As a musician and a sometimes caller, I'm happy to have callers paid more. I think callers are working harder.
As an organizer I'd rather pay everyone the same; it seems more fair and avoids ugly discussion about who deserves what. On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Merle Mceldowney <[email protected]> wrote: > In New York city we have always paid callers more. A decision was made a > very long time ago - beforei knew what contra dancing was - that callers > should make more money. In New York city the callers made about thirty > percent more. We have raised the fees of musicians since then and not of > callers, but they still have not caught up. There are still people around > who know the exact history and who made that decision. I am sure if you ask > any of the older musicians thay can give you the reason in a way that is > less than friendly. Ask one of the older callers -and there description as > to how this happened will be much nicer. > > Merle > > > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Sue Robishaw <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> This is more curious than useful, but on this current discussion and >> on previous ones I notice (and have paid a lot of attention to since our >> new dance series is just in its first year) that usually callers and >> individual musicians get the same amount. Having done both (albeit for >> small dances) I find calling a LOT more work than playing and am surprised >> by this (unless it's a lone melody player). Do any dances give the caller a >> higher share? >> Sue Robishaw, U.P.M. >> _______________________________________________ >> Organizers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/organizers >> > > > > -- > *Merle McEldowney* > *212-933-0290* > _______________________________________________ > Organizers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/organizers
