Dancers' Symposium Budget

Fall t-shirt sale revenue (selling to dancers at $12 a piece, costs ~$7 each to produce). Selling 20 shirts.

Spring t-shirt sale revenue (selling to dancers at $12 a piece, costs ~$7 each to produce). Selling 20 shirts.

Fall show ticket sales (selling tickets at $5 and $8--we believe that our affordable shows increase attendance, and we want to make sure that everyone who wants to attend is able to comfortably pay for admission). Estimate selling 800 tickets.

covers 75% fall uniforms

Spring show ticket sales (selling tickets at $5 and $8--we believe that our affordable shows increase attendance, and we want to make sure that everyone who wants to attend is able to comfortably pay for admission). Estimate selling 800 tickets.

covers 75% spring uniforms

Infra t-shirt sales. 15 Shirts at $10 each.

Soulstylz t-shirt sales. 15 Shirts at $10 each.

Given the history of this event and JFC's perceived impact of Dance Marathon, we feel that it is not fiscally responsible to subsidize this event. Feel free to appeal with a budget that more accurately reflects the attendence level of this event.

Fall audition supplies (safety pins for audition numbers, printing audition numbers and lamination, pens for dancer ranking/choreographer preferences)

Print fall audition preference sheets for auditioning dancers (200 copies)

Renting speakers and microphone from AB Tech for auditions

Director dinner for post-audition dancer placement (we are in Rangos from 9am Saturday morning-2am Sunday morning running auditions and placing dancers). 6 people.

Printing fall audition posters for publicity

Printing show posters for publicity (75 @ 1.25)

Renting speakers, lighting equipment, man power, extra staging, sound system, equipment set up and clean up (in the past AB Tech has subsidized our costs significantly, and have met with us multiple times to request a larger budget for the high quality of production that they create for us). AB Tech and their services are vital to producing our shows, and thus this is one of our greatest priorities in increased funding.

CMUtv- Filming DS shows, live streaming, etc.

T-shirt printing for fall show promotional shirts (60 shirts at $8, plus rush shipping due to calendar constraints)

Printing a 3x5' banner for Doherty Hall publicity

Printing programs for fall show (800 programs). This cost was underestimated in past years, and this cost has been adjusted based on what we have been charged for the past semesters.

Ticket printing for fall show (800 tickets). This cost was non-existent in past years and needs to be put in our budget for next year.

Laundry Supplies for washing rented costumes from our costume closet.

Costumes for 20-25 dances (costumes are reused as well, and we encourage choreographers to visit our closet by holding various costume closet hours). Exact costs change per show. This is higher than it has been in previous years because clothing prices have increased and in order to continue to put on professional shows we need to increase the budget for costumes.

Refreshments for audience members for fall show (cookies and other refreshments for intermission during our shows)

Hiring 2 security guards for each night of the show (Friday and Saturday). The campus has gotten stricter with us regarding security for our shows, and though we have talked them into having fewer guards per night (since the show is relatively tame), we are still required to have 2 guards per night in the case of an emergency.

Gift for graphic designer (designs posters, DVDs, programs, t-shirts, promo cards, etc.) They put in over 40 hours into working with the directors to come up with a design that we all like and deserve to receive a small gift as a thank you for their efforts.

Spring audition supplies (safety pins, printing audition numbers and lamination, pens)

Printing preference sheets for auditions

Renting speakers and microphone from AB Tech

Printing audition posters to advertise for auditions

Director dinner for post-audition dancer placement (again, we are in Rangos from 9am-2am running auditions and placing dancers). 6 Attendees.

Renting speakers, lighting equipment, man power, extra staging, sound system, equipment set up and clean up (in the past AB Tech has subsidized our costs significantly, and have met with us multiple times to request a larger budget for the high quality of production that they create for us). AB Tech and their services are vital to producing our shows, and thus this is one of our greatest priorities in increased funding.

CMUtv- Filming DS shows, live streaming, etc.

T-shirt printing for spring show promotional shirts (60 shirts at $8, plus rush shipping due to calendar constraints)

Doherty banner printing (3'x5')

Printing show programs for audience members. (800 programs) This cost was underestimated in past years, and this cost has been adjusted based on what we have been charged for the past semesters.

Ticket printing for spring show (800 tickets). This cost was non-existent in past years and needs to be put in our budget for next year.

Laundry supplies for washing costumes that will be reused

Costumes for 20-25 dances (costumes are reused as well, and we encourage choreographers to visit our closet by holding various costume closet hours). Exact costs change per show. This is higher than it has been in previous years because clothing prices have increased and in order to continue to put on professional shows we need to increase the budget for costumes.

Refreshments for audience members for spring show (cookies and other refreshments for intermission during our shows)

Hiring 2 security guards for each night of the show (Friday and Saturday). The campus has gotten stricter with us regarding security for our shows, and though we have talked them into having fewer guards per night (since the show is relatively tame), we are still required to have 2 guards per night in the case of an emergency.

Printing show posters for publicity (75 @ 1.25)

Gift for graphic designer (designs posters, DVDs, programs, t-shirts, promo cards, etc.) They put in over 40 hours into working with the directors to come up with a design that we all like and deserve to receive a small gift as a thank you for their efforts.

Refreshments for dancers and guests at fall afterparty on Saturday night. Appx. 100 attendees.

While the JFC feels that this is a valuable event, given the increases in other costs we cannot fund this event.

After party rental space. We usually find a club to host the after party, and have in pervious years sold tickets to the after party to subsidize the event.

While the JFC feels that this is a valuable event, given the increases in other costs we cannot fund this event.

Professional afterparty DJ

While the JFC feels that this is a valuable event, given the increases in other costs we cannot fund this event.

Afterparty AB Tech --lighting and sound

While the JFC feels that this is a valuable event, given the increases in other costs we cannot fund this event.

Printing Infra T-shirts (15 Shirts @ $17)

Infra costumes for shows (will be reused and put into our costume closet for future use), Changes based on shows.

Infra guest choreographers and lecturers. Helps strengthen the dance culture experience and introduce new styles and techniques to the dancers who otherwise wouldn't have had the opportunity to work with these choreographers. Appx. 2 workshops. Chris Makris came in and taught a workshop as well as Anthony Williams.

AB Tech for Infra Show (lighting, sound, etc.)

DanceFest Workshop.This year, we are hosting a DanceFest with choreographers: Raymond Ejiofor, Jennelle Johnson , and Annalee Traylor. It is a series of master classes for the general CMU community to come and enjoy with hip hop contemporary and jazz. This fee would cover paying professional choreographers, pr for the event, refreshments, etc.

Domain to host a website

Infra laundry supplies (washing used costumes)

Printing Soulstylz T-shirts (15 shirts @ $17)

Soulstylz costumes for shows (will be reused and put into our costume closet for future use), Changes based on shows.

AB Tech for Soulstylz Show (lighting, sound, etc.)

Soulstylz laundry supplies (washing used costumes)

Infra and SoulStylz master classes. Master classes are based on the experiences of the instructor, who are often well known in the industry. Helps strengthen the dance culture experience and introduce new styles and techniques to the dancers who otherwise wouldn't have had the opportunity to work with these choreographers. Appx 2 classes. We brought in Andrew Capiodeci for Soulstylz and Anthony Williams for Infra

SoulStylz workshop. Helps strengthen the dance culture experience and introduce new styles and techniques to the dancers who otherwise wouldn't have had the opportunity to work with these choreographers. Workshops are more specific for particular techniques. Appx 2 workshops, more expensive because they are longer and for more people. This year, Soulstylz entered into a dance competition and won first place. They also participated in a master class through the dance competition using these funds.

Pizza and refreshments for fall "DVD social" (trying to encourage our dancers to socialize with one another outside of weekly rehearsals and foster a greater social community within our organization). Appx. 50 attendees. Since we no longer want the budget for the fall after party, we can just use some of that money for this social.

Cost to rent Wiegand Gym

Cost to lay mats on floor of Wiegand Gym

AB Tech - lighting, sound, and projection during Dance Marathon event

cmuTV - filiming, recording, and projecting event

Refreshments for event, like chips and drinks (much of the food and drink for this event are donated, but this cost covers other refreshment items)

Taylor rental costs for renting chairs, partitions, etc.

Printing Dance Marathon bibs (numbers) for event participants, safety pins

Rental fee for stage for emcee/DJ (SnS or Taylor Rental)

Decorations including balloons, streamers, and others

Cost for professional DJ for event

Printing t-shirts to be sold to staff members and AB Tech at a subsidized cost. T-shirts were not put into the budget in previous years, but this year we met with the DM E-Board to ask them what was missing from their budget, of which one item was t-shirts. (50 @ $10)

Trophy for Dance Marathon winner. The trophy was not put into the budget in previous years, but this year we met with the DM E-Board to ask them what was missing from their budget, of which one item was a trophy for the winner of the event

Security for event- filming, recording, and projecting event. The costs for cmuTV have increased.

Printing "Dance Marathon" Banner with logo to promote event for years to come.

The JFC believes that this is a great event. But we still think this is a large increase. To cover the costs for this you can charge a surplus for you tickets.