Hi Richard -- on Mar 19 2011 at 22:37, you wrote:   
      
   RW> A lady called the Los Angeles musicians union to inquire about the   
   RW> cost of booking a five piece band with a singer for a wedding... The   
   RW> AFM rep says "Off the top of my head, roughly two thousand   
   RW> dollars"...   
   RW> She says "WHAT ? FOR MUSIC ?"...   
   RW> The rep responds "Ma'am... I'll tell you what. Call the plumbers'   
   RW> union and ask for six plumbers to work from six to twelve o'clock on   
   RW> a Saturday night. Whatever they charge you, I'll work for half of   
   RW> that." She called back and said "I get your point".   
      
      
   Wonderful -- so true!!  I can't tell you how many times I've had a similar   
   conversation with folks wanting to hire my band! :-)   
      
      
      
      
   Cheers... Dallas   
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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