<p dir="ltr">I would ask for about 3x more for a wedding then for an evening of dancing:</p>
<p dir="ltr">* weddings are a lot of hassle</p>
<p dir="ltr">* you're only playing/calling for a short time, but you need to be there very early and schedules are not reliable at weddings -- this may be worse for bands than callers</p>
<p dir="ltr">* people spend so much at most weddings these days that they're typically willing to pay whatever (once I let someone negotiate me down a lot by them saying they were trying to save money and when I got therei found out that the food cost more per guest then they were paying each of us)</p>
<p dir="ltr">* I'd charge much less or free for a friend, especially if I would be at their wedding anyway: it's like a wedding gift</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 26, 2016 2:23 PM, "Michael Fuerst via Callers" <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:13px"><div><span>Central Illinois where I live? $35-50, although our local callers would probably do such for free.</span></div><div><span>NYC? $2000, but $3000 if on a weekend</span></div><div></div><div> </div><div>Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 <a href="tel:217%20239%205844" value="+12172395844" target="_blank">217 239 5844</a></div> <div><br><br></div><div style="display:block"> <div style="font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:13px"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Saturday, March 26, 2016 1:13 PM, Maia McCormick via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div><div>Hey folks,<div><br></div><div>I've just been asked to call a wedding, and I don't have a good idea for what the going rate for these things is. What do you all charge for a wedding (say, 30 mins-an hour of dancing)? (And how might you adjust this rate for NYC?)</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Maia</div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Callers mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">Callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net" target="_blank">http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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