I have seen in two venues a container for extra donations for the band. Both dances are known to be struggling to have paid musicians rather than canned music. I am also a co-organizer of a dance series and am aware of the difficulty of making a guarantee to musicians while covering the rent. Although we work with a local dance organization who subsidizes our series as necessary, most organizers are not so lucky. I think our dance musicians work hard and it is a fine thing to offer them as much money as can be scraped together on their behalf. They are obviously doing this more for love than money anyway. -- Cortni On Nov 27, 2006, at 2:01 PM, Cynthia Phinney wrote: I've never seen a tip jar at a dance, and off the top of my head, I would be inclined to agree with Jeffrey. -cynthia -----Original Message----- From: callers-bounces(a)sharedweight.net [mailto:callers-bounces@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Petrovitch Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 11:32 AM To: Caller's discussion list Subject: Re: [Callers] [Fwd: contra dance related question] Interesting question... From my experience: I have been to contra dance across New England and Mid-Atlantic areas and have never seen a special container for "tips". I my general understanding is the admission of the contra dance pays for the band, and usually the band is paid a guarantee and a percentage of the door or just a percentage of the door (depending on the specific contra dance). Some contra dances have a specific formula to calculate what the band is going to be paid... As a caller and dancer, I would frown upon a special container for "tips". Respectfully Submitted, Jeff Petrovitch _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers