From: "John Beamish" 

It's actually a very clever way to "auction" the tickets. 
Valerie is a long time subscriber and has made donations over the years to
be a "Friend" of the COC.  "Friend" status has a
variety of benefits but the very best is that we have a special coat check
area meaning we can get our coats stored quickly and pick them up quickly
after the performance.  We costed it out: two coats, 6 operas at the
standard coat check is about half the lowest "Friends" level --
and we get a tax receipt!


"Mark"  wrote in message
news:40a19c80{at}w3.nls.net...
>
> "John Beamish"  wrote:
...The priority
> assigned to any one application and the
> > resulting seating allocation
> > will be based upon:
> >
> >   1. Applicant's relationship with the COC, as a subscriber and donor,
> >      including gifts to the Ring Cycle.
>
> Sounds like a candidate for an affirmative action / discrimination lawsuit
> to me :-)  to such depths?> 
>
>

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