SPTE 202 Bonus Point Papers

You may earn up to three (3) additional bonus points for attending certain ticketed live
entertainment events and writing a brief report about that event. Your report must include some
commentary about the business aspects about the event and well as what you liked about the
event and ways the event could be improved. Details are listed below. The bonus paper must be
submitted during class within two weeks of your attendance at the event. Events at Columbia
area venues such as the Koger Center, Trustus Theatre, Workshop Theatre, Town Theatre, the
Township Auditorium, The Senate, and Colonial Life Arena may qualify. Sports events and
events with uncontrolled admission (i.e. a band playing at a local bar where you did not purchase
an actual ticket to see the artist) do not qualify for bonus points. If you have any doubt about
whether or not an event qualifies, you must get it approved prior to attending the event.

You may earn the three bonus points for attending events up to five times during the semester.
You may earn up to 15 bonus points by attending and reporting on event but not more. You may
not earn more than six such bonus points within the last three weeks of class for this specific
course. Please note that any such report is not guaranteed to earn the full three points; the points
earned will depend upon the quality and relevance of the report.

Format and Requirements:

Your Name

Event You Are Describing

Event Date

Location and Venue

Write a short summary of the event you attended (1-2 pages at most). Tell me about some
of the business aspects of the event (i.e. your opinion on the price of concessions, parking, ticket
price (if you paid to attend). Tell me about your experience. Did you enjoy the event? Did
anything hinder your experience? If so what was that? What was your favorite aspect of the
event? What was your least favorite aspect of the event? Finally, tell me how you think the event
could be improved and an idea for how it could be even more profitable.

Papers should be in Times New Roman/Arial/Calibri 12pt. Font and SINGLE spaced.
Typical 1 inch margins. The papers need to be emailed to me at cswiggin@mailbox.sc.edu and
include a picture (selfie) of you where I can clearly see you at the event and a picture of your
ticket (screen shot of ticketmaster app, or picture of physical ticket) uploaded to the last page of
the document within 2 weeks of your event attendance.

Bonus Papers can be written about any additional free class events you attend or any
concert, theatre, dance or performing art event where you purchased a ticket to attend. If you
have a question as to whether or not an event counts for a bonus paper, please ask prior to
submitting a paper.