Ticket Selling Structure
The ticket selling structure is set up as a way for the contestants to support the pageant & rodeo and pay for their stall, gas & hotel room fees. If they raise enough money through ticket sales the expenses to compete in the pageant will be minimal.
There are rodeo tickets (advanced prices are $6 for Adults and $4 for children) and drawing tickets (1 for $1 or 7 for $5) to sell.
Rodeo tickets will be sent out after applications are received. Drawing tickets can be printed off the website...print 7 pages and staple each set of drawing tickets then cut. Each set should give you eight packets of 7 tickets each.
Each Miss and Princess contestant is required to raise a minimum of $250 to receive full ticket sales points, Little Miss contestants have a minimum of $200. Families with more than one contestant entered are allowed to subtract $100 from the 2nd, 3rd etc contestant entered. Of each dollar they raise above the required minimum amount, half will be set aside to cover pageant costs and the other half (up to the cost of the stall, luncheon, and room and gas receipt amounts) will be reimbursed to the contestant for gas, stall and room fees.
For businesses donating in return for ADVERTISING
checks may be made directly to CPRA PAGEANT and are tax deductible to the business.
For PERSONAL checks to be TAX DEDUCTIBLE
they should be made out to OCFW - Optimist Club Foundation of Wichita (Major Pageant Sponsor)
Ticket Selling Tips
In the past, girls have been hesitant to compete for Miss CPRA and CPRA Princess because of the requirement to sell tickets. It is important to understand the need for the girls to actively participate in promoting and selling the rodeo before they take on the responsibility of a CPRA public relations woman for a year.
A couple ideas on how to reach the minimum ticket sales, and how to go above and beyond to sell the highest number of tickets have been provided here. Good luck!!!!
Sell tickets to friends and family.
Get others that you know to help you by selling tickets to their friends and family.
Take donations from people who want to help but cannot attend the rodeo.
Speak at local clubs such as Optimist, Lions or Knights of Columbus and ask them to buy tickets or sponsor some of your expenses.
We are also proud to offer Cowgirl Magic Lotion as a Pageant Fundraiser this year. If you are interested in selling the Cowgirl Magic Lotions please let me know. They do not count toward your pageant score, but we will have a separate prize available for the girls selling the most before the pageant.
To read more on Cowgirl Magic go to the Cowboy Magic website.