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Originally Posted by AllanahStarrNYC
Most people have NO idea how much is really costs to run these events- with staff, advertising, one's time. etc.etc..
It always looks easy from the outside, but 99% of the people in NYC who try to promote parties in NYC end up doing less than 1 (i.e. they either cancel before it even starts, or they throw a 'party' and no one even shows up).
I know I'm into my upcoming event for over $5,000 already, and I know Allanah has spent considerably more than I have on her events. And for every event, it's not like you just show up and it's 5 hours work: there's hundreds of hours you spend as a promoter
before any party.
I was speaking with an event planner (mainstream; weddings, etc.) and he said that between 5% and 10% of the people who he throws events for wouldn't be satisfied NO MATTER WHAT he did (he's been in that business for 30 years so I trust his assessment).
I guess what I'd like to hear from some of the guys in this thread is: what do you really expect these events to be? And if your answer is some version of "beautiful TS Pornstars who want to meet regular nondescript guys with limited social skills and spend hours hanging out with them just for the heck of it for no compensation", perhaps it's your expectations which are unrealistic, as opposed to the party promoters' inability to spin flax into gold.
PS I met the famous TS Ana at one of Allanaha's Saturday parties at Fusion a month or two ago. I don't know what could more qualify as "not a man in a wig" than that. And she was pleasant and approachable (which is actually against her rep). So if that's the type of thing which Allanah is "pulling off" for this event, I don't know how much more anyone could reasonably expect of a promoter.