Details regarding the Concord 55 Alive trip to see West Side Story on Sunday, April 29, 2018 at Lesher Center for the Arts
The connection between your making both your RSVP and making your
payment for this trip in a timely manner and by way of PayPal is very important. Please make sure to make payment at about the
same time as you make your RSVP. And be sure to make that payment via the
PayPal.me link, which is shown back at the beginning of this posting on the Concord 55 Alive Meetup site,
along with the RSVP there.
No matter how many tickets I've sold by then, even if I don't reach the initial quota of 15, RSVPs will CLOSE, and no payments will be accepted after March 28th.
There is a very remote chance - if not at least 13 seats are sold by that date - that this may effect the amount of the rebate, perhaps lowering it from $11 by a few dollars, or even to zero, but there has to be limits based on the contractual obligation that I am under with Lesher Group Sales Department, and for me to risk a large personal loss by being willing to accept payments beyond March 28th, all the way up to the date of the show just isn't fair to me. (That is, I will under NO circumstances accept payments “at the door” or even any later than March 28th.) I can and DO 100% guarantee not that the full $11 rebate will be given, but that no one attending this show will ultimately pay more than $62, which is $7 less than Lesher’s normal price. The amount of the rebate will range from $0 to $11, depending on how many tickets out of the 15 I have reserved I can sell by March 28th; and Lesher Group Sales Department’s pre-arrangements with me (details of which are given farther along in this posting). In my opinion, it is very very likely that the full $11 rebate will be given and that the final rebate-based-price - determined as of March 28th - will be $51.
These next three paragraphs are just my attempt at being 'transparent' as they call it. If it bores you to tears, and you trust that I will do right by you, you can skip all of the way down to where it says "Please at least read what follows here:" and pick up the 'story line' from that point on.
On September 6, 2017, I placed an order, and made a down payment, for 15 premium seats in the Left Side, Orchestra, Section of Hofmann Theater at Lesher Center. The normal individual price for these seats is $59 plus a $5 "convenience fee" AND an additional $5 "processing fee," for a total of $69 per seat. Cost for each seat to me, tho, as a Group purchaser, 'at cost' so-to-speak, was substantially reduced to only $49. I will not be making any profit, other than a few pennies by 'rounding,' by arranging this event. I do this only because I enjoy attending live theater and concerts with a group of similar theater-lovers, meaning YOU gals and guys. All I want to do is to break even on my outlay and enjoy the camaraderie and companionship of our group going to this event together.
I am initially charging $62 from each 55 Alive member who will attend with our group, which is $60 per ticket plus a $2 processing fee (necessary to cover the cost of PayPal). If I am able to sell all of the 15 - or even as few as 13 - seats by March 28th then each attendee will receive an $11 cash rebate at the luncheon preceding the show. Any more than 2 unsold tickets will result in a lesser amount of a rebate, but the worst-case scenario would be if I can only sell approximately 10 or fewer tickets by March 28th in which case there’d be no rebate and your “final out-of-pocket” cost would then be the $62, rather than the full "rebate-based-price".of $51.
Lesher 'covers' me for 2 tickets, applying my down-payment to only 13 seats rather than 15 - if that’s all I can sell out of the 15 I’ve contracted for - by 30 days ahead of the show (in which case, you receive the full $11 rebate); If I only sell 12 seats by March 28th, then seat 13, unsold by me at 'cost' [$49] to me would be covered by the total $132 collected in 'overage' from the 12 attendees [12 x $11 = $132] and the result will be a rebate of $6 (I always round downwards) rather than $11. If I only sell 11 seats, then seats 12 & 13, unsold by me at 'cost' [at $49 each] would be covered by the total $121 collected in “overage” from the 11 attendees (11 x $11 = $121), and result in a rebate of only $2 rather than $11. If I only sell 10 or fewer tickets, there’ll be no rebate and I’ll “eat” any unsold tickets - unsold-by-March-28th that is, that aren't 'covered' by Lesher and your $11. If the total number of tickets sold by that date is 10 or less, that's a personal risk that I’m willing to take [& I'd take the personal monetary loss for it] . . . but that would then result in a zero dollar rebate to you. I am 'covered' by Lesher's 'insurance' for up to 2 unsold tickets, by you attendees for up to 3 more (because of the 'rebate system'), and am only risking an "uninsured loss" with my own money if sales amount to 10 or less tickets. Therefore I see this as a Win-Win for all involved, especially if I sell all 15 tickets. . . Which I see as very very do-able.
Please at least read what follows here:
Preceding the show,
we will meet for lunch – at 11:45am – at Tender Greens restaurant, 1352 Locust
Street, approximately four blocks down Locust Street from the theater’s Parking Garage.
The luncheon will be "separate checks." The cash
rebates will be given out by me at the luncheon.
Parking is available at the garage alongside Lesher, which
has an entrance on Locust Street, for a fee of not more than $5. . . http://www.lesherartscenter.org/directions.html
If you want to park there nearer Lesher at the garage at 11:30 and then
walk to Tender Greens and back to Lesher, I think the parking fee would still
be not more than the $5.00 garage “Event Fee.” If you’d rather park on the
street outside Tender Greens at 11:45 tho (to save walking the 4-block “round
trip”) then there should, I’d think, be no problem finding metered parking
spots available on the street outside Tender Greens. But – of course – you’d
have to move your car to the Parking Garage after lunch.
Lesher’s Group Sales Department does not offer any
additional discount for Group attendees who may be Seniors, or over any
particular age such as 65.
I will not accept any method of payment other then via
PayPal, using the PayPal.me link which now appears back at the beginning of this posting (where the RSVP must also be made by you), and which will remain there only until March 28th.
I will not accept payments any later than on Wednesday, March 28th. Since I MUST make payment of the remaining funds due the Group Sales Department by 30-days-out and since I need time to “get my ducks in a row,” the March 28th date will be the absolute FINAL date on which I’ll accept payments (unless, of course, the full contingent of 15 seats are sold-out sooner than that). This means, of course – and as has always been my practice, that there will be NO ticket sales by me “at the door” nor within a short time before the day of the show (in this case “short time” being defined as March 28th). I cannot risk holding a seat for someone, without them paying, and then possibly being a “no-show.” Plus, under the arrangement with the $11.00 ‘surcharge’ and potential rebate of that amount in full I don’t even want to “go there” and get into discussions of whether or not I’d be within my rights to keep the surcharges from everyone ELSE to make up for the rude behavior of the non-paid-for No-Show person.*
I will not accept payments any later than on Wednesday, March 28th. Since I MUST make payment of the remaining funds due the Group Sales Department by 30-days-out and since I need time to “get my ducks in a row,” the March 28th date will be the absolute FINAL date on which I’ll accept payments (unless, of course, the full contingent of 15 seats are sold-out sooner than that). This means, of course – and as has always been my practice, that there will be NO ticket sales by me “at the door” nor within a short time before the day of the show (in this case “short time” being defined as March 28th). I cannot risk holding a seat for someone, without them paying, and then possibly being a “no-show.” Plus, under the arrangement with the $11.00 ‘surcharge’ and potential rebate of that amount in full I don’t even want to “go there” and get into discussions of whether or not I’d be within my rights to keep the surcharges from everyone ELSE to make up for the rude behavior of the non-paid-for No-Show person.*
So . . . if you even
HINT “Don’t worry, I’ll BE there!” when you RSVP but fail to make the PayPal
payment, I will immediately reverse your RSVP and write to you to let you know
you shouldn’t attend the event, because I will NOT be “holding any seat” for
you. No offense, but I’ve laid out money for this and other folks will be
paying “according to the rules,” so please do not expect to be the exception to
the rules.
*[NOTE: I _DO_ anticipate that all of the tickets I’ve pre-bought (that is, laid-out the down payment for) for this show will be sold by no later than March 28th and that the full $11.00 surcharge will be cash-rebated by me – as stated above - in full, in cash at Tender Greens to all the attendees. If that situation changes – although I do not anticipate that it will – then I will give adequate notice of it before the luncheon. In ANY case, even if the worst-case scenario occurs, and no rebate at all is given because I’ve only sold 10 or fewer tickets by March 28th, _I_ guarantee that it will be _I_ who will “take the hit” for that potential loss beyond your “loss” of the $11 (not really a loss, as I said above, because you’ll STILL be saving $7 over the normal $69 price.)]
*[NOTE: I _DO_ anticipate that all of the tickets I’ve pre-bought (that is, laid-out the down payment for) for this show will be sold by no later than March 28th and that the full $11.00 surcharge will be cash-rebated by me – as stated above - in full, in cash at Tender Greens to all the attendees. If that situation changes – although I do not anticipate that it will – then I will give adequate notice of it before the luncheon. In ANY case, even if the worst-case scenario occurs, and no rebate at all is given because I’ve only sold 10 or fewer tickets by March 28th, _I_ guarantee that it will be _I_ who will “take the hit” for that potential loss beyond your “loss” of the $11 (not really a loss, as I said above, because you’ll STILL be saving $7 over the normal $69 price.)]
All sales are final.** If you cannot attend, it will be up to you to
re-sell your place at the show and to give me the information noted in the
asterisked (**) section below.
Please make sure to write in the "Notes" section
of the PayPal, when you are making your payment that you DO intend to go to Tender
Greens. Also give your top 3 choices of seats (see the seating chart below). You will get the closest-to-your-top-choice
of the 3 seats depending on when you make your payment. Any attendees making payment ahead of you who choose the same seat as you choose will get that seat. So
your 2nd and 3rd choice may very well “come into play.” And the sooner you "buy-in" the better the chances you will get the seat of your choice.
If you don't intend to go to Tender Greens there are certain
risks you may be running that I do not want to be held responsible for. Your
biggest risk would be if you are a Late Arrival or a No-Show to the actual show:
If you arrive late in the lobby of
Lesher the theater staff WILL NOT ALLOW
ENTRY into the theater once the curtain rises, and unfortunately you will be
out of luck. So . . . at the very
absolute least – at the very absolute least – don’t arrive late at the theater for the show. If you DO you’ll miss picking up your Will Call ticket from me while I’m there in the lobby before
Curtain-Up for the show and then theater staff won't allow you in.
In such a case you would not get a refund, or even a
pro-rata refund but only the same rebate amount as everyone else even tho THEY and I will then be inside the theater while you will not be.
For this reason, I’d really, really, really like everyone to
come to Tender Greens in Walnut Creek at 11:45am for lunch and for all of us to
travel to the show together from there to the Lesher lobby, where I will
distribute the tickets, my having picked them up at that time from the Will
Call box office there. If you don't make it to Tender Greens, where I will be
looking for each and every one of us . . . . . .I will wait for you in the main lobby of the theater, until - as I said above - the
very last moment before Curtain Up. But if you aren't there, then I will -
without remorse - go in and join the rest of the group in their seats without
you. So, it'd be best if we all go to Tender Greens first!
** If, after
having made your payment you need to cancel your reservation, I cannot refund
you for it. You may re-sell your seat to anyone that you choose (member of
Concord 55 Alive or even a non-member), but I will not be able to give a
physical ticket to the new attendee since I have arranged for ALL of the
tickets to be held at the Will Call window at Lesher, to be picked up by me
between 45 and 30 minutes before show time. . . At which time I will distribute
the tickets in the lobby of Lesher. The re-seller of the seat should contact me
via personal Concord 55 Alive message or email (at my “business” email address
of CandidBob@Hotmail.com ) before accepting payment from the buyer of their seat
and should give me the name, email address, and phone number of the buyer so
that I can contact them to confirm that they will attend – and so that I can
change the name of the attendee on the listing that will appear at the bottom
of this posting as each new attendee signs-up for this trip. I will also invite
the new attendee to join us for the lunch at Tender Greens. It'd be best if you could arrange for the re-sale of your ticket plenty of time ahead of the date of the show. I will be as accommodating as I can, but during the last few days leading up to the show things may be hectic and I might "drop the ball" so to speak if I don't get some lead-time to help you arrange things. Whatever you do, please do not just re-sell your seat to someone without letting me know you have. Having someone who may be a complete stranger to all of the rest of us show up at this event could be very unnerving for all of the rest of us. So please be considerate, and notify me as early as you can that you yourself cannot attend but that someone else will - and to give me that person's name, phone number and email address so I can get in touch with them to confirm everything.
As stated above, seats will be chosen by attendees according
to who pays first, in the order in which payments are received by me. Please give your top 3 choices of a seat – in
your NOTES part of the PayPal.
A "close-up" of our seats. Those with yellow Xs in them are taken by us, while those black-lined out have been returned to Lesher's 'inventory':
Our view will look like _this_:
This will be a top-rate show by Contra Costa Musical Theatre
productions company and I expect it will be well-worth the price of admission.
This performing company has done other shows we’ve gone to – Gypsy, 1776, and
Grease, and – in my opinion – they rank with the likes of groups that perform
at the Orpheum and Golden Gate Theaters in San Francisco, and perhaps even with
troupes that perform on Broadway in NYC, my old “haunt.”
While we wait for the show day to arrive you may want some
entertainment. If so, click below and listen to Babs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkVHILfASLY&feature=youtu.be&t=0m5s
Tho SHE won't be in it and never was, her rendition of this song is the best one ever, in my humble opinion. (And I oughta know. . . . Having been a New Yawka for 67 of my years.) Hopefully, she’ll inspire you to “buy-in” and join us!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkVHILfASLY&feature=youtu.be&t=0m5s
Tho SHE won't be in it and never was, her rendition of this song is the best one ever, in my humble opinion. (And I oughta know. . . . Having been a New Yawka for 67 of my years.) Hopefully, she’ll inspire you to “buy-in” and join us!
And - whether or not you decide to join us - thank you for reading all this “detail”! 😊
Cheers!
. . .Bob F
P.S. Once again, here's the final list of attendees, and their seating arrangements:
1. Bob F (Host) - Seat M9. Paid on 9/6/17. (You'd better believe it!) And I'll be at lunch at Tender Greens (of course!).
2. Pat (Co-Host) - Seat M11. Paid on 1/14/18. Will, of course, be at Tender Greens.
3. Sam M. - Seat L5. Paid on 1/14/18. Will be at Tender Greens.
4. Jenny - Seat M7. Paid on 1/15/18. Will be at Tender Greens.
5. Mary (Jenny's guest) - Seat M5. Paid on 1/15/18 by Jenny. Will be at Tender Greens.
6. Nancy C. - Seat L11. Paid on 1/24/18. Will be at Tender Greens.
7. Marina (Nancy C.'s guest) - Seat L9. Paid on 1/24/18 by Nancy C. Will be at Tender
Greens.
8. Janet M - Seat L7. Paid on 3/1/18. Will be at Tender Greens.
9. Jenny R (Nancy C's guest) - Seat L13. Paid on 3/9/18 by Nancy C. Will be at Tender Greens.
10. Marion G - Seat K11. Paid on 3/11/18. Will be at TGs.
11. Holly - Seat K9. Paid on 3/21/18. Will be at TGs.
Cheers!
. . .Bob F
P.S. Once again, here's the final list of attendees, and their seating arrangements:
1. Bob F (Host) - Seat M9. Paid on 9/6/17. (You'd better believe it!) And I'll be at lunch at Tender Greens (of course!).
2. Pat (Co-Host) - Seat M11. Paid on 1/14/18. Will, of course, be at Tender Greens.
3. Sam M. - Seat L5. Paid on 1/14/18. Will be at Tender Greens.
4. Jenny - Seat M7. Paid on 1/15/18. Will be at Tender Greens.
5. Mary (Jenny's guest) - Seat M5. Paid on 1/15/18 by Jenny. Will be at Tender Greens.
6. Nancy C. - Seat L11. Paid on 1/24/18. Will be at Tender Greens.
7. Marina (Nancy C.'s guest) - Seat L9. Paid on 1/24/18 by Nancy C. Will be at Tender
Greens.
8. Janet M - Seat L7. Paid on 3/1/18. Will be at Tender Greens.
9. Jenny R (Nancy C's guest) - Seat L13. Paid on 3/9/18 by Nancy C. Will be at Tender Greens.
10. Marion G - Seat K11. Paid on 3/11/18. Will be at TGs.
11. Holly - Seat K9. Paid on 3/21/18. Will be at TGs.
12. Bob S - Seat K13. Paid on 3/28/18. Will be at TGS.
13. Unsold, but returned to Lesher at no cost to me nor to attendees.
14. Unsold, but returned to Lesher at no cost to me nor to attendees.
15. Unsold, but returned to Lesher at no cost to me nor to attendees.
13. Unsold, but returned to Lesher at no cost to me nor to attendees.
14. Unsold, but returned to Lesher at no cost to me nor to attendees.
15. Unsold, but returned to Lesher at no cost to me nor to attendees.
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