Gary
Excellent and informative info from a business prespective. I played a ton of those dances for other people at halls they had rented. I thought about doing it here but a simple problem. There are no halls to rent reasonably. There are no VFW's or Elks, or Moose Lodges here. All the suitable rooms are in the private communities or resort hotels and they want a lot of money to rent.
I'm also not thrilled about doing th eNH circut but may try a few more of the assisted living type places.
I'm just getting tired of the chase the next gig syndrome. Love to have a steady gig and sit in the corner of a nice restaurant and just play piano and sing. Still trying to find one.