My daughter's dance recital is coming up in June and I have a question as to how the dance recital tickets are suppose to work - who buys them? Last year I bought all the tickets for everyone attending, which was quite pricey! They are around $13 per person if I remeber correctly. I just assumed that was what I was suppose to do, since that was the 1st year of recitals for my daughter. I ended up having to buy 8 of them! Well this year when I've mentioned having to buy all the tickets again to other moms there, they looked at me like I was nuts when I said that I buy everyone's that attends (aunts/uncles/grandparents), and I was told that everyone attending should be buying their own. A few people have told me that they expect to pay if they are going to someone's recital. Help, I don't know how this all works. Everyone that attended last year didn't mention anything about paying for their own, so I thought that was the way it worked (me buying them). This year money is a lot tighter (i don't work anymore), so should I just send an email to everyone that usually would go and tell them the price and ask if they want to come. Will they expect me to pay again since I did last year? How is it suppose to work and how should i approach it this year? Thanks much :)
No you do not need to pay for everyones tickets. I would just tell everyone the price of the tickets and ask them to let you know if they want to come. I don't think that anyone expects you to pay for the tickets. They may not have even known that you payed for them.
We only have family out of state, so if we're lucky, two or three will come to the actual recital, and our tickets are $10 each. So, we pay for them since they have to travel 4 hours to get here to begin with.
Each studio is different - some offer a minimum number of tickets to the family, then they have to buy the rest they need, some studios don't do a true "recital" and it's more like a talent show with no charge. Depends on where you're at. Many of your guests may not know that you're paying for the tickets for them to attend. I'd just let them know when you invite them that there is a cost of $13 each - maybe you could offer to pay the first $5.00 of each ticket if you're unable to pick up the entire tab this year.
My daughter has been dancing since she was 4, that was 7 years ago! Lots of recitals and performances! She is now on a production team and a competition team in addition to her classes at her studio, so she also performs at several other events throughout the year and so we can film her at various events and e-mail the footage to our out of state family. Plus we buy the $50 DVD that is offered from the studio at the end of the year which we can then send to different people to see if they want. It's a great DVD because the numbers are indexed and you can select the individual ones to watch without watching all 4 hours of it!
This year she will perform a total of two days of competitions, she's already performed at the township's annual silent auction event, is scheduled for all 5 of the studio's recitals, which, of course, includes 5 dress rehearsals!, and then will be at the Relay for Life event at Heritage Park in May. She was also invited to perform on a Royal Carribean Cruise line in the summer, however, we have to pass on that one since my niece is getting married the same weekend and she'll be in the wedding in California.
So plenty of opportunity for our family to see her without paying for tickets.
My daughters recital is also in June. I have mentioned it to a few family members that I thought would like to come, and when I mentioned it I also explained how much the ticket were and that I couldn't afford to pay for everyone to come(they are $12 each). Our family memebers did not have a problem with paying for their own ticket in fact they said they did want us to pay for them all. I would just explain the situation and if they want to come they will understand.
My daughter has a dance recital this May. We tell everyone in the family when it is and how much the tickets are. Everyone pays for their own tickets. We have never had a problem.
Good luck!
As a former dancer of 17 years, my father spent many of his saturday mornings lined up for tickets in April/May. He ALWAYS paid for everyone's tickets! My grandparents, friends, family always came to recitals, and always were paid for by my dad.
NOW, I do understand with the economy the way it is, that if someone offers you money for them, than it would be ok to me for you to accept that.
Hope that helps!
