I am going to try (again) to talk our sportmens ministry at church into bringing Hank Parker in to speak. The problem I'm running into is his speaking fee. He has an agent that we have to deal with and they wouldn't budge off of 5k plus expenses (airfare, hotel and car rental) I know that's alot, we spent about a thousand a year ago for the duck commander ( I don't duck hunt but this guy was a trip) I really believe that we could get 1,000 people for Hank Parker, at $10 a ticket, we should be fine. Bullitt East High School will let us have their gym for free. We don't make anything off of the dinner, all money returns back for door prizes ( we usually lose around 200-300 dollars to be honest). We sell out every year ( 500 plus) with no problem Pat Day spoke this year and was a great draw - not your typical sportsman but people loved him. Is all that money worth a big name like Hank? Would the fishermen of Ky and sou. Indiana show up? We've had people from as far as Chicago show up so the draw is good. Any input to help me argue for or against?