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I'll bet this "graduate's" mom is really, really proud now! The story got picked by the "Smoking Gun" website, complete with copies of the police reports :roll:....
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/1029071stripclub1.html
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I wanted to get an idea of what a $50,000 party looks like, the closest I could find was a breakout of the cost for a $50,000 wedding:
?Really nice? wedding with 12 attendants (6 male, 6 female) and 125 guests.
Expenses traditionally absorbed by the bride and/or parents and percentages of costs.
2 nights? lodging for 6 female attendants: $900, with 2 bridesmaids to a room at $150 per room per night (1.8%).
6 attendants? gifts for female attendants at $50 each: $300 (.6%).
Hair and makeup for bride: $300 (.6%).
Save the date, postage, invitations and programs, seating cards, calligraphy, menus: $1,500 (3%).
125 favors: $800 (1.6%).
2 limousines: $500 (1%).
Ceremony music, string quartet: $1,400 (2.8%).
Ceremony site rental fee: $500 (1%).
Ceremony flowers: $1,100 (2.2%).
Ceremony flowers include:
6 bridesmaid bouquets at $70 each: $420.
2 altar pieces at $220 each: $440.
6 pew markers at $40 each: $240.
Reception site rental fee: $2,000 (4%).
3 hours open bar and champagne toast, wines with meal, corkage: $5,000 (10%).
Meal, tax, gratuity: $18,000 (36%).
Sample menu, hors d?oeuvres: Marinated Beef Wrapped Asparagus, Goat Cheese on Toast Point with Sun-dried Tomato Pesto, Shrimp Brochettes, Thai Vegetarian Spring Roll, Spicy Ginger Crab Cakes.
Sample menu, served plated dinner: Salad, Entree of Beef Tenderloin, Roasted Duchesse Potato, Vegetable Medley, coffee, dessert ($144 per person).
Gown, veil, cleaning: $2,000 (4%).
Cake and cutting fees: $600 (1.2%).
Specialty floor-length linens ? 16 rounds for 60-inch tables to seat 8, 6 banquet rectangles, 4 smaller: $1,500 (3%).
Flowers ? reception centerpieces, display pieces, head table: $1,500 (3%).
Photographer: $2,000 (4%).
Videographer: $2,000 (4%).
Reception 4- or 5-piece band (add more for New York-style, a.k.a. continuous play: $6,000 (12%).
Post-wedding party or brunch: $1,500 (3%).
Parents? attire: $600 (1.2%).
Total: $50,000.
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OR...5 semi-conscious hours at a strip club in Fort Walton Beach: $53,000.
Probably a bargain considering he doesn't have to live with the lap dancer for the rest of his life.
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