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Megumi | 105 Apricot Lane Los Gatos, CA 95030 408-807-7488 e-mail Megumi Normal Performance Fees • $500.00 per 45 minute session • $250.00 for a second 45 minute session immediately following. • If thes fees are outside your budget, please refer to the "Reduced Fees" section, and 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. 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. Travel Fees • If I'm driving, For 2009, I charge the Federal Mileage Reimbursement Rate of 55 cents per mile from my home. • If I'm flying, I charge additionally for travel time. • Under certain conditions, I accept home-stays. Storytelling with Translators ... can be a blast, AND a good language lesson! Imagine your favorite teachers and librarians re-telling the stories with their own choice of words, gestures, facial expressions, and voice inflections.
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• Please check my calendar. • Reduced fees ($250-$450) may be availble if I'm already in your neighborhood, and you book me on the same day. • Megumi will be available for performances and workshops most of 2010, except for: • June 24-July 19 • July 31- August 16 • August 22-24 • September 3-7 • September 24-27 Promotional Material Please feel free to use text and photographs on this website to create your own programs and advertising. Sample Invoice/Contract • folktales • World War II Japanese American Stories Preferred Audience Sizes • 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. 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!) |