetry. May also be slightly amplified!
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SAR --- is a singaround or come-all-ye. ie one person (or collective) is invited to contribute a spot usually in some sort of rotation around the room with a leader organising it.
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spots --- organisers allow individuals 3 - 9 minutes in the spotlight (on stage), usually in the first half.
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open stage --- spots (in an American accent).
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open mic.--- amplified spots (in a Yankee accent).
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bar music --- paid performers, usually there are no spots or open mic or that kind of thing but you can try!
w/e --- week end, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.  OR a small festival.
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fest --- festival.
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day --- all day event.
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alt --- every other week, or some unreported formula of monthly nature which people thought was alternate.
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alt... with other --- look for a nearby same night alt venue and they will probably be co-operating with each other.
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occ... occasional - erratic or unspecified frequency - definitely not predictable by my informants.
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2/4 --- 2nd and 4th week of the month (etc)
fantastic! --- I thought so
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farmhouse cider --- nectar!
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Irish, English, French,  Storytelling, blues, not a sess! --- the dominant style of the leading players, often the only preference!
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b/grass --- bluegrass
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cajun / zydeco.--- "creole" music from Louisiana.  Americano-French or Franco-American perhaps!
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trad --- this actually means "sounds traditional" and implies "do not even think about an electric instrument", in fact unless the event is specifically amplified, electrics are a pain to everyone and that goes for most of my lists!
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