[Dixielandjazz] For Larry & any others wanting to tap the wedding market whereever you are.

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Here is an opportunity to do some marketing and promote your local Jazz 
Society as well:

The booth should actually be bought by the Jazz Society and offer the 
prorated expenses division between good local bands that would like to 
participate and get bookings,   All the while the Society could recruit 
new members for the Society and market their events where they could 
hire the bands and showcase them.  Yes invite the Bride and potential 
Groom and their wedding party and or parents to a Society event for 
Free !  Let them come out and have a good time and you just might  
start converting many of them into paid memberships and increasing the 
numbers at your paid monthly events.

Hey bandleaders:  You could also have all your sidemen split the costs 
as well since they will be the ones getting hired to play the weddings, 
will promote job security for lazy sidemen,  they can either come up 
with their share of  the cash or work it off by playing the equivalent 
in free gigs for you till you get you investment back.   Any sideman 
unwilling to do that should be replaced anyway.  If they don't 
advertise how do they expect to get on the big yellow gig bus.

In the words of the Great OKOM Band Grateful Dead:   "Gas, Grass or 
Ass, nobody rides for Free! "

And Good Lord forbid that the Musicians Union  might ever do such a 
thing to promote and stimulate Live music gigs.

Do your part: Kill A DJ  one gig at a time.


Gee why didn't I think of that ?  department : ))

Subject:  A good investment for you I am sure




  ATTN: OTHER WEDDING VENDORS -         Want to split booth at NW Bridal 
Show?




  Reply to: gigs-225729853 at craigslist.org


  Date: 2006-10-25, 3:48PM PDT


   I am wondering if there are any other vendors out there who want to 
split a booth with me at the NW Bridal Show at the Everett Washington  
Events Center, January 20 and 21, 2007  ?

   The booth is $600 and I hope to find another vendor or company who 
doesn't have a lot to display and is willing to split the booth and
the costs.

   Musician, make-up artist, hairstylist, anything with not too much to 
display. My company is a planner and an officiant.


  Please email me if you are interested!


         
          
            Compensation: No compensation from me, but we will both get 
great business leads! 1000+ brides visit this show!



  Hey you could ask to play live in the booth and book lots of weddings. 
  Or negotiate with the event promoter to hold a showcase and charge 
all the savvy good bands to participate in it.

 Screw the DJ’s take back live music . :))   Stop taking NO for an 
answer !!   There are good paying gigs all around you going begging.

Tom Wiggins


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