Glad you do this MG. It takes necessary courage to be sure people are honest. Perhaps unions could do this task. If they cared they would. Then again if a person running a venue will not cooperate- it is in the intrest of both parties after all and all you could do is suggest change or go work elsewhere....I would suspect them immediaely.

I have found over the years that telling stories is best at festivals outside the womans rest room where there is a never ending, ever present line and people appreciate a good short traditional story. I am not like a parking meter and dont need coin to perform.

Grocery store lines are also wonderful.

At festivals to get on a stage you to do so much politics that it is unbelievable. One guy wanted to have me come once a week to his house to attend a meeting- I told him that instead he should just listen to about 20 stories on the spot and be done with it.

Conrad