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5b. 2011 Daddy Daughter Date Night Evaluation 101 56 CITY OF MEMORANDUM CHANHASSEN Jerry Ruegemer, Recreation Superintendent 7700 Market Boulevard FROM: John W. Stutzman, Recreation Supervisor — � c � \ PO Box 147 Chanhassen, MN 55317 DATE: February 22, 2011 Administration SUBJ: 2011 Daddy/Daughter Date Night Evaluation Phone: 9522271100 Fax: 952.227 1110 The Daddy/Daughter Date Nights were held on February 11 & 12 at the Building Inspections Recreation Center. Both nights were a great success with 63 couples attending Phone: 952.227.1180 between the two nights. The event continues to be successful with many Fax: 952.2271190 participants returning each year. Engineering Phone: 952.227 1160 Caterer Fax: 952.2271170 Millie's Deli (Chanhassen) served dinner at this year's event. The menu included: mannated chicken breasts, kettle chips, baby carrots, mandarin oranges, Finance cupcake and pop /water. The price and service from Millie's Deli is good and Phone: 952.227 1140 provides an opportunity to support a local business. I recommend them for next Fax: 9522271110 year's event. Park & Recreation Phone: 952.227,1120 Dance Fax: 952.2271110 All Time Favorites provided the DJ again this year. The DJ did a great job of getting the group involved. Most of the participants remained on the dance floor Recreation Center once the music began. I recommend using their services again next year and 2310 Coulter Boulevard requesting Sandy Lee as the DJ. She continues to provide great entertainment. Phone: 952.227 1400 Fax: 952.2271404 Games /Activities Planning & We continued to offer additional games and activities at the beginning of the Natural Resources evening. Coloring sheets and crayons were placed on each table and two Phone: 952.227 1130 carnival -style games were available for participants to play. These activities were Fax: 952.2271110 well received. Staff will continue this practice in the future, but will change selected games periodically. Public Works 1591 Park Road Phone: 952.227,1300 The girls also have an opportunity to participate in a candy guess and heart count. Fax: 952.227 1310 Staff hides hearts around the room and the girls need to count the number of hearts. The participant with the closest guess wins. Both of these activities Senior Center continue to be favorites, but I recommend making them more difficult to avoid Phone: 952.227 1125 ties. Fax: 952.227 1110 Web Site www.ci.chanhassen,mn.us Chanhassen is a Community for Life - Providing for Today and Planning for Tomorrow Mr. Jerry Ruegemer February 22, 2011 Page 2 Face Painting Maund Entertainment provided the face painter. They continue to be a favorite activity of the evening. I recommend using their services again next year. Balloon Sculptor Maund Entertainment provided a balloon sculptor who made balloon designs for the youth participants. I recommend using their services again next year. Photographer Flash Digital Portraits partnered with the city to take the daddy /daughter portraits this year. The portraits were of high quality and very professional. Additionally there was no cost for the photographers, only supplies for the photos printed on site. I highly recommend inviting them back again next year. General Comments /Suggestions • Continue running the event for two nights on Friday and Saturday night. This allows kids an opportunity to participate on a non - school night. • Continue to explore new fruit and vegetable options with dinner. It is important to include these food groups. Possibly look to add a vegetable dip to make them more enticing. • Continue to offer a variety of beverages, including milk, lemonade, diet and caffeine -free pops and water. • Coloring sheets and crayons on the tables are a great activity to fill any down time or when rest from dancing is needed. • Using the lobby area for registration and photo taking helped with traffic flow. • As many couples are returning for multiple years, continue looking for new ideas to keep the event fresh. • Each child received a balloon again this year attached to a small bag of candy. I recommend continuing this practice. g: \park \johns \dddn\201 l \dddnevaluation.doc 2011 DADDY /DAUGHTER DATE NIGHT Expense Report REVENUE AMOUNT Registrations $ 2,702.00 EXPENSES AMOUNT Millies $ 1,390.76 Maund Entertainment $ 375.00 All Time Favorites $ 600.00 Flash Digital Portraits $ 80.00 (est.) Supplies for program $ 359.52 Total Expenses $ 2,805.28 TOTAL REVENUE: $ 2,702.00 TOTAL EXPENSES: $ 2,805.28 BALANCE: $ (103.28)