[IVFDF] Re: Whither IVFDF - Costs of Tickets for Students

[Tom Knight]

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> Subject: [IVFDF] Re: Whither IVFDF - Costs of Tickets for Students
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> On a different note: I would like to keep IVFDF in a uni' town as they
are
> a
> lot easier to get to than any other possible venue. There aren't a lot
of
> towns left that do not have a university in them. If a town has a
> university
> in them then a lot more trains stop there.
>
> What about universities without towns round them- like Warwick etc?
>  The key factor to my mind is public transport access, not whether
there's
> a university nearby.

I was going to post a very sarcastic reply, but with the same essence,
mentioning the stunning rail access to St Andrews. You have you wonder
what
the original message actaully means - it looks as if all the sender is
saying is "let's put IVFDF in a large town or a city". If this is the case
then the university train of thought it irrelevant at best.

I _would_ like to see IVFDF kept in universities, hosted by a university
dance society. That, to me is the essence of the festival. It's sad that
this isn't becoming so viable. On another note, how many university dance
side are there now - with students making up the majority of members?

On the other note, I do believe that this festival should be kept cheap
for
students. If we have it in the far north or the far south, then we'll lose
some possible attendees through cost anyway - let's not exacerbate this by
raising prices for those who very possibly can't afford it.

Naturally, if the cost of the festival is increasing, in order to keep the
festival profitable, the costs must be passed on to someone - by
elimination
it's the non-students!
I am certainly happy to pay (some) more to attend IVFDF, but I'm sure some
wouldn't find it so easy to get away it the prices went up too much...

We could of course have a means-tested attendance fee?  ;-)







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