Family Fee In Lieu Of Daily Admission Charges

2009 will see the introduction of the family fee at Oireachtas level.

There are many pros and cons to this system but for various reasons we have opted to switch to the family fee.

In addition to the struggle to get volunteers to sell wristbands and to check for wristbands at each set of doors to the competition rooms, the layout of the Niagara Falls hotel in 2008 meant that we were not allowed to put our sales table in the main hallway. This allowed people to access the ballrooms without going to the sales table to buy wristbands. We have trouble securing volunteers to stand at the doors, often due to mis-treatment by others.

The family fee system will allow an unlimited number of friends and family members access to the dance ballrooms to support the dancers.

The family fee will be $40.00 and shall be paid via the TCRG (who submits the school's entry).