Can't understand that Mary. You and Anahata are very serious artists who would not let somebody down like that. Silly organiser.
You are performing for me next year.
If you phoned me with a week to go, I would consider that I had failed if I couldn't sort the evening out with other artists.
Surely a good organiser has irons in the fire.
I would just book you for a gig at the next convenient time.
Illness etc cannot be avoided and I would be more upset if an artist through illness put on a poor performance just because they thought that they must turn up whatever.