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Date Posted: 06:42:18 07/31/09 Fri
Author: Bob
Subject: Oops...Inside should read "increase each competition fee by a small amount"
In reply to: Bob 's message, "Here is one possible way to avoid having to charge a fee" on 06:39:54 07/31/09 Fri

>If you calculate the total number of competitions for
>a given feis you could simply increase the entry fee
>by a small amount and totally do away with the entry
>fee. Example: A feis with 200 dancers that charges a
>$15 entry would collect $3,000 in entry fees. If you
>reduced the entry fee to just $5 to cover the cost of
>the program that would reduce that amount to $2,000.
>If they took that figure and divided it by the number
>of total competitons (200 dancers with each competing
>in am average of 3 comps would be 600 competitions).
>That would equate to about $3 per competition.
>
>I know this may seem complicated but that's probably
>just because of the way I am trying to explain it. I'm
>sure there is someone out there who could do a better
>job of it.
>
>Any way, it would eliminate the unfairness to dancers
>who come alone and don't bring family and would also
>avoid the problem of having enough volunteers to sit
>at every entrance to check for wristbands.
>
>Another advantage is that a feis could advertise the
>event as being open to the general public. This could
>go a long way towards giving many more people the
>chance to experience what Irish dance is all about. It
>would also give the sponsor school a chance to promote
>themselves when they promote the feis to the public.
>Could be a win-win situation for everyone. I would
>love to hear your thoughts on this.

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