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Ticket Sales Big Job For rkalalahThe Arkalalah ticket; sales committee is annually faced with theproblem of trying to get enough 1advanced sales to get the fcstixal I underway financially. i11 arry P. G i bson, selt; ret ary ofthe Chamber of Commerce, saidthat t ii • kets f .r e\ ents- • thr♦ e this year are sold to keep the bolidav on a srif-uppoiting basis without having to approach local merchants jt sh cont r ibi\lions i n ad v a nr o.ID!* is v.hr re the advance tit k-rs committee, headed hv Paul , steps in lie, and his ir.m-of Leonard Kunt/, Will C M Drennan. •! X. Amos Hal Inn is, are in charge oflt;111I. i *Am'ir job is mainly to sell blocks of tickets to the various employers •u*»und the lt;it\ A number of the larger concerns bin from 50 to over 100 of the strips of tickets j for their employes use.Th;s year, one ticket strip is good j for two persons admission to three duo rem events —the coronation, the Queen s Ball and the A rkalalah d.t!lt; (* The total price gets the' «* »uple Into the largest of the in- ithe three events while last year’s t.lt; k* * were for onlyr thacoronation and the Queen s Ball But two events or three, the ad*voice tickets are still a bargain. This year lt;couple can save $1.60 if they buy their tickets in ad-vance. The Coronation and tlie Ball will he in the Auditorium-(iymnasmm and the Arkalalah dance will be at the V. J \\. Hall.This some 800 coronationit ions were sold in advance first day of sales. Some e wore from the long strings me v\ ere indiv idueI tickets. Avcver you 1»Kk at it. the premium seats go early and fast.reset|on thnBut the main problem of theticket commitb e is still makingthe advance sales to keep the festival self-supporting. It is a matter of selling or being subsidized and the committee would have Arkalalah stand on its own merits.Hawaii produces more than amillion tons of sugar every year, or one-fourth of all sugar produced under the C.S, flag.
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Arkansas City Traveler
Arkansas City, Kansas, US
Tue, Oct 28, 1958
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