Shrinking audiences and party planners

[AGREENBA <AGREENBA...>]

Wow, your stories are wild with the PPs!! My only screw up with placement of 
the band was when we were told to do the cocktail hour on the 2nd floor of the 
catering place and the full reception on the 3rd floor. We set up two sound 
systems only to be told that she had it wrong - and then, of course, we had to 
set up in about a 1/2 hour in reverse. The client had actually told me 
correctly but the planner said otherwise. 
I have another recent one:
A last outdoor/tent situation until the cold weather his for the year, the 
P.P. asked if the clients could use our mikes to make speeches. Of course, I 
always say. So, after an hour I said we were taking a break and the mike was 
there's and walked away after handing the mike to the first speaker. Then the 
PP 
came over and said "Oh dear, why are you walking away? You need to stand here 
in case the microphone doesn't work right.   I said "Uh, gosh, I think YOU can 
stand here if you're so worried that i couldn't run over here in time to save 
the day! Okay? I'm on a break!" 

You're right, Lori, I really had no clue what was in store for us artists 
when this new career of Party Planner came along. And, by the way, when you 
mentioned that many groups are too afraid, in a sense, to say things are not 
the 
same, fewer concerts, poorly attended, you are SO right. It takes courage to be 
honest about that end of the business. 

adrianne