<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thanks everyone for the replies. Those were unsurprising and pretty much what I expected.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">* Give as much notice as possible (days in advance). </div><div class="">* Cancel if you’re contagious, or can’t perform well or drive safely.</div><div class="">* If you go ahead, expect to be as alert, lively, and cheerful as usual. </div><div class="">* The organizers contact and pick the replacement, not the cancelling caller. Organizers may ask you for help, but don’t be proactive by contacting other callers.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’ll add: Take good care of yourself as a performer so you won’t have to cancel. (Nature may interfere with that plan despite best efforts.)</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">\Bob Peterson</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 15, 2018, at 10:12, Donna Hunt via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" class="">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><font color="darkmagenta" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" class="">
<div class=""> <font size="3" class="">When I got laryngitis the morning of a gig out of town, I contacted callers I knew in the town and asked if they were going to the dance if they would call a couple of dances. We had a coordinated "open" mic which worked well and I shared the fee.</font><br class="">
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<div class=""><font size="3" class="">When I was a booker and someone canceled, I really appreciated that they gave me a small list of callers they had already contacted, who were available if needed. That made my job so much easier. <br class="">
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<div class=""><font size="3" class="">The more notice the better of course, but we don't always have that luxury and we need to take care of ourselves and those around us and not spread germs.<br class="">
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