Multiple Cue Lists Triggered Via Execute Instead of Linking Cue Lists

Question

A small local theatre company that I'm helping with on their panto wants to run their show with multiple cue lists. 
 One cue list will act as the "Main" cue list. 
 There will be subsequent cue lists for each song in the show, the "Music" cue lists. At the end of each song, it goes back to the "Main" cue list. 
 Their reason to do this is that if there are any changes to songs/music during rehearsals, the "Main" cue list doesn't get affected. 
 I recommended using "Link" but was told they tried it before and it resulted in some unwanted moves. 
 A test version they sent me had the cues in the "Music" cue list being triggered by cues in the "Main" cue list using "Execute" 
 For example 
 Q1/2 would execute Q2/1 
 Q1/3 would execute Q2/2 
 This worked in the show file they sent me but I can't tell if this will do what they want in the show, as I couldn't tell which cue list was doing what. It just seemed to me that they were programming a lot of dummy cues simply to trigger cues in another list. 
 Can anyone provide me with some information if this is a good way to do it? Or another viable way that is efficient and easy to run. They are an amateur theatre company so limited tech time as well as available professional experience.

eos moderator · Answer

Both are valid use cases, but yes there are differences. 
 One is that with Execute you will have to use multiple Go buttons and take care of the executed cuelist after the last cue. With Link you remain always on the same Go button and cuelists fade out when you tranfer to the next one. 
 All of this can be an advantage or disadvantage. With both methods you have to manage that the cue before the Execute/Link somehow fits to the cue you executed/linked to. 
 Another thing to remember is, that when you want to replace one with the other you can't put the Link in the same cue where the Execute was, the Link would have to be one cue before.