One more thing. When I started doing our PF banquets, the " competition" was DU, and, for whatever reason, DU was " men only" . So I decided we wanted to have our fundraiser open to men, women and children, and we emphasized that in our publicity. Part of that meant less emphasis on booze, part of that meant a special set of prizes just oriented to kids and women, part of that meant paying attention to when and for how long the banquet ran (be done by 11:00 p.m. on a Friday/Saturday evening, at the latest).