glamorous event? hot models? rock stars. hmmmm

by the way, i dont understand waht is bman, anyone can put more descript on this?

Just wondering, if you do not have the budget, have u considered the fact that the stage need setting up for performance ready too? thats gonna cost some money

can play Elvis stuff or not?
wats the date? before aug 16 i hope?

I dont know if they ll sponsor,
and as she said earlier, budget is limited, I dont think she has allocated any budget to renting equipment and setting up a stage, technician most likely wont do it for free.
Unless the place where it is held has their own equipments (drum, mixer, amps, monitors etc.)
From the rental rate of equipment I saw from the guitar store website, a minimalist stage would easily go few thousands bucks..

So u see the point there? Not to say i wanna flame, or i wanna put down the exhibition or something, i m just laying the fact that,
If you can afford stage set up and like you say raindrops, its gonna be a pea, then what is the big deal with showing a little appreciation to musicians? Even a small ang pow would make them happy see.

And i agreed with little ice that, getting crappy musician is detrimental to an elegant function. My advice is, if its gonna be a big event, dun scrimp just to save your budget. You company's and your own reputation is worthed more than that. Either you do it professionally, or dun do it at all.

actually the very first impression i saw your post really frighten me - asking in public forum is quite dangerous, not to say there aren't any good musicians here but you know, it's like gambling.

the best way is to ask for more budget, since you want to have a stage performance instead of the entrance music i mentioned. anyway this is how local music scene works - shows are count in "sets", 1 set typically 45mins, some are 30mins (or 1 hour straight but normally only just 1 set). most musicians will play maximum 4 sets a day and that's already very tiring. if you want to spread more, 5 shows of 30mins also do-able.

oh and one more thing i forgot to mention, you'll have to include the expenses for lightings as well, if you want the band music as highlights - normally company will also organise a "theme song", can be new songs or pop songs, and the band will play them, but that's up to you. just dim and warm yellow lights through out is also OK.

seriously, if your boss want to have a successful exhibition, money has to spent on all these entertainment - typically dancing shows, slide shows/speeches, featured musicians/band musics (anymore?). again all these cannot be tight budget, it's you want to do it, or not.

you have to tell you boss asap that things cannot be done so casually. everything have to organize properly, be it big shows or small one, you have to know how every works to avoid last minutes craps.

hope that helps.

stage and lighting system will be alright.

i just dont know whether they hav the music instrument to rent out or not.... let see....

never try never  know...

asking public is not as dangerous as you think. as there is agreement, black and white, rehearser will be include, and we might need to see the musician performance as well to make the decision. thanks for your comments ... appreciated a lot