Re: response to a gig cancellation?

[Joe Kurland and Peggy Davis <ganeydn...>]

Usually 21 days.  If the gig is booked only a couple of weeks in 
advance, of course, the number has to be less.

Joe

At 4:45 PM +0000 5/21/02, Robert Cohen wrote:
>>The ... Band shall receive # (25%) non-refundable
>>deposit for this event, to be applied towards the total fee.
>>
>>The sponsor(s) agree to pay fifty percent of the music fees, as
>>stated above, if this agreement is canceled less than # days prior 
>>to the scheduled date of the event unless the cancellation is the 
>>result of serious accident, natural disaster, or other 
>>circumstances beyond the sponsor's control.
>
>
>First:  Joe, if you don't mind my asking--or, actually, I'd welcome 
>replies from anyone w/ such a clause in their contracts--how *many* 
>days?
>
>I appreciate very much the responses to date--and, obviously, would 
>welcome any additional thoughts; but my response to Bob would 
>essentially be that, in the absence of a pertinent provision (which 
>there isn't) in my letter of agreement, I really don't *have* 
>recourse in law to the organization's deciding to cancel (or, in 
>this case, the group for which they made the booking deciding to 
>cancel) my lecture--as opposed to if I *gave* the lecture and they 
>didn't pay me; that would, of course, be actionable.
>
>I would, of course, appreciate correction/elaboration/emendation by 
>more knowledgeable folks, including Bob.  Do we have any lawyers on 
>this list?
>
>--Robert Cohen
>
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