yeah you pay for the party. When I was younger, it was typical for me and my friends to "crash" socials by buying tickets at the door. And going to a social was certainly one of the things we discussed when planning our weekend festivities.
Technically socials are a private event but generally people try to sell as many tickets as possible and can actually make a significant amount of money. Drink prices used to be controlled and could not be greater than $1.85 CAD for a drink at a social. So on the weekends it was definitely cheaper to indulge at a social than at a bar. I think the maximum price has been raised since they passed a mandatory drink price of $2.25 cad per drink in the Winnipeg bars. (Note: The $2.25 minimum drink price was in response someone over consuming and ending up floating in the river. Before the minimum drink price it was common place for Winnipeg establishments to have $1 drink specials during mid week.) Eric From: "BethF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Manitoba Wedding Socials (was: writing apps like Weatherbug) Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 16:30:41 -0900 You PAY to go to the party? It is a different custom. But does that mean anyone who pays can go? I might spend every weekend paying to go to wedding socials. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Dawson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 3:38 PM Subject: Manitoba Wedding Socials (was: writing apps like Weatherbug) > I think it is unique to Manitoba (pls confirm), but I think the tradition is > older than Manitoba. The wedding social is a pre-wedding party to celebrate > the pending nuptuals. It is generally more open and includes a broader > spectrum of people that might not be invited to the more exclusive wedding > ceremony and celebration. > > Typical social notes: > $10 ticket per person > Snack at Midnight > Prizes (Silent Auction) > ======================= > > If I could live vicariously through you - I would have a door prize for a > cab at midnight taking you to a weekender for two in Las Vegas... > > The last "suitcase social" I went to (about 10-12 years ago) - we didn't win > the draw, but by some fluke I as carrying around $500 in cash (someone paid > me back some money that night) so we ended up buying the weekend trip for > two, an all expenses paid trip to Shreveport, in an ad hoc auction by the > winners for approx $450. I couldn't go, but I sent a buddy of mine down to > Louisiana with a 20 yr old hottie. :( > > :) > Eric > > From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: writing apps like Weatherbug > Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:57:58 -0500 > > Eric, > > Glad to help. > > BTW perhaps you could explain to Nick how a Winnipeg type wedding social > works, and why he should have one, especially for us CF developers. > > larry > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
