[Dixielandjazz] Musician vacations and I'm travelling to the US

[Judy Eames]

>   George said :

 Someone explain to Zenith the difference between avoidance and evasion,
> and the repercusions of each.

He may  know...... a very well known English band was sent home from Oz 
because they didn't have work permits... or so I heard on the grapevine.



Anyone going to be in the French Quarter NO next week? Tony Davis and I are 
going for the festival (definitely holiday it'd be very bad form even to 
THINK of taking a job there at the moment) then on to Chicago 25th to 29th. 
We'll be spending the first night there with our "penfriend" Denny Farrell 
of  Big Band Show fame...... we met him via this list ... such a very useful 
list :-)

Jude




Judy Eames
Kaminsky Connection
Aston, Oxfordshire
UK
www.judyeames.co.uk
----- Original Message ----- 

>    Someone explain to Zenith the difference between avoidance and evasion,
> and the repercusions of each.  Don't worry - I ain't no snitch.
>
> George Thurmond
>
>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Zenith @ ANS" <zenith at ans.com.au>
>> To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 6:14 PM
>> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Musician vacations
>>
>>
>> > Hi List,
>> >
>> > Our experience after playing some 30 or so countries over the last 15 
>> > or
>> > so
>> > years, suggests that paperwork can usually be avoided by simply not
>> > mentioning you are a musician and going through customs separately.  In
>> > the
>> > cases where your passport actually says 'musician', if questioned, you
> are
>> > on holiday and/or "now retired" with "hobby" playing only.  As far as
> the
>> > tax man is concerned even musicians are allowed to go on vacation.
>> >
>> > We always sign our UK declarations saying our fees never exceed our
>> > airfares
>> > from Sydney.  We usually try to visit more than one country and contra
>> > total
>> > travel expenses against each country we visit if necessary.
>> > (Did I really give that hot tip out loud and for free too? - Hope Bob
>> > Ringwald does not have any taxmen/inland revenue people on this list)
>> >
>> > Any CDs can be labelled "not for sale" and/or "promotional material".
> We
>> > always travel with stacks of unassembled CDs on each musician without
>> > jewel
>> > cases, artwork being located elsewhere and carried by another so the
>> > product
>> > is not immediately saleable on one person.  We have heard of a case in
>> > Germany where they confiscated CDs but they were returned again upon
> exit
>> > from the country.  However I think my friend Bill Haesler would know
> this
>> > yarn better where one band member did a Hitler goose march/salute past
> the
>> > customs officers and this was the main reason for the Australian
>> > contingent
>> > having a problem in Germany.  We always pre-purchase a few hundred 
>> > jewel
>> > cases in each country we visit although in Montreux Switzerland we sold
>> > them
>> > for more money in 'back-up' slim plastic sleeves when we ran out.  At
> the
>> > Portland Oregon Jazz Festival in USA we actually sold out of all the 
>> > CDs
>> > we
>> > carried that year (2002 I think).  When entering/leaving USA, for
> example,
>> > we all split up and ignore each other when going through customs 
>> > instead
>> > of
>> > looking like a group or band.  We also travel with a few partners who
> tend
>> > to make us look less conspicuous and more like seniors on vacation.  So
>> > there you have it, one good advantage of being an older OKOM person.
>> >
>> > However, I do admit that the 9/11 new restrictions by the Dept of
> Homeland
>> > Insecurity, will make things a little more difficult for us in USA now.
>> > If
>> > any agent/festival promoter will do a deal with us we can play for
> "free"
>> > (and/or expenses) but we would charge a one CD entrance price per 
>> > person
>> > to
>> > hear the band play.  If engagement probabilities arise I would arrange
> to
>> > have the CDs produced locally.
>> >
>> > Playing in UK July/August - Advert coming out soon.
>> > Gospel service with Big Al Carson from New Orleans.
>> > Tom (blatantly looking for 2007 gigs in Europe/USA) Wood
>> > www.sydneyzenith.com
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
>> > [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Robert S.
>> > Ringwald
>> > Sent: Saturday, 8 April 2006 8:29 AM
>> > To: DJML
>> > Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Problems for travelling musicians
>> > Larry Walton wrote:
>> >> You guys seem to think that no one can tour this country.  Not
> true(snip)
>> > Larry,
>> > I don't think anyone said that no one could tour the country.  I think
>> > what
>> > was said was that the new restrictions by the Dept of homeland
> Insecurity,
>> > has made it much more difficult.--bob Ringwald
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