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Megumi
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* Megumi is unavailable:
2008:
July 11 - Aug. 8
2009:
June 15 - July 15
105 Apricot Lane
Los Gatos, CA 95030
408-807-7488 e-mail Megumi
Performance Fees
• $500.00 per 45 minute session
• $250.00 for a second 45 minute session immediately following.
• If this fee is outside your budget, please contact Megumi. I do my best to negotiate a fee that's fair for you and me.
• A session typically lasts 45 minutes. If you'd prefer longer or shorter sessions, let's talk!
• Here is a handout for preparing school staff and students for a live performer.
• If this fee is outside your budget, please contact Megumi. I do my best to negotiate a fee that's fair for you and me.
Travel Fees
• If I'm driving, For 2008, I charge the Federal Mileage Reimbursement Rate of 50.5 cents per mile from my home.
• If I'm flying, I charge additionally for travel time.
• Under certain conditions, I accept home-stays.
Availability
• Please check my calendar.
• If I'm already in your neighborhood, I may be able to give you a discount on the travel fee.
Promotional Material
Please feel free to use text and photographs on this website to create your own programs and advertising.
Working with Translators
I have experience working with English-Spanish translators, and like it! The audiences seem to especially enjoy seeing their well-liked teachers and librarians re-tell the story with their own gestures, facial expressions, and voice inflections.
• My preferred maximum audiences size is 250 people, so those in the back of the room can see my face, and I can see theirs.
• There are always exceptions; certain conditions make addressing larger audiences just fine. Former internees and I have addressed an audience as large as 1200 people.
Reduced Fees
$250-$450 may be available for:
• "piggy-backing" venues, or multiple bookings in an area on the same day; and
• libraries and other community and non-profit groups.
Pro Bono Performances
Free performances given indiscriminately cheapens the profession, so I choose them with care.
Performing Outdoors
To avoid "total bummers", please provide:
• monitor(s) to remind people there are better places to chat or picnic;
• a location away from loud sounds (Rock-and-roll bands are louder than me!); and
• a location with no foot traffic. (The area between the bathroom and the playground bites!)
Please provide a tent or...
• an opaque background to block visual distractions behind me;
• objects (e.g., screens, bales of hay, traffic cones) to designate the storytelling area;
• shade from the sun; and
• someone to hold down my props and the sound system, if windy. (What a job!)
Sample Invoice/Contract
Megumi's sample invoice/contract.