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Does anybody want to work my wedding reception?

Postby jpshipp » May 9th, '08, 10:58



Hi all

I am getting married on Sat 26th July in Leicester.

Was wondering if anybody wanted the gig doing table magic/mentalism at the reception?

I cant afford to pay a massive amount tho.

Cheers

JP

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Postby jpshipp » May 13th, '08, 10:31

Anybody?? Are you all fully booked or do you all charge massive amounts?

This could be a good oportunity to gain some experience, id do it myself but im nowhere near ready to perform...

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Postby Marvo Marky » May 13th, '08, 10:43

jpshipp wrote: id do it myself but im nowhere near ready to perform...

Presumably you'd be busy on the day.

Seriously though, most (all?) of the professional magicians on here would expect to be paid their full fee, which is why I suspect you've heard nothing. I would recommend searching for one through something like the Yellow Pages, or pehaps the magician's directory:

http://www.magician-directory.com/

Good luck!
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Postby jpshipp » May 13th, '08, 11:05

Yeh figured that would be the problem, was hoping a fledgling would like to cut their teeth.

Idcidentally how much is the average "full Fee"?

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Postby Marvo Marky » May 13th, '08, 11:26

It varies a lot.

I'm going to take a complete stab in the middle and say it'll be around £100 per hour, or part thereof, plus expenses.

I have only five gigs under my belt, and yet I don't charge much less than this.

It would probably be argued that £300 for a few hours work would be little out of the budget for a typical wedding and would bring benefits far beyond the cost.

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Postby Chris » May 13th, '08, 11:27

Yep :D

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Postby Chris » May 13th, '08, 11:30

Ill do it for some TM mates rates pricing...

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Postby TheAlkhemist07 » May 13th, '08, 11:31

Marvo Marky wrote:
I'm going to take a complete stab in the middle and say it'll be around £100 per hour, or part thereof, plus expenses.



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Postby magicdiscoman » May 13th, '08, 11:48

165+ miles, erm a bit too far, sorry. :oops:

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Postby Chris » May 13th, '08, 12:09

Its only an hour from my house, thats not to bad!

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Postby Carl Buck » May 13th, '08, 19:39

Hi! I'm based in Leicester, PM me your details and I can be in touch :wink:

Be aware though that it is peak season for weddings so it will have to be the going rate, less your TalkMagic discount of course!!

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Postby dat8962 » May 13th, '08, 21:27

I'm 30 minutes or so from Leicester and will stand in the queue behind Carlos. I'd be happy to also give a discount.

Also, do you really want someone to 'cut their teeth' at your own wedding? You don't want your guests to remember the reception for all of thr wrong reasons if it happens to go wrong.

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