Butts in seats means, more pizza for US!

Hello everyone,
It's really important that we all do our part to sell tickets to the concerts.
Our budget allocations cover only a fraction (a large fraction, but still a fraction!) of the cost of running the choir program. By November, the budget allocations for program expense FOR THE ENTIRE ACADEMIC YEAR!!! are usually tapped out (or close to it). Apart from salaries, we are paying our own way for roughly two quarters of every academic year.
Last year, an accident with a rented truck put enormous, serious dents (!) in our funds. We began this year with less than $100 in money that we'd made for ourselves.

There are many ways we could look at the situation, not all of them constructive. I choose to take the high road (!) and think that with all of the enthusiastic, go-getting, networking, talented people in our organization, we can MOVE THOSE TICKETS and PACK THE HOUSE at both concerts. We're good! People love our work! Let's get out there and invite and sell tix and work together to provide a first-class musical experience for our audiences - which will also rebuild our choir war chest.

Butts in seats, y'all - butts in seats.
Have those tix handy.
Grab concert postcards from the choir room and get the word out!
If people try to snake away by saying, "Well, I will be busy - I can't come to the concert" -don't let them off the hook! Ask them for a donation!

The money we make for ourselves goes here:
1. We cover concert expenses (Christmas this year will run about $5.3K, and that's on the lean side!).
2. We build our stash against unexpected but necessary expenses (truck accident, for example)
3. We build money to provide fun experiences for ourselves (Pizza! Guest presenters! Inside track to Stretch! Supporting Music Division projects that benefit us all! More pizza!)
4. We avoid the scary and totally unnecessary experience of being forever "close to the bone" financially. NO one should have to endure that - particularly a group of people as talented, hard-working, well-connected as our group.

So - go forth, all ye who care - and sell those tickets! Solicit those donations! GET THOSE BUTTS IN THE SEATS!! We're good. They need to hear us. They'll be glad they came to our concerts. They don't know it yet, but we're the best thing since sliced kielbasa. Music and money aren't mutually exclusive!

The prize password for this post is: BUTTS IN SEATS. First 5 people to communicate this to me, AND give me some idea of what I put in this post, will win their sweet and interesting tchotchke treats.
GO FORTH AND CONQUER.
Y'all, I'm on the Chrome Book at home right now and I couldn't link inspirational videos to my post if someone put a gun to my head. I'll take care of that tomorrow.
Sweet dreams, wonderful practice, and KA-CHING! Music and money, YEA! BUTTS IN SEATS!
LL&P,
Lee