[Dreamboat] Fan Club

[Francie Trout]

I'm stating this this because I feel very strong about the Heart Fan Club.

$30 per year is not asking much to join a fan club.  It pays for the band's 
website and staff which gets those excellent tickets for the shows, plus the 
"other" goodies.  Styx, Prince and other fan clubs  - especially Fleetwood 
Mac - charge a PREMIUM to belong to their fan clubs.  Melissa Etheridge's 
fan club just raise their price from $35 to $45.  When her fan club started, 
it was $25 in 1993-94.

I paid to belong to a Heart fan club from 1980 until 1995.  $30 isn't much 
this day in age.
$30 is a tank of gas, a nice dinner out, a night out at the bar.  It's the 
extra change you have after you break a dollar.  I don't know about you, but 
I put my change in a jar for vacation.  You could do the same to join the 
fan club if you really want.  I'm going to grad school right now and 
although money is tight, I have $30 to join.

There really wasn't an "offical" fan club durning the late 1990's and early 
2000's although A&N used their own money to have a website.  Communication 
was okay but not great.  I will say those who are running the fan club now 
are on the cutting edge of getting info to the fans through a very 
interactive website.

That's my 2 cents.  If you don't agree, that's okay.  You're entitled to 
your own opinion.  This is mine.  Thanks for letting me share.

Francie