<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">After having some serious delays at weddings (like 5 hours between when we were supposed to be on and when we actually went on) I now (either as a caller or with one of my bands) charge at least $100-$150 per band/caller person, but include the caveat that a half hour delay is free, but every half hour after that is an extra $50 (not per person but total). This seems to be enough to have made people be a lot tighter on getting to the dancing on time.<div class="">Martha</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 26, 2016, at 11:55 AM, Jeff Kaufman via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" class="">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><p dir="ltr" class="">I would ask for about 3x more for a wedding then for an evening of dancing:</p><p dir="ltr" class="">* weddings are a lot of hassle</p><p dir="ltr" class="">* 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" class="">* 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" class="">* 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" class="">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution" class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=""><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 13px;" class=""><div class=""><span class="">Central Illinois where I live? $35-50, although our local callers would probably do such for free.</span></div><div class=""><span class="">NYC? $2000, but $3000 if on a weekend</span></div><div class=""></div><div class=""> </div><div class="">Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 <a href="tel:217%20239%205844" value="+12172395844" target="_blank" class="">217 239 5844</a></div> <div class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div><div style="display:block" class=""> <div style="font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:13px" class=""> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:16px" class=""> <div dir="ltr" class=""><font size="2" face="Arial" class=""> On Saturday, March 26, 2016 1:13 PM, Maia McCormick via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank" class="">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></font></div> <br class=""><br class=""> <div class=""><div class="">Hey folks,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class="">Maia</div></div><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Callers mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank" class="">Callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a><br class=""><a href="http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net" target="_blank" class="">http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">
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