13 Feb
2017
13 Feb
'17
9:05 p.m.
Hi Donna,
I have now booked 4 tours. Three of them have been completed and one is
scheduled for next June/July. It is an enormous amount of work...but then
so is learning to play an instrument well enough to be going on tour, ;-)
In my case, I was traveling with my wife, who was also one of the
musicians, and two to three additional band members. In all but two of the
30 some dances involved, I was the caller (or in one case waltz instructor)
in all but 2 dances. Even for those two I was off calling at a different
location. In our cases, we have decided to pool all the payments caller,
band, teacher, and then divide the remainder after all expenses equally.
Last year the band was exceedingly generous and did give me an extra amount
for the organizing, but the was completely voluntary on their part. I
suspect we might be a little "tighter knit" than the typical arrangement.
Bob Green
St. Louis
On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 2:45 PM, Donna Hunt via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi
Just wondering aloud since this is not something I've ever seen discussed
here. Do you (or a musician you're traveling with) take a "booker fee"
for
planning a tour, or even a single community dance when there is a lot of
planning with the event host and time spent booking musicians? How much of
a fee do you usually ask for from the event host or cut for yourself from
the total fee to the group?
Donna Hunt
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