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Date Posted: 13:24:16 06/09/09 Tue
Last night in Pageant Chat, NC Gal said tickets to the Miss North Carolina pageant were $40. Then txpageantguy said that's nothing, tickets to Miss Texas were going to be $75! And that's not for the front row, it's for every seat in the house!
I think this is outrageous! Our country is in a serious depression, millions of people are out of work and disposable income is no longer available for most people. Fewer girls are signing up to participate in pageants due to the increasing financial demands directors make on them - enormous entry fees, required ads, one state is forcing girls to peddle Sam Haskell's book, another requires girls to sell $1,000 in lottery tickets - and now they're charging these kind of prices for tickets?
Have pageant organizers lost their freaking minds? Do they not even see the dwindling number of contestants? Is this really the way to attract girls to participate in pageants? How can they not see that every financial decision they make impacts these girls and their families and is driving them away?
There is no way I would pay $75 to watch a state pageant. Nor would I pay $40. It simply isn't worth it! This isn't a Barbara Streisand concert, it's a state pageant, for crying out loud. If my daughter were competing I would buy one ticket so that someone from our family could be there to represent and support her, but there is no way I would spend that kind of money for her sisters and brothers and aunts and uncles to sit in the back of the theatre and squirm in their seats for 3 hours. I would let the director know that instead of purchasing 50 tickets for our family I will be buying one. Everyone has their deal breaker and outrageous ticket prices are mine.
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- I agree with you. So how do we get people to meet in the middle? I'm thinking of some of the criticism I read on boards when state (and local) directors try to run pageants at reasonable cost with fairly basic stage decorations and then get criticised for not providing "quality," as if everything is supposed to be network-television standard. (NT) -- New York Guy, 13:52:58 06/09/09 Tue
- I couldn't agree more! What's especially disappointing about this trend is the fact that after watching MANY state pageants on DVD over the past several years, there are no more than a half dozen that put on a production even worthy of a $35 ticket. I've said it before and I'll say it again - more of these state committees need to raise funds throughout the year and not expect to grift the contestants and their families during pageant week to fund the entire program. (NT) -- Marylander, 14:10:48 06/09/09 Tue
- Look at what we did with Miss Pageant Central. All we had to do was ask and people donated a $7,000 prize package for our winner. Granted, we had no operating costs, but the point is there is no reason these state committes and directors can't get together with businesses and industry insiders and defray some of these costs away from the contestants and their families. What are they doing making girls hawk Sam Haskell's book anyway? Why is the MAO forcing girls to donate to Children's Miracle Network? Why is it the girls' responsibility to put business ads in the program book? I can understand the WINNER spending her year making appearances at the pageant's sponsors, but to force contestants to do this just to compete is really short-sighted. The dwindling number of contestants should be a clue that these decisions are pushing girls and their families away from participating. (NT) -- Meemaw, 14:50:05 06/09/09 Tue
- Sponsors get tapped out by being asked by every local and state program out there, it's easier to get a sponsor when you have a "personal" relationship with the potential sponsor which was the case with Miss PC with most of the sponsors, as for fundraising all through the year, I am sorry, but most of these directors do this are on a volunteer basis and about 99% of them have full time jobs and families, on top of making sure thier titleholder has a chaperone on appearances, helping her as she prepares for state and then taking three days off of work to be just at the state pageant (I am sure they take more time off during the year), but to add year-round fundraising on top of all of that, seems to be asking a lot. I really feel for these directors, especially at the MAO local level. I think the $100.00 "donation" fee is absurd. (NT) -- Stacey, 09:47:18 06/10/09 Wed
- A few questions: 1) Who's Sam Haskell? 2) what if the girl doesn't sell $1000 in raffle tickets? Does she have to cover the difference herself? CA prelims cost $20 a ticket. For the life of me I cant remember how my CA USA is, but I know they have two seatings_priority and general. I think for $10 extra you get to be seated first.Once all of those folks are sat,general admission sits.It will be interesting to see what they do with the space with the tv camera crews there this year. (NT) -- Andres, 14:17:05 06/09/09 Tue
- NJ is $50 for final night (NT) -- a bit much, 14:43:04 06/09/09 Tue
- I spent $250 for tickets to Miss OK. Yes, it is an amazing show, but Production costs are INSANE. That's one thing that drives up the price (NT) -- M. Dearest, 15:27:44 06/09/09 Tue
- click in for the information on Miss Texas tickets. Like someone said, Oklahoma is like Texas in that we do HUGE productions, and that costs money to do so. All ticket prices are broken down on the click : --
 TXPAGEANTGUY, 16:34:42 06/09/09 Tue
- I so agree with you, my daughter competes in Louisiana I only buy 2 tickets every year to watch her compete because it would cost me over $600 to bring all of her immediate family members, then add in $950 for entry fee, pictures / video and hotel you are looking at least $2200 + , then you have the clothes and I won't go there because it could go up into the thousands just to step on the stage for what maybe 10 minutes if you're lucky. (NT) -- Is it worth, or are we just insane to spend that kind of money for a pageant., 16:50:27 06/09/09 Tue
- It is so unfortunate that pageants are so pricey. The economy is rough right now, and many people are having such a hard time. I wish there were a way to make them less, but I know that the people who put their hard work into producing pageants have huge expenses. I wish it were different! (NT) -- NC GAL, 19:04:38 06/09/09 Tue
- yeah, tickets in MI are expensive too. I don't remember for sure, but I think they were $30 for prelims last year, plus handling fee if you ordered over the phone. It was tough for my parents to come, let alone my fiance and rommate, who were college students that lived half-way across the state. add in the cost of staying in a hotel for those nights, and it was a big expense for my family, even though i did my wardrobe shopping on a tight budget. (NT) -- Spartan Girl, 21:23:37 06/09/09 Tue
- NY is $50 for finals $30 for each prelim!!!! (NT) -- ., 22:09:08 06/09/09 Tue
- And the Miss NC MAO pageant has gone down hill from the days when I was involved....productions are weak and the last few years, the reigning Miss NC was emcee.....the days of grandeur of pageantry in NC is gone until a new director is found.... (NT) -- NC Pageant Fan, 23:04:49 06/09/09 Tue
- In Virginia, it's 30.00 for each prelim nite and 40.00 for the finals for a total of 100.00 to attend the entire event. The pageant is also shown on local TV stations throughout the Commonwealth and the website has a Miss Virginia Cookbook, a Miss Virginia recital and the Miss Virginia golf classic to help defray costs...... (NT) -- GMAN, 07:20:33 06/10/09 Wed
- For Maryland, each prelim (2) is $20. The OT pageant on Friday is $25, but the catch is that they will not crown the winner that night. Tickets for finals night, where the OT and Miss are crowned are $40. A "season pass" for all 4 nights is $95. The "teen package" (Friday & Saturday - includes Miss finals) is $60. (NT) -- MissMerlin, 10:59:07 06/10/09 Wed
- CT tickets are $100 for all 3 nights (Miss and OT). If you want to only go to finals you still have to buy the 3-night ticket for $100 and use it only the one night. Then your seat will be empty for the prelims. Seems strange . . . (NT) -- NE Queen, 11:12:50 06/10/09 Wed
- NY's tickets for the finals are $50 only if you buy them pre-sale. If you buy them at the door on the day of they are $75. The place they are having the pageant at is FABULOUS - every single seat has a great view. My guess is that some pageant boards set their prices based on what the venue is charging them. Everyone needs to make something... (NT) -- Upstate NYer (and I have my tickets for finals!), 18:42:15 06/11/09 Thu
- That is quite a bit of money. I wonder what can be done about it. (NT) -- Any ideas?, 14:10:46 06/14/09 Sun
- The year that I competed at Miss GA America, I felt so sorry for my family. Everytime they turned around the MAO had their hands out. The kicker was having to pay 25.00 for tickets to visit me during visitation because that was the only 15 minutes that I could see them the entire week. Its a con with MAO and MUO. (NT) -- guilty, 14:38:06 06/14/09 Sun
- I am aware that it takes money to run an organization, but to bill it as a scholarship program and then charge what they did was ridiculous. 75.00 party tickets each, 25.00 visitation, 45.00 prelims, 50.00 finals. By the time it was over my parents had paid over 4000.00 for additional expenses. They were so supportive and gracious, however the botoom line was it was too expensive and I choose not to put them in that situation again. (NT) -- guilty, 16:19:09 06/14/09 Sun
- I would be curious to know the venue costs for each of the state pageants. Miss NC's venue costs are available to be seen on the venues website and best I can tell the total cost for the venue and production looks to be between $80K and $100K for the week. The venue only seats 1700 and it didnt sell out. So assuming $40 x an avg of 800 folks a night for 5 nights is only $160K in door revenue. The venues site says also says it gets 12% of the door. I think they make money, but its not as much as people think it is. (NT) -- Dr. Math 101, 16:19:30 07/01/09 Wed
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