Chrissy Fowler wrote:
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> What is your dance's admission price structure?
BIDA charges $5-$10, as a sliding scale, where people are encouraged
to pay what they can. This was a deliberate decision over a "students",
"young people", "low income" rate, but it predates my time on the
board.
It's worked well for us; we tend to average between $7 and $8 per
person and the dancers seem to like it.
(Special event dances generally cost more, volunteers get in free for
about an hour's work, musicians for open bands pay on a $0-$10
sliding scale (though the bandleader is paid). Sit-ins at regular
dances count as $5-$10 just like dancers. If you bring someone new
to contra in time for the 7pm beginner's workshop, you both get in
free.)
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> Does that admission price drop at any point in the evening? If so,
> when (at what point)?
We have volunteers taking money at the door until 10pm (the dance goes
to 10:30). At that point a board member starts calculating the night's
finances, and pretty much no one comes that late. Someone who did
arrive then would still be asked to pay $5-$10.
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> What is the rationale for either (a) dropping the price or (b)
> keeping the same price in effect for duration of the entire dance?
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We would like people to come for the whole dance. It's not like it
saves us money if they show up for only the last hour. [1] If they
can't afford our minimum admission, we're always looking for volunteers.
Jeff
(BIDA Board Member, written without consulting anyone else.)
[1] This would be different if we were regularly at capacity. We
would rethink this then.
