I forgot to mention, we also pay the band members half of any profit that particular dance brings in. This is calculated after the fact, and checks are mauled to the musicians.
Marty (cdny.org) On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Martin Fager <[email protected]>wrote: > 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> >> > >
