About Schooldays Parties Plus
Schooldays Fun for Grownups
​Whenever I see that a nightclub, or a ‘progressive’ pub, is advertising a ‘schooldays’ party, my heart skips a beat, and I get (quite a bit) excited. But even at the nightclubs that do it, it tends to happen only once or twice a year (I believe).
And I thought ‘how about a club devoted to schooldays parties – having them a couple of times a week, even – wouldn’t that be something?’
And so that’s what this club exists for – to put on ‘Schooldays Parties’. Wouldn’t that be fun? And I must admit it gives me a thrill to think of running a firm doing that. Better than being a dentist, me-thinks. (Probably not so well paid, though. Oh well.)
In fact, it is now slightly different - we intend to have 1 ‘Schooldays Party’ a week, and more general ‘fancy dress’ parties on 1 or maybe 2 evenings a week – that’s why we’ve called ourselves ‘Schooldays Parties Plus’.
We would strongly advise members to purchase 2 or 3 (or maybe even more) fancy dress outfits that particularly appeal to them – most of these fancy dress outfits can be bought (via the Internet) for £20 or £30 – whereas if you hire them from a fancy dress hire shop they usually cost £10 or £15 just to hire for the evening, making it an expensive evening out.
[Our ‘fancy dress parties’ will be just that (fancy dress parties), they won’t be on a very specific theme (apart from the Schooldays Parties, of course). If they were on a specific theme (and the theme varied), it would necessitate a different outfit for each party, and you probably would have to go to a hire shop.
I’ll tell you what, we could have a theme, but the theme could be something that lasts for the whole year – not changed for every party. So that would involve minimal outlay in terms of ‘changes of costume’ etc. Yes, that doesn’t sound too bad. So let’s make this year’s theme ‘sexy and sweet’. So you could either choose something very sexy, or very sweet – or some combination of the two. Does that sound OK?]
The way we do it, as we said, you can purchase perhaps 2 or 3 fancy dress costumes you particularly like, and always use one of them (well, for a year or so, anyway).]
STOP PRESS
It is now our plan to acquire maybe about 100 fancy dress costumes (varying types, varying sizes). [This will cost us about £3,000 of our Capital.] And then offer them to be hired out at probably about £2 for the evening – we believe the £10 - £15 hire charge at a lot of fancy dress hire shops is a ridiculous amount. This way your evening out will be a very affordable one.
So that, in essence, is where we are now. Now we have to put it into practice.
This is new, and we are only just starting to advertise, and it will take a while (a couple of months or so, probably) for the membership to build up sufficiently to where we actually can put on a program of events.
There are 3 alternatives we could choose:
First, we might offer Free Membership, but then charge quite a high entrance fee (to the parties). Second, we could charge a ‘moderate’ Membership fee together with a lower entrance fee to the parties. And thirdly, we could charge quite a high Membership fee and then give members Free Entrance to the parties.
This time we have gone for the last of these options. So we have set the Membership Fee at £80 per year (Couples £120).
[The best news (at the moment) is that if you join before the opening date you get HALF PRICE MEMBERSHIP (so individuals £40, couples £60) – and your membership will be extended for free at the end of your year by the appropriate amount (depending on how much time before we open, you join – so you won’t lose out.
SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE PARTIES
There will be (very limited) free refreshments [just basically crisps and nuts etc]. It is BYOB (Bring your own booze), and you are welcome to bring your own snacks too. Music will be provided (obviously).
TO JOIN
If you are excited by the possibilities this ‘Schooldays Parties Plus’ club offers, please join below.
Before the club opens, we will inform you of the upcoming program of events. And also, of course, the exact location of the club (and directions).
THE INFORMATION WE REQUIRE
Your name, age and sex.
Your email address.
Your phone number
Your (postal) address.
[Adults only, by the way]
And then, in return, we will send you our Bank details (by email), so you can pay by Bank Transfer. (Please use your name as a reference [Initials and surname please]
