Rog, hit her with a high number, hand her a contract, and NEVER - NEVER perform without a staff member in the room. If something happens, regardless of the circumstances, you could be held liable and end up in court at the wrong end of a law suit. I've had people take nose dives out of their wheel chairs and slam their head on a concrete floor, folks just fall out of regular chairs, people get up and try to dance and loose their balance, you name it - it can easily happen. There have been times when the AD is in the back of the room texting on her damned I-phone and paying absolutely no attention to what is taking place in the room and I have to stop the music to call his or her attention to a problem that could have ended in disaster. I've stopped the music when a mental patient walks up to the keyboard and tries to bang on the keys with their fist.

Some of the locations I performed required me to carry a $1-million liability policy, which can be quite expensive, though you can write if off on your schedule C as part of the cost of doing business. In some instances, I understand you can get the liability policy as an add on with your home owner's insurance, though. I dropped mine in August when I got sick.

All the best,

Gary