[BHS Etree] SENIORS - Graduation Tickets - Prices Increase Next Week!

Wed Jun 8 23:15:56 PDT 2011

PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact Chris Young,
<mailto:cyoung at berkeleyhigh.us> cyoung at berkeleyhigh.us 

Dear Families of BHS Seniors,

We are just about one week away from the beautiful graduation ceremony that
takes place at the picturesque and historic Greek Theater.  Limited seating
capacity and the costs for the event dictate our ticket policy and pricing.

PURCHASE PROCEDURE

Tickets can be purchased by graduating seniors or parents of graduates from
2:30pm-4:30pm in the athletic ticket office on Thursday, Friday and Monday.
The athletic ticket office is just west of the Donahue Gym entrance on the
BHS campus where Bancroft Street meets Milvia Street.  To keep lines at a
minimum, there will be 3-4 windows each serving an alphabetical portion of
graduates by last name.  Tickets are given on the spot in exchange for
payment.  During finals next week from Tuesday through Thursday, ticket
sales will start at 12:30 p.m.

In order to pick up the two free tickets, students must first turn in the
Exit Report to the College and Career Center.  When they turn in the Exit
Report, they will be issued a receipt.  This receipt must then be shown at
the ticket office.  IF your child lost the receipt, have them go to the
College and Career Center to pick up a duplicate before standing in the
ticket line. 

Tickets are currently on sale.  For the remainder of this week graduates can
pick up their two free tickets and purchase up to five more.  If more than
seven tickets are needed, up to five additional tickets can be purchased
next week (June 13-16) at a premium price.  To be clear: the premium price
(listed below)  applies to any tickets purchased next week.  

If more than twelve tickets total are needed additional tickets will be sold
on a first-come first-served basis only on Thursday, June 16.  Other details
and purchase procedure are listed below.  Reminder: Tickets can only be
purchased with cash or money order made out to "Berkeley High School."

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Please read carefully to understand this policy, types of seating, pricing,
and purchase procedure as it is notably different than in recent previous
years:

TICKET POLICY

1. Each graduate can pick up two free tickets.  

2. Each graduate can purchase up to five additional tickets until June 10.  

3. Tickets beyond the seven maximum (2 free + 5 purchased) cannot be
purchased until the final week of sales at a premium price.  Up to five
additional tickets can be purchased during the final week at the premium
price (for a total of 12 tickets maximum per graduate).

4. Tickets can only be purchased with cash or money order made out to
"Berkeley High School".

TYPES OF SEATING (See attached seating chart for a visual.)

There are three types of seating:

A. Lawn - These seats are on the lawn that is on the outside perimeter of
the theater bowl.  A blanket to sit on is suggested.

2. Bowl - These seats are the majority of the seats in the theater.  They
are organized in several rows of benches without backs below the lawn
seating area and above the orchestra pit where graduates will be seated.

3. Disabled - Limited seating (500 seats) are available for disabled guests
and their caretakers (one caretaker per disabled guest).  Tickets for
disabled guests and their caretakers can only be purchased if the Director
of Student Activities, Chris Young ( <mailto:cyoung at berkeleyhigh.us>
cyoung at berkeleyhigh.us or 510.644.8990) is notified beforehand.  

Seating Chart: 

 <http://www.tickettoss.com/images/venue-maps/GreekTheatreBerkeley_all.gif>
http://www.tickettoss.com/images/venue-maps/GreekTheatreBerkeley_all.gif 

TICKET PRICING 

There are different prices for each type of seating, and reduced prices for
students who were on free or reduced lunch starting no later than May 1.
The standard ticket price is listed followed by the reduced price:

Lawn - $15 / $5

Bowl - $18 / $6

Disabled - $15 / $5

Premium tickets, which are tickets purchased in the week preceding
graduation (June 13-16) have the following prices:

Lawn - $20 / $7

Bowl - $25 / $8

Please understand we do not like to charge our graduate families so much for
tickets to be a part of this special day.  However, it is a necessary
tradeoff to be able to pay for a large enough venue and staffing to
accommodate the tremendous number of attendees.  No currently available BUSD
facility is large enough, ADA compliant and can safely accommodate 8,000
people!   

Reminder: Tickets can only be purchased with cash or money order made out to
"Berkeley High School."

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-- 
Christopher Young
Director of Student Activities
Berkeley High School

Office: 510.644.8990
Fax: 510.548.4221
1980 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA  94704

"You cannot solve a problem at the same level of consciousness that created
it." - Albert Einstein

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