CHONDA PIERCE RIDER Revised 4/30/13

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1 CHONDA PIERCE RIDER Revised 4/30/13 Management: Andrew Tenenbaum, CMP Entertainment, (424) , Road Manager and Advance Contact: Cliff Young, (615) , Booking: Jeff Gregg, CAA, (615) , SECTION 1 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Stage A) When building a portable stage in an arena or flat hall setting, minimum stage dimensions are to be 30 wide x 24 deep x 4 high. The stage is to be skirted in black material on the front. B) One set of stairs, upstage left or right of the stage are required for stage entrances and exits. C) In a church setting, the entire stage must be cleared prior to scheduled load-in. Set A) Please provide One black bar stool with back, for Artist use during performance. B) Please provide One Analog or Digital clock on the Stage for Artist. Runners. Please provide One (1) SUV or Mini-Van. The runner should be available the day before and the day after the event for airport pick-ups and drop offs if needed (to be advanced by tour manager). The promoter should not double as a runner. Dressing Rooms. Chonda will require a private secure room backstage with enough room for 4 adults and luggage. This room should have a private restroom facility with a mirror, one 6 table, four chairs, 5 towels, iron and ironing board, Kleenex, and honey cough drops. 2 additional dressing rooms 1 male and 1 female. Complimentary Tickets. Please set aside 20 complimentary tickets for artists use. If there is a premium seating block, these tickets should be reserved in that section. As we get closer to the date, you may be able to release many or all of the tickets depending on the specific date. Security Please consult management for day of show security needs. Please block backstage access to general public with appropriate signage and/or stanchions. Please provide one or two able-bodied men or women to secure backstage area. This is dependant on the amount of entrances to the backstage area. Merchandise A) Please provide six (6) tables that are 6 feet long in the lobby area by noon for merchandise. May need 2 separate merchandise locations when authorized by tour manager. B) Please provide 2 able bodied volunteers and cart to help with load-in 4 ½ hours prior to show and up to 1 ½ hours after show for load-out of merchandise. C) Merchandise workers should show up One (1) hour before doors. (Total of 6 volunteers) D) Merchandise workers should expect to work from scheduled start time to one hour after the performance ends. E) Under no circumstance will the Artist merchandise share selling space with any other non-artist entity. All display locations (Artist and non-artist) will be at discretion of management or designee. Any non-artist display must be approved prior to day of concert from Artist management. F) No other merchandise may be sold without the prior consent of Artist management. Opening Acts No opening acts should be arranged without the express written permission of Artist management.

2 All announcements by house MC will need to be approved by Tour Manager. And will need to be made before 7:00 PM or show start time for an on time start. SECTION 2 SOUND House System A premium, professional quality stereo sound system, capable of producing 100 db SPL to the rear of the seating area, with a flat (+3db/-3db) frequency response from 30hz to 20Khz throughout the venue is required. The system should be flown whenever possible. Please provide front fills in addition to the main system. Speakers A three way stereo active system, Meyer, Funktion-One, EAW, and V DOSC are preferred. Please no passive systems. Console Should have a minimum of 24 inputs with four-band EQ with sweep-able mid-range, subgroups, and a minimum of 8 aux sends (switch-able Pre/Post). Stereo returns are a plus. Midas Yamaha or Soundcraft are preferred. House Processing 2 quarter inch inputs for playback through laptop computer. 4 comps 1 SPX 990 Effects Unit 1 TC Electronics Delay Unit Monitors and System Specifications In most cases Chonda Pierce will be requiring 2 separate monitor wedge mixes. These will patch directly into the front of house console, unless there is a Monitor console, which can be used on stage. Please provide the following for monitors. Monitor Speakers 3 Bi-Amped 12 x2 wedges with power (CBA, Inc. 12AM s or Meyer USM-1P are preferred) Mic/Mic Stands 1 Shure UHF series wireless system with a BETA 87 microphone element. (For MC) 3 Straight round base stands 1 boom stand for wireless piano mic Personnel Please provide one (1) qualified professional sound technician, if a church, this sound technician should be the technician who runs your sound on Sunday morning and for special productions, not a back-up sound technician, to accompany the system. It is critical this person is able to provide high quality sound for this event. SECTION 3 LIGHTS Lighting System Please provide when possible a lighting system with the following items: 60k PAR64 cans broken down into thirty (30) cans for a front truss and thirty (30) cans for a rear. The lighting plot will be as follows: a generic four color wash with four no color narrow specials. Follow Spots and Stage Lighting Follow spots may be used if the front stage wash will not be adequate. A good front wash is preferred to spotlights as Chonda will be able to see the audiences faces much better. If a good front wash is not attainable, please provide three MATCHING follow spots with qualified operators located front of house. Suggested spot lamp types are: 400 watt HTI, 1,200 watt HMI, 2,500 watt HMI, or Xenon. Under no circumstances will any incandescent or quartz type spots be acceptable. It is imperative that the follow spots have a clear, unobstructed view of the stage. Under no circumstances will it be acceptable for an audience member to interfere with the projection of a follow spot. Personnel Chonda Pierce does not travel with a Lighting Director, please provide a qualified board operator.

3 House Lights The house-light operator will need to set house light levels with Artist s tour manager no later than 2 hours prior to concert time. The house-light operator will need to stay at the house-light controls listening to his/her communication unit for the duration of the performance. SECTION 4 VIDEO Video Playback Please provide when possible, one DVD player with playback monitor for use on IMAG screens. This will be used for artist s roll-in video, as well as tour sponsor s video. IMAG Please provide when possible, two cameras for purposes of Image Magnification. Sufficient screen size and placement should be considered per venue seating situations and arrangements. SECTION 5 CATERING All meals will be advanced by Cliff Young two weeks prior to date of event. In some cases not all meals will need to be provided due to artist travel, some meals may need to be provided at the hotel, or a buyout of $250 may be considered in lieu of meals. Dinner: For 6 touring personnel Dinner will consist of Two Entrée. Chicken and Pasta Entrée (Thursday) Steak and Fish Entrée (Friday) Stir-fry and Soup Entrée (Saturday) Please Include With All Dinner Choices: Large Salad with assorted Lettuce Assorted Dressings including French, Ranch, Blue Cheese, and Balsamic Vinaigrette. 2 Fresh Vegetables (steamed preferred) Choice of Potato or Long Grain Rice dish Fresh Dinner Rolls or French Breads and Butter 2 Choices of Dessert and Fresh Fruits Sweet Tea Spoons, Forks, Knives, Napkins, Plates, Bowls, and Col Cups (16 oz.) A Container with Clean Ice Dinner Drinks: Please ice down the following drinks: 2 Six pack Diet Pepsi 2 Six pack of Diet Dr. Pepper 2 Six pack Diet A&W Rootbeer 2 Twelve pack water 6 Perrier 6 Vitamin Waters 1 Gallon of Sweet Tea 1 Pot of Coffee with LIQUID French Vanilla Cream is a must. Dressing Room CHONDA s Please provide the following in artist dressing rooms 60 minutes prior to concert start: 6 bottles of room temperature water 1 Pot Fresh Coffee w/liquid French Vanilla Cream 1 Large Bag Lays Regular Potato Chips 1 Can of Mixed Nuts 1 box of honey cough drops MEN S AND WOMEN S Please provide the following in artist dressing rooms 60 minutes prior to concert start: 12 bottles of room temperature water 6 cans of diet pepsi 6 cans of diet dr. pepper

4 6 cans of diet a&w rootbeer 1 Pot Fresh Coffee w/ French Vanilla Cream 1 Large Bag Lays Regular Potato Chips 2 Cans of Mixed nuts 1 Bag of sweets 30#s of ice Stage 6 bottles of water (room temperature) SECTION 6 HOTEL REQUIREMENTS Number Artist will require four (4) hotel rooms if specified in the contract. Please provide for Two Double Rooms and two King Rooms. Tour Manager Cliff Young will be booking hotels unless otherwise notified. Types For the safety, security, and convenience of Chonda Pierce and her traveling staff, the hotel should have interior hallways, 24 hour food facility, and be of a national chain (i.e. Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, etc.). Hotel must be approved by management prior to booking. PLEASE PUT ROOMS IN THE NAME OF CLIFF YOUNG AND NOT CHONDA PIERCE. Location The hotel should be located AT THE AIRPORT on Fly dates and CLOSE TO THE VENUE on Bus dates. Payment The hotel should be prepaid or a credit card should be placed for the rooms prior to check-in. SECTION 7 APPENDIX Substitutions Artist s management prior to date of event must approve all substitutions to technical rider. Force Majeure If Artist s performance(s) hereunder is rendered impossible, hazardous or is otherwise prevented or impaired due to sickness, inability to perform, accident, interruption or failure of means of transportation, Act(s) of God, riots, strikes, labor difficulties, epidemics, earthquakes, any act or order of any public authority, and/or any other cause or event, similar or dissimilar, beyond Producer s control the Producer s obligations with respect to the affected performance(s) shall be excused and Producer shall have no liability to Buyer in connection therewith. Provided Artist is ready, willing, and able to perform, Buyer shall remain liable to pay Producer the full contract price plus any monies called for in the Contract regardless of the occurrence of any of the foregoing events. For purposes of this provision, the term Artist shall include Artist or any member thereof. Inclement Weather Producer s obligations hereunder shall be excused and Producer/Artist shall have no liability to Buyer if Artist determines in good faith that their performance is (or is likely to be) rendered impossible, hazardous, or is otherwise prevented or impaired due to inclement weather. In such event (and notwithstanding anything to the contrary), Buyer shall remain liable to Producer for the full contract price plus any percentage monies called for in the contract. Insurance Buyer shall provide, at its sole cost, Commercial General Liability insurance covering any claims, liabilities or losses directly or indirectly resulting from injuries to any person (including bodily and personal injury) and from any property damage and/or loss in connection with the Engagement. Such insurance shall be in the amount required by the Venue, but shall not be less than One Million U.S. Dollars (1,000,000.00) aggregate per occurrence and One Million U.S. Dollars (1,000,000.00) per event, placed with an insurance carrier acceptable to Producer. Said insurance shall be in full force and effect at all times Producer, Artist, or any of their respective employees, agents, or contractors (or any of their respective equipment) is or are at the Venue. A.) Buyer shall provide workers compensation insurance to cover stage hands.

5 B.) Buyer shall cause Second Row, Inc. and Chonda Pierce, individually, Producer, and each of their respective agents and employees to be listed as additional insured s in connection with the foregoing insurance policies. C.) Buyer shall provide certificates of insurance evidencing the above policies to Producer, at least fourteen (14) days prior to the start of the Engagement. Producer s failure to request, review or comment on such certificates shall not affect Producer s rights or Buyer s obligations hereunder. D.) Buyer shall indemnify, save, and hold harmless Producer, Artist, and Producer s and Artist s present and future respective officers, principals, representatives, affiliates, licensees, agents, employees, musicians, crew, attorneys, accountants, successors, substitutes, and assigns the foregoing, including, without limitation, Artist and Producer, Producer Parties from and against any and all claims, demands, debts, liens, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses, (including Attorneys, paralegals, and accountants fees and costs and court costs, whether or not litigation is commenced) and judgments arising out of or in connection with any breach or alleged breach by Buyer or any implied or actual representation, warranty or agreement made by Buyer herein, any claim by a third party with respect to Buyer s obligations pursuant to any agreements(s) directly or indirectly to the concert event(s) (including without limitation, the concert performance(s) hereunder) and/or the advertising and promotion thereof, or any bodily injury, death, or loss of or damage to property in any way related to the concert event(s) (including without limitation the concert performance(s) hereunder) or any authorized or unauthorized act(s) of omission(s) of Buyer or Buyer s employees, agents or independent contractors retained by Buyer (including the facility and site of concert event(s) (including without limitation, the concert performance(s) hereunder). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Buyer is responsible for the security and safety of the Producer and Artist, Artist s musicians and crew, Artist s entourage, audience members, the facility and site personnel and any invitees or attendees, and Buyer hereby indemnifies Producer Parties from all claims with respect therto. Buyer shall reimburse Producer on demand for any payments made, or expense incurred, by any of the Producer Parties at any time in connection with any liability or claim with respect to which the respective Producer Parties are entitled to be indemnified. SECTION 8 AND FINALLY We know there are many details in this RIDER; so thank you for your time and attention to each one of them. These items are in place not to make you work harder, but to make Chonda s appearance the best it can be! We strive for excellence in all that we do, just as you will strive for excellence in promoting your event. If you have any questions or concerns about anything in this RIDER please contact Andrew Tenenbaum before signing it. Thanks again and we look forward to working together soon!

6 Terms and conditions of this rider are hereby agreed and accepted unless otherwise noted Agreed and accepted by Buyer: Date: Agreed and accepted by Producer: Date: