Re: [Organizers] pay parity for callers & musicians

Not sure if Katy meant something different, but we ask that each individual performer be paid the same amount. i.e.: if the caller gets $100, then each member of the band gets $100. Travel expenses are handled separately. Sarah From: barb kirchner <barbkirchner(a)hotmail.com> Date: Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 10:35 PM To: Katy Heine <kheine(a)twcny.rr.com>om>, Sarah Gowan <ladysmyth(a)rcn.com>om>, A list for dance organizers <organizers(a)sharedweight.net> Subject: Re: [Organizers] pay parity for callers & musicians not sure what you mean by "each band member". if "each" band member expects to be paid $100, and there are three band members, do you mean the caller wants to be paid $100 or $300? cheers, barb From: Organizers <organizers-bounces+barbkirchner=hotmail.com(a)lists.sharedweight.net> on behalf of Sarah Gowan via Organizers <organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2017 2:23:14 AM To: Katy Heine; organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net Subject: Re: [Organizers] pay parity for callers & musicians Parity for sure! Consider the thousands of hours it took for our musicians to learn to play the instruments, learn the genre, and learn how to play for the dance, fitting tunes to choreography, and making the dance more danceable. In addition, bands invest rehearsal hours, both as individuals and as groups. And the equipment! Many of our musicians have several instruments that cost them thousands of dollars apiece. More than few $8000 fiddles have graced our stage and most instruments worth playing cost, at a minimum, $2000. Musicians also pay for their own pick-ups, special mics, strings, picks, reeds, rosin, music books, stands, insurance, and assorted paraphernalia. The financial investment alone, even for our least experience and shaky players, is mind-boggling. The payout from the dance can never adequately compensate our musicians for the work and financial investment they make to get to the point of being able to play for an evening. The very least we can do is pay them the same as we pay our callers. Sarah On 7/30/17, 8:29 PM, "Organizers on behalf of Katy Heine via Organizers" <organizers-bounces+ladysmyth=rcn.com(a)lists.sharedweight.net on behalf of organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: _______________________________________________ Organizers mailing list Organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/organizers-sharedweight.net