> would trust them, but we still have contracts and deposits.
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> Once someone has paid a deposit, they aren't going to casually forget
> about you, or book someone else.
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> Kate
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> > Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 21:01:32 -0700
> > To: callers@lists.share
ve contracts and deposits.
Once someone has paid a deposit, they aren't going to casually forget about
you, or book someone else.
Kate
> Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 21:01:32 -0700
> To: callers@lists.sharedweight.net
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Confirming Bookings - Best Practices?
> Fro
The local series is good that way, with their confirmations. Those are
pretty close to the date, so I tend to follow the Check Their
Sites/Pages thing.
Others in the region are pretty good with a run of communication to set
up and one to later confirm. Again with something closer to the date.
Most of the places I call which take out of town callers have Facebook
pages, web pages, etc, and I check those. Several of those places have
a standardized reminder email *they* send to booked staff about a week
before - "We are looking forward to ...". (At Palo Alto Contra, while
I book mo
On Sun, May 08, 2016, Don Veino via Callers wrote:
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> What do folks do to ensure dance booking contacts remember that they've
> booked you?
One way is to ask questions somewhere around a month ahead of time: "any
special occasion?", "who's the band?", etc
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Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6
My practice was to confirm, as an organizer, with proofing the flyer.
If the band contact and caller confirm their approval of their listing on
the flyer six weeks to three months ahead of time, then we all know what is
in the schedule, and that there is publicity for the event. The reciprocal
conf
I'm one third of a dance organizing team. The person who does our
bookings of bands and callers has frequent brain farts. My husband
(3rd part of team) and I have had to make hasty repairs many times. I
try to stay in the loop of email transactions, but that isn't always
possible, depending on how
I check their dance web page to make sure that I am listed. Many dances have
their schedules up several months at a time, so it is usually easy to check. It
there is no web page or FB page for the dance, then I definitely email them a
week or so before.
Linda
On May 8, 2016, at 3:18 PM, Don Vei
What do folks do to ensure dance booking contacts remember that they've
booked you?
I just had my second booking in a row in a certain geography forget that
they had booked me. What's curious is that in both cases these dances
approached me by email (I could understand it maybe if it were the othe