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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A seated dinner cots more and severely limits attendance numbers.  If the goal is to raise money rather than honor people then you don't do seated dinner. Who knows how many people you are turning away when you hit a low capacity cap?

I have done galas at 4+ different schools and attended lots more. If you have around 300 kids in the school your goal should be about a 70% attendance rate out of 600 (or so given either both parents attending or single parents bringing someone with them), plus staff with them bringing someone with them and community members who may want to attend. A 350 cap is much too low. Take the seated dinner out and your cap would go up a lot-- with a lot more tickets sold.

Just some helpful hints. Take it or leave it.

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The school has 350 students and the gala has sold over 300 tickets, I think that is excellent. No one goes to the Mayflower for light food and drinks. You have to cater to your audience and what they feel a $125 ticket should command. Shepherd Gala use to be one of the highlights of DC social scene for the middle-upper class AA community. There is a history to this that i believe it is not known. [/quote]

Proof?  Most upper SES AA families in SP have been going private for at least two generations.[/quote]

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