Hi Sue, Country Dance New York (CDNY.org) in Manhattan has a set payment policy. We run a weekly contra dance on Saturdays. The caller's fee is $110.00. If the caller lives up to 50 miles away, no travel allotment; 50-100 miles away, $50 for travel; 100+ miles away, $100 for travel. So, a caller coming down from say Mass. or VT would get a total of $210 for this gig. We do hire a lot of callers and bands from out of town/out of state. Special event dances have separate payment arrangements, each is negotiated and they usually pay more, to bring in a "name" caller and band. Musicians for our regular dances get $90 each, and the same travel payment applies, at a band level; so the most the band would get for travel is $100. I hope this helps, although I think we are in a higher rent and pay situation than most groups.
Marty Fager Country Dance New York, Inc. (www.cdny.org) On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 10:32 PM, Sue Robishaw <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I know that "it varies" and probably quite widely, but I'm trying to get > an idea of what is typically charged for one-time or semi-regular dance > calling (not the high end festivals and balls and camps) or how receipts are > divided between caller, band, and house. My interest is as caller, band, and > dance organizer so all input would be appreciated. You can reply off-list to > [email protected]. > Thanks, > Sue Robishaw, Upper Peninsula of Michigan > -- > ______________________________**_________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/**mailman/listinfo/callers<http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers> >
