Sample Contract and Waiver Forms
Sample Contract and Waiver Forms
"The below pasted form was created on a Macintosh in WriteNow 3.0, and I used the Times font at 10 pt. in size (with some explansion into the margins in all directions) to fit it onto a single page. If you haven't been supplied with a better working contract, feel free to use this and modify it to your own needs. Hope it can be of some help to you."
Tedi, Carbondale, IL
(name and address was listed here)
(phone number was listed here)
ENTERTAINMENT CONTRACT
TO: ________________________________________________
ADDRESS: ___________________________________________
PHONE(S):___________________________________________
NAME OF ORGANIZATION:
___________________________________________________________________
PERSON WHO WILL BE COORDINATING THIS PERFORMANCE:
__________________________________
LOCATION OF PERFORMANCE (_____ ON CAMPUS _____ IN TOWN _____ OUT OF TOWN):
_________________________________________________________________________________
(use back for directions & map drawing if necessary)
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF GUESTS: _____________________
Occasion (birthday? anniversary? retirement? annual meeting? convention?):
________________________________
*********************************************************************************************
SERVICES REQUESTED OF EMPLOYER
These few details can insure a quality performance under optimum conditions:
*********************************************************************************************
SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH THE DANCER
*********************************************************************************************
AN ADVANCE DEPOSIT OF 50% OF BASIC FEE QUOTED IS REQUIRED. BALANCE IS DUE AT THE TIME OF THE PERFORMANCE. UPON SIGNING OF THIS AGREEMENT AND RECEIPT OF DEPOSIT, THIS ENGAGEMENT SHALL BE CONSIDERED BINDING. SHOULD CANCELLATION BY THE EMPLOYER BE NECESSARY, DEPOSIT SHALL BE FORFEITED TO THE ARTIST. SHOULD CANCELLATION BY THE ARTIST BE NECESSARY, THE ARTIST SHALL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ARRANGE FOR A COMPARABLE SUBSTITUTE. IF NO SUBSTITUTE IS DESIRED BY EMPLOYER, ARTIST SHALL REFUND DEPOSIT IN FULL.
PROGRAM DELAYS DUE TO NO FAULT OF THE PERFORMER WILL BE CHARGED TO THE EMPLOYER AT THE RATE OF $10 PER HALF HOUR.
___________________________________________
__________________________________________
(employer's name) (artist's name)
__________________________________________
_________________________________________
(employer's signature) (date) (artist's signature) (date)
Please sign and return extra copy of contract, along with deposit to above
address.
I,"Be sure to get a signature and date." --Czigany, hereby and forever release and any and all workers from any and all liability for loss or injury incurred in association with the scheduled in this event.
"It's rare that my vocation of risk management touches my avocation as a danse orientale aficionado, but let's just note that:
"[1] I presented a seminar on the topic at the 1996 national Risk and Insurance Management Society's convention.
"[2] I offer the following without any warranty as to the appropriateness and/or suitability for your particular situation; you may wish to contact the insurance broker, for the facility in which you teach or your sponsor, for his or her recommendation.
"[3] You may ask, 'Why bother with these silly wordy things, anyway?' Well, it's because the owners of lawyers failed to spay them before the wandered, as they are wont to do, and began to reproduce mightily. Also, a significant proportion of the population actually believes that other parties are to financially compensate them for accidents that have always happened to people--like routine slipping and falling
"[4] Liability waivers are worthless if the signatories do not understand what they are agreeing to by signing. Liability waivers do not protect you (the teacher), nor your facility, from liability which may arise from your (or their) negligence. Interesting examples include subjecting a student to overt or subtle pressure (social or otherwise) to perform a specific activity that a reasonable person may observe to be causing them pain. Also, the facility would be liable if a student injured themselves on a poorly maintained or cleaned floor, chair, mirror, whatever."
-- James Janner, ARM (Associate in Risk Management)
VP, Aegis Risk Management Insurance Services
"In the following example, the sponsoring and/or facility's full name is 'Betty Boop's School of Dance', and their abbreviated name is 'BBSD'."
Name ________________________
Address ____________________________________
Please read carefully before signing
Participation in any BBSD activity and use of any recreational facilities involves a risk of accidental injury despite all safety precautions. Having been informed of the activities conducted by the Betty Boop's School of Dance (BBSD), I/we, as an individual or as a parent or guardian of the participants named herein, assume all risks and hazards incidental to the activities, and release from responsibility and agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the BBSD, its officers, directors, independent contractors, volunteers and all employees for any illness or injury to me or my children or family members occurring during his/her/our participation in any activity or use of any recreational facility at or conducted by the BBSD.
Sign below only after carefully reading the above.
Signature ________________________________
Note: Signature is required as a condition of registration.
