Forced ticket purchase

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jobe1972 said:

Grumpy_chap said:

I think the whole thing here is, for the dance class to put on the show, they need to hire a venue and that cost has to be covered.  They children also want to feel proud and appreciated for their performance so there is value in the venue being full of adoring parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles.

The dance class do this by asking that, somehow, each student covers three tickets at £55 each, so £165 per student.
This could be done at £165 per student to be in the show plus a nominal charge for each ticket.
Or any other way of meeting the cost that makes the show viable.

Then the dance class has a comment "If you feel you cannot commit to purchasing two/three tickets please let us know and we will try our best to work around it" which is all about being inclusive so no child is priced out because the parents cannot afford for their child to be in the show.

The three tickets per child also makes for a nice, full room.

However, there will be some families where three tickets is overkill, only one parent, no extended family nearby.
Plus some families where two parents, two siblings, four grandparents, uncle tom cobley and all want to see the darling dance.
A bit of juggling between the families can allow the costs of the venue to be covered and everyone to attend and see the show who really wants to without leaving empty seats where some families do not have the number of family members to take the seats.

Can the OP support the ticket purchases by arranging with one of the families wanting "too many" seats?

... just FYI we had already paid £350 for her to be in the show for the extra lessons etc that would be needed for her to learn her part so the tickets were on top of that payment ...

Did you not think to mention that in the first place?

born_again

Hope you enjoyed the show.