About two months ago, I had mentioned that by-donation models, in my personal opinion, would be great for folk dancing groups and mentioned one dance I was organizing in March would be by-donation. A few asked to know how it turned out.

Well, it happened on the weekend, to great success. The number of attendees was extremely low, for a variety of reasons unrelated to the price of the dance. After all, I hardly think a lower price was going to turn people away! However, many of my musician friends showed up, put on a great set, I introduced a young fiddler to the stage who performed well, and everyone had a blast. 

Regarding the cost, I believe everyone averaged a donation of 15 dollars - more money than I had charged for any other contra dance I organized in Winnipeg previously. My math could be off. However, a conservative estimate of an average 10 dollar donation is still quite encouraging and promising, in my opinion. Apologies for inaccurate calculations, but since it was by-donation, I didn't mark anything down when people dropped money in the jar.

Hope to see more of this in the future! Thank you for your interest.

Greg