Reserve your Graduation Ball Tickets Now!

The recent survey served as guide for the MSPTA to make a shortlist of candidate venues for the Graduation Ball, approximate per head budget, and candidate dates.

With the Graduation Ball still many months away, most of the preferred venues are fully booked. At this time, there are only three remaining feasible venues, within budget.

1. Eastwood Richmonde Hotel beside the Eastwood Mall is feasible for a MINIMUM of 200 (minimum consumable requirement) and MAXIMUM of 300 attendees (space limitations) on March 25 (also waitlisted for March 18, 2011). Cost P 2,000/head. Includes a dinner buffet with unlimited iced tea.
2. Crowne Plaza beside Robinsons Galleria at Ortigas Center is feasible for a MINIMUM of 320 attendees (minimum consumable requirements) and MAXIMUM of 500 attendees (space limitations), on March 18 and March 25. Cost P 2,000/head. Includes dinner buffet with single drink.
3. Glass Garden, a large air-conditioned indoor garden venue near SM City Marikina, is feasible for 150 to 700 attendees , on March 15, 16, or 17, 2011. Cost P 1,600/head. Includes dinner buffet with unlimited drinks.

The budget covers venue, food for attendees and guests (Year 10 teachers), mobile disco and photo-booth. Due to reservation requirements, we need to collect the graduation ball ticket fees early, both to pay reservation fees and to accurately confirm headcounts. With 320 to 500 confirmed attendees, we can book Crowne Plaza (subject to availability). With 200 to 319 confirmed attendees, we can book Richmonde Hotel(subject to availability). With 150-199, or more than 500 we can book Glass Garden (and return excess fees). With less than 150 we have to revise plans.

Hence, we are requesting you to pay for your son and partner the graduation ball tickets as follows:

• P 1,800 by October 8, 2010 ( P200 discount! ) per attendee, or
• P 1,000 by October 8, 2010 and P900 by January 15, 2011 ( P100 discount! ) per attendee, or
• P 500 by October 8, 2010 and P1,450 by January 15, 2011 ( P50 discount! ) per attendee

The ticket fees are non-refundable, but transferable. After October 8, 2010, tickets may be sold for the full price of P2,000 per attendee DEPENDING ON SPACE LIMITATION of the final venue.

If for example, we reserve Richmonde Hotel which can accommodate 300 guests, we can only issue up to 300 tickets. If we have already issued 300 tickets, we can no longer sell more tickets even if we wanted to, so RESERVE YOUR TICKETS NOW! First come, first served!

You can pay for the tickets

• Pay by cash/check at the MSPTA office near grade school faculty room ( Sept 30 to Oct 8, 3pm to 4:30pm). If paying by check, make check in the name of Susana Clemente and Agnes Doria.
• Pay by bank deposit to to Banco De Oro bank, Concepcion branch, account number 330426435 account name Susana Clemente and Agnes Doria. After depositing, please submit a copy of the deposit slip at the MSPTA office (see above schedule), or scan deposit slip then email image to maryann@marist-community.com.

Optional expenses (such as additional souvenir items) should be covered by fund from fund-raising activities such as the cake/cookie raffle and math tutorials. We would also like to solicit your help/ donation for these activities, whether in the form of cash, cakes or time/effort.