Hi, folks,
I'd like to hear about different people's approaches to booking bands and
callers for a dance series. For example:
* Do you ask a bunch of bands and callers at once for their availability dates
and then try to fill in the schedule based on the combined responses, or do you
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In St Louis, we are fortunate to have a lot of bands who are very good and
want to play for us - so we try to rotate thru them to be as fair as we can.
On top of that, about 1/3 of the dances are regional/traveling bands. We
usually book about 6 months ahead - so those traveling bands know
Here in Buffalo we have a band booker, me, and another for callers (I call
and don't want conflicts). I usually try to send out emails to all our
local talent with dates and ask for interest and availability. I try to
book first choice. I do try to book local for winter dates and farther away
Hi Jim,
I am the Friday band and caller scheduler for the Chattahoochee Contra Dancers
(CCD) in Atlanta. (CCD dances every Friday and 1st, 3rd, and 5th Tuesdays).
I schedule on a quarterly basis (Q1: Jan-Mar, Q2: Apr-Jun, Q3: Jul-Sep, Q4:
Oct-Dec)
Our Steering Committee sets the ratio of
