| REFRESHMENTS You may decide to offer them on the evening of the show. If your venue is not already equipped for such sales, setting up a concession stand requires little or no work. Bottled water and cases of candy bars or packaged snacks are readily available at your local grocery store, or - even better - wholesale club. The mark-up on these items can be extreme and still allow for a reasonably-priced refreshment for the attendees. An announcement from the stage is made before intermission regarding the sale of these items. Should you wish NOT to provide a concession stand (and assuming such sales are permitted at your venue), DSE may opt to supply our own. PROGRAMS OUR PROGRAMS, by the way, are an additional way to add to your profits! Your group can arrange for local businesses to advertise in our program, explaining that everyone in attendance will be given one. The extent of said sales is up to your discretion, since 100% of the profit it generates is yours to keep. The sponsorships WE obtain are mentioned in the program, as well. RAFFLES A RAFFLE is yet another way to increase your profits. With this, you would invest in a roll of tickets (available at stationary stores or Wal-Mart or K-Mart) and sell them at the door, or in the audience before the show. Tickets are drawn at intermission for prizes. Cost of each ticket and what prizes are awarded is up to you - and, again, you keep these profits. ADVERTISING SIGNAGE You may wish to contact local businesses and have them pay to 'sponsor' a sign at the show. The signs would have the business' name, and a line or two of text. They are prominently displayed at the show, and an announcement during the show calls attention to them. The signs are 16" x 24" and professionally made. We will supply you with up to three of them FREE OF CHARGE, and can supply more for a reasonable fee. Cost of these signs to the businesses is agreed upon before hand by you and us, and 100% of the revenue acquired by the sales (less the expense of their manufacture, should you sell more than three) is yours to keep. We may also choose to sell the 'sponsorship' signs, and pay you a percentage of the gross of our sales. |
| SOME ADDITIONAL WAYS YOU CAN ADD TO YOUR PROFITS |
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| WANT TO GENERATE SOME GREAT FREE PUBLICITY? Consider having a TALENT CONTEST sometime prior to the show, and have the winner perform their act LIVE ON STAGE in the MAGIC & MERRIMENT SHOW!!! We will allow your winning contestant up to five minutes of stage time, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE of the BIG SHOW, for the whole school...and perhaps (with your vigorous ticket sales) THE WHOLE TOWN watching!!! Think how this would boost sales, and INCREASE YOUR PROFIT! We will even present them with a trophy or certificate of award at -as always- NO COST TO YOU! |