[Dixielandjazz] Time Schedules

[Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis]

I don't know how many times I have set in the wings waiting for someone to 
end their speech or introduction of someone who will drone on and on.  I 
have had this happen for two hours.  I don't care, it's their nickel.

I was playing in Austin Texas for a big AF hoo ha.  The food was incredible. 
I love Tex Mex but I digress.  The head table had about 35 high ranking 
people and of course many of them were to speak.

Now here comes the good part.  They brought up a 5 gallon bucket filled with 
Ice and water.  They allowed a speaker to speak only as long as he or she 
could keep their arm in the bucket above their elbow.  A woman officer held 
out the longest.

Too bad more events don't do that.
Larry
St.L
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "Larry Walton" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 6:55 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Time Schedules


> Hello Kay:
>
> Our contracts always specify a specific start time and a specific ending
> time. If we have to start late due to such a problem as Larry had, or by
> other circumstance not our fault, we will still usually end at the
> contracted time. Depends upon the customer, the problem in starting late
> etc., but as I see it, the start and end times are there because like 
> Larry,
> many times we have to make another gig and have no room to be flexible.
>
> Gig today was like that. We started 15 minutes late because a prior slide
> show program was started late by the client. Our contracted time was 3:30 
> to
> 5:30 PM. We actually started at 3:45, but still ended at 5:30.
>
> The contracted fee was paid in full by the client. The client fully
> understood that we are selling our time as well as our music and we were
> there prepared to play at 3:30.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
> Kay Spencer kay2840 at yahoo.com wrote:
>
>>Larry,
>
>>So in the future, if you are required to set up and play during a certain 
>>time
>>frame, would you consider have the customer commit to having the space
>>accessible so that you can actually meet the commitment?  It doesn't 
>>appear to
>>make sense that you are penalized, or would even agree to be penalized, 
>>for
>>either a management scheduling problem or a third party's disregard for 
>>the
>>schedule.
>
>>>larrys.bands at charter.net> wrote: (Original Message)
>
>>>Earlier this summer I had my big Dixie band at an outdoor event. We were 
>>>to
>>>set up in a circus tent and there were several groups before us. The pop
>>>choir that was performing before us was delayed a bit by the group before
>>>them. They in turn wanted to do their full concert and gave me no time to
>>>set up. The difference between my group and all of them is that I was
>>>contracted to a specific time space and was also contracted to a specific
>>>setup time. Some of the members of the band had another gig and needed to
>>>stick to the schedule.
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