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DanS.[_3_]

On 1/5/2012 6:17 AM, wrote:
> On Jan 4, 8:17 pm, > wrote:
>> On 1/4/2012 2:53 PM, notbob wrote:> On 2012-01-04, > wrote:
>>
>>>> difference between a dinner that everyone agrees will be shared -- and
>>>> one to which guests are invited.......
>>
>>> That's the beauty of invitations, even to potlucks. You can always
>>> decline.
>>
>>> nb
>>
>> My daughter's marching band has a potluck for over a thousand, and
>> charges admission because they buy chicken.
>>
>> I'm not going next year. It should be one or the other.
>
> I went to a fundraiser event that charged $10 per person which
> included renting the cabin, paper plates, untensils, fried chicken,
> and some door prizes. Everybody was asked to bring a salad or dessert.
> There was also an auction that was a lot of fun, and we raised over
> $1000 for the event.
>
> If the purpose is a fund raiser as I would assume the marching band
> was doing, then I don't see a problem with paying and bringing
> something.

You might have a point. They do do a /lot/ of fund raisers, and they
want over $300 a year per kid on top of those. It all gets kind of
ridiculous.

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Yours,
Dan S.