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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Do not reply to this email, contact Chris Young</span></font><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>, <a href="mailto:cyoung@berkeleyhigh.us">cyoung@berkeleyhigh.us</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear Families of BHS Seniors,</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br><span class=apple-style-span>We are just about one month 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. Tickets will go on sale June 1. </span><br><br><span class=apple-style-span>Please read carefully to understand this policy, types of seating, pricing, and purchase procedure as it is notably different than in recent previous years:</span><br><br><span class=apple-style-span>TICKET POLICY</span><br><span class=apple-style-span>1. Each graduate can pick up two free tickets. </span><br><span class=apple-style-span>2. Each graduate can purchase up to five additional tickets until June 10. </span><br><span class=apple-style-span>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).</span><br><span class=apple-style-span>4. Tickets can only be purchased with cash or money order made out to "Berkeley High School".</span><br><br><span class=apple-style-span>TYPES OF SEATING (See attached seating chart for a visual.)</span><br><span class=apple-style-span>There are three types of seating:</span><br><span class=apple-style-span>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.</span><br><span class=apple-style-span>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.</span><br><span class=apple-style-span>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 (<a href="mailto:cyoung@berkeleyhigh.us" target="_blank"><font color="#2a5db0"><span style='color:#2A5DB0'>cyoung@berkeleyhigh.us</span></font></a><font color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></font>or<font color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></font>510.644.8990) is notified beforehand. <font color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Seating Chart:<font color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></font><br><font color=black><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.tickettoss.com/images/venue-maps/GreekTheatreBerkeley_all.gif">http://www.tickettoss.com/images/venue-maps/GreekTheatreBerkeley_all.gif</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TICKET PRICING </span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><span class=apple-style-span>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:</span><br><span class=apple-style-span>Lawn - $15 / $5</span><br><span class=apple-style-span>Bowl - $18 / $6</span><br><span class=apple-style-span>Disabled - $15 / $5</span><br><br><font color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Premium tickets, which are tickets purchased in the week preceding graduation (June 13-16) beyond the five available to each student have the following prices:</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><span class=apple-style-span>Lawn - $20 / $7</span><br><span class=apple-style-span>Bowl - $25 / $8</span><br><br><font color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Reminder: Tickets can only be purchased with cash or money order made out to "Berkeley High School."</span></font></span><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br><span class=apple-style-span>PURCHASE PROCEDURE</span><br><span class=apple-style-span>Tickets can be purchased beginning June 1 by graduating seniors or parents of graduates from 2:30pm-4:30pm in the athletic ticket office, which 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. </span></span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><br clear=all></span></font><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>______________<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Diane Douglas, Marguerite Fa-Kaji and Pat Anderson are the parent-volunteer facilitators of the etree; please direct any questions to them at <a href="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net" title="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net"><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>bhs-owner@lmi.net</span></font></a>. </span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>BHS etree archives: <a href="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/" title="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/"><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/</span></font></a>; BHS PTSA website: <a href="http://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/" title="http://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/"><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>http://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/</span></font></a>. 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