My experience is similar. However, I note that the smaller dances in our area are the ones booking further out - they seem to establish their whole annual schedule in one go.
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Linda Leslie <[email protected]>wrote: > Kalia wrote: > > The way we book here is on a quarterly basis. The programmers (each >> venue has their own) request the available dates from callers and musicians >> partway through the previous quarter, and then assemble the next quarter's >> program from who's available. There's a sort of limbo period when you've >> sent out your dates to lots of different series, but don't yet know which >> ones are going to book you. Sometimes they all do, and you wind up with a >> quarter filled with insane 3-gig weekends. Sometimes none do. There's >> usually some flex, though, so if you find yourself overbooked on a given >> weekend you can often get the programmers to jiggle things around a little >> and rearrange the schedule. >> > > I am very curious about how the programmers have decided to schedule in > this way, Kalia. Did they get together and decide to do it this way, or did > this just naturally happen? In the last few years, I have noted that it can > be a real challenge to try and schedule gigs, since the time frame varies > so significantly from dance to dance. A few dances, such as the Concord MA > Scout House, follow the quarterly rule (with exceptions for traveling > callers/bands from far away). But others seem to schedule up to a year (or > more!) in advance. I would also enjoy knowing the thoughts of other callers > on this subject. > > Thanks! Linda > > ______________________________**_________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/**mailman/listinfo/callers<http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers> >
