Hi All, Wow! We were just discussing this very issue at our board meeting last night, and decided we should find out what other dances do. THANKS!
The big question in my mind, is should the caller count as a band member in the split of the receipts, or should the caller get a fixed percentage. i.e., should the caller be better compensated for calling with a two person band rather than a three person band, and contrariwise, should a band get a smaller percentage of the gate because they are a smaller band? These questions were raised by a travelling band, working with a local caller. Here's our details : dance: Asheville Old Farmer's Ball Thursday night weekly dance hall: free at Warren Wilson, but students get in for $1 so we have some cost normal entrance fee: $6, $5 for members sound: $125 attendance: ~200+ caller & each band member: one share of 70% of the gate after the sound is taken out. guaranteed minimum of $100 each. Thanks again, Dennis On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Callers mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Callers digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Caller's Fees (Dan Pearl) > 2. Re: Caller's Fees (Jeff Kaufman) > 3. Re: Caller's Fees (Delia Clark) > 4. Re: Caller's Fees (Jeff Kaufman) > 5. Re: Caller's Fees (Greg McKenzie) > 6. Re: Caller's Fees (Rich Goss) > 7. Re: Caller's Fees (Jeff Kaufman) > 8. Re: Caller's Fees (Cynthia Phinney) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:58:31 -0700 (PDT) > From: Dan Pearl <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Caller's Fees > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > In answer to questions, we give $50 to the person who provides/runs the > sound. > > Dan > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:01:14 -0400 > From: Jeff Kaufman <[email protected]> > To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Caller's Fees > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Dan Pearl wrote: > > > > In answer to questions, we give $50 to the person who provides/runs > > the sound. > > > > Thanks! > > I've made a summary chart: > > http://sccs.swarthmore.edu/~cbr/news/2011-07-08.html > > Jeff > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: not available > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 189 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://www.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers/attachments/20110711/76bdb280/attachment-0001.pgp > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:24:49 -0400 > From: Delia Clark <[email protected]> > To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Caller's Fees > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Seeing your chart finally spurred me on to add our info to the mix. Our > Woodstock VT Third Friday Community Dance has a wonderfully successful > family dance (80 + people) which includes a localvore soup/bread/cheese > dinner, followed by a moderately successful contra dance (15-40-ish people). > We charge $8 for dinner and dancing but we don't charge for anyone under 18 > so our finances are a little dicey. We have a super-generous local business > sponsor who covers the cost of the hall and a monthly advertising sign on > our town green (the big way everyone in town knows what's going on) so he > contributes $130 per month. We run Sept-May, not in the summer. > > Our money looks like: > Band: We take $50 from the take at the door for the soup ingredients for > next time, and split the rest among band members. We have a large house > band of 8 folks, and they typically leave with about $20 each. > Caller: I am the regular caller and I volunteer. When I need a sub, we > pay them the same share that the band gets, or sometimes I donate money > personally to bring it up to a more attractive fee > Sound: Our band received a very generous anonymous grant a while ago to > buy our own sound system, so we do that and there's no money involved. > > Thanks for organizing all this info!! > > > On Jul 11, 2011, at 7:01 AM, Jeff Kaufman wrote: > > > Dan Pearl wrote: > >> > >> In answer to questions, we give $50 to the person who provides/runs > >> the sound. > >> > > > > Thanks! > > > > I've made a summary chart: > > > > http://sccs.swarthmore.edu/~cbr/news/2011-07-08.html > > > > Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > <>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<> > > Delia Clark > PO Box 45 > Taftsville, VT 05073 > 802-457-2075 > [email protected] > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:29:18 -0400 > From: Jeff Kaufman <[email protected]> > To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Caller's Fees > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Delia Clark wrote: > > > > Seeing your chart finally spurred me on to add our info to the > > mix. ... > > Thanks! Added to chart. > > Jeff > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: not available > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 189 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://www.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers/attachments/20110711/71c65295/attachment-0001.pgp > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:12:06 -0700 > From: Greg McKenzie <[email protected]> > To: "Caller's discussion list" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Caller's Fees > Message-ID: > <cafqkwlvt6rtrq6iyapvsyxw0kcz8posuopgeji4x53+w_ts...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Jeff, > > Thanks so much for this summary chart. It is such a great resource! This > is a big help! I will pass the link on to our Board members here in Santa > Cruz. > > - Greg McKenzie > > ************* > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 4:29 AM, Jeff Kaufman <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Delia Clark wrote: > > > > > > Seeing your chart finally spurred me on to add our info to the > > > mix. ... > > > > Thanks! Added to chart. > > > > Jeff > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:33:59 -0700 > From: Rich Goss <[email protected]> > To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Caller's Fees > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi Jeff, > > Thanks for the data. Portland has an attendance range of 80-150. Hall is > $300. > > Rich > > On Jul 11, 2011, at 4:01 AM, Jeff Kaufman wrote: > > > Dan Pearl wrote: > >> > >> In answer to questions, we give $50 to the person who provides/runs > >> the sound. > >> > > > > Thanks! > > > > I've made a summary chart: > > > > http://sccs.swarthmore.edu/~cbr/news/2011-07-08.html > > > > Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:40:17 -0400 > From: Jeff Kaufman <[email protected]> > To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Caller's Fees > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Rich Goss wrote: > > > > Portland has an attendance range of 80-150. Hall is $300. > > > > Updated! > > Jeff > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: not available > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 189 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://www.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers/attachments/20110711/beae1f20/attachment-0001.pgp > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:19:18 -0400 > From: "Cynthia Phinney" <[email protected]> > To: "'Caller's discussion list'" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Caller's Fees > Message-ID: <000301cc3fd5$89aafc50$9d00f4f0$@org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Attendance in Farmington, Maine is generally 20-40, Hall is $100 but > currently the hall is paid for by a generous dancer. > > Yes - this should be posted on the Organizers' List. > > -cynthia > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff Kaufman > Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 7:01 AM > To: Caller's discussion list > Subject: Re: [Callers] Caller's Fees > > Dan Pearl wrote: > > > > In answer to questions, we give $50 to the person who provides/runs > > the sound. > > > > Thanks! > > I've made a summary chart: > > http://sccs.swarthmore.edu/~cbr/news/2011-07-08.html > > Jeff > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > End of Callers Digest, Vol 83, Issue 10 > *************************************** >
