[Organizers] Payout formula when there are 4 muscians?

[Dave Cain]

Hi All,

My husband is on this list, while I'm on the caller list... so I am  
using his sign-in to post this message.

Our dance committee is revisiting our payout formula and I'm  
wondering how other dance organizers work their payouts when the band  
isn't the typical trio.  (For us, a trio is the standard.) When the  
band is a four - person (or larger) group, do you adjust your  
guarantee and payout formula? Do you do anything different when the  
band is a two-person band?

Currently, we split everything after expenses evenly across all  
performers (band and caller), when the band is comprised of two or  
three members. If the band is a four-person band, we pay our  
guarantee, and then we split the overage 75% to the band, and 25% to  
the caller. Our thought in doing this was not to "penalize" the  
caller for working with a band greater than our standard of trios.

I am looking for feedback on our existing payout formula and for an  
understanding of how other groups operate. I plan to bring any  
feedback generated from this list to our next dance committee meeting.

Thanks!

Nancy Turner