North Bay Country Dance Society (NBCDS), a CDSS affiliate in Northern CA (Sonoma and Marin Counties), generally pays our sound tech for our contra dances a full "talent" share of the dance proceeds, i.e., the same share that the caller and each band member receives. We have a minimum share of $75 per person, except for bands with more than 3 members. Our dances with local talent generally breakeven. When traveling bands come through, pay-out may be as high as $150+ per person. Our admission price is $10 NBCDS/CDSS-affiliate members, $12 general admission, $7 student/limited finances. Our sound tech often provides the equipment though NBCDS has our own equipment. Average attendance at our venues is 50 - 100 dancers except for special dances. The exception to all of the above is one small dance venue where contra dance attendance is lower, around 30 dancers. We still pay the musicians and callers $75 each but we pay the sound tech $40. Craig Meltzner -----Original Message----- From: organizers-bounces(a)sharedweight.net [mailto:organizers-bounces@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of organizers-request(a)sharedweight.net Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 9:00 AM To: organizers(a)sharedweight.net Subject: Organizers Digest, Vol 49, Issue 10 Send Organizers mailing list submissions to organizers(a)sharedweight.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/organizers or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to organizers-request(a)sharedweight.net You can reach the person managing the list at organizers-owner(a)sharedweight.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Organizers digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Organizers Digest, Vol 49, Issue 7 (Laur) 2. Re: technical follow up re sound costs/admission/membership (Dave Casserly) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 19:51:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Laur &lt;lcpgr(a)yahoo.com&gt; To: &quot;organizers(a)sharedweight.net&quot; &lt;organizers(a)sharedweight.net&gt; Subject: Re: [Organizers] Organizers Digest, Vol 49, Issue 7 Message-ID: &lt;1400122293.97646.YahooMailIosMobile(a)web120904.mail.ne1.yahoo.com&gt; Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Across the line ( in west mi ) we pay sound with equipment 50$. Those that attend sound are typically free that night with pass to next dance. <a href="https://overview.mail.yahoo.com?.src=iOS"><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a> ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 23:24:41 -0400 From: Dave Casserly &lt;david.j.casserly(a)gmail.com&gt; To: A list for dance organizers &lt;organizers(a)sharedweight.net&gt; Subject: Re: [Organizers] technical follow up re sound costs/admission/membership Message-ID: &lt;CAJkiw7zi9p3JjB0tDdkirN4PvaWU49hUdR36FWas0SYxSHGP4Q(a)mail.gmail.com&gt; Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I would consider our dance to be suburban. It's in Glen Echo Park, about 8 miles from downtown DC. We don't keep average attendance numbers, but we get a pretty broad range. Our hall is enormous, and accommodates up to 500 on special occasions, but we don't get that many on Sunday nights. I'd say our numbers range from around 70 to maybe 300 when a big-name band comes through. I believe that our sound guys do not provide their own gear. On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Emily Addison &lt;emilyladdison(a)gmail.com&gt;wrote;wrote: -- David Casserly (cell) 781 258-2761 ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Organizers mailing list Organizers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/organizers End of Organizers Digest, Vol 49, Issue 10 ******************************************