Nail in the Coffin for White Party Palm Springs!

The level of disgust in my mouth regarding the literal raping of the circuit community by the greed machine that is the White Party Palm Springs, as Jeffrey Sanker has defined it over the past 21 years, is quite simply impossible to articulate into words.

I've never been exactly quiet in my assessment of Jeffrey Sanker as "the greediest promoter on the circuit." In five consecutive attendances at the White Party Palm Springs I have witnessed example after example where it is quite evident this is not some mutual passion and love for music that is driving the annual production. Rarely are the public comments taken into consideration, prices are outrageous considering the overhead consists of a hotel ballroom and city subsidized public spaces. Allegedly, He gets countless tax kickbacks in gratitude for the tremendous economic surge the event brings to the local community, yet he has not once ever passed those funds on to the circuit-goer in the form of lowered ticket prices or complimentary refreshments.

You might wonder how I reached this conclusion of greed being the key motivator, so I'm obliged to share with you just some of the countless examples over the years.
Drink tickets are not a necessary component of a properly run event. If the insinuation is that there is a desire to prevent theft from staff, then why wouldn't that staff simply be supervised and fired for infractions. To then make it a concerted point to make them mandatory at all events of all sizes and then implement three different types of tickets, with varying values and applicability, it seems evident that the motivation would be largely based out of a conscious desire to see people purchase as many excess tickets as possible, that would ultimately go un-used because of the structure. It also creates an environment where the staff are not well tipped, if at all, because there is no cash quotient present at the time of serving.
I'll never forget the year it was 110 degrees at the tea dance and you better believe 5 or 6 drink tickets was only enough to get one of those tiny joke miniature evian bottles with two sips in it.
The ticket prices speak for themselves, there's just nothing else on the circuit remotely close in range, and for a "for profit" operation at that.
The pool parties, pricing, and ticket purchase process is confusing at best, but grossly overpriced and despite a higher than bargain pricing on the host hotel rooms, are not included for guests of the hotel?
The talent and production is often bare minimum necessary to a quality disproportionate to the expectation associated with ticket costs that inflated.

I'm sure if we wanted to open a public forum asking for all of your personal examples it would become out of hand.

With the gossip about Jeffrey finally trying to sell the event running rampant, it would seem prudent that logistics and operations, plus costumer interaction, would be a key priority. However, many paying customers of the main event with the Freemason's, were turned away at the door, with a simple statement of "we're closed" as early as 2AM! **************If you are one of these persons, I strongly urge you to contest the charges for your pass with your credit card companies****************** This was done arbitrarily, and without explanation or rationale. Door staff on an ego trip were simply unwilling to be bothered with caring for the best interests of a very valuable client base, by honoring even simple requests for management escalation. A simple "only paul or Jeffrey can change it" and a complete and total unwillingness to engage either of those individuals, by the door manager Brian, after repeated requests - is unacceptable and appalling, a full three hours prior to the scheduled close.

I actually arrived at the event to notice that I had left my wallet and pass in my other jeans, told the recording artist I manage and was with, Jipsta, to go ahead without me and I would run back to the hotel, only to return 10 minutes later and be told, the same story. I was not able to be present for the debut of the current number 32 Billboard dance track "Nasty Boy" in front of its largest audience to date, and door staff couldn't have cared less that I was industry, with an artist inside to represent, or even worse, did not care that I am a promotional partner for the weekend and have generated considerable value for the weekend in the form of high volume web traffic, fully dedicated podcasts, page customization, and continuous word of mouth. I literally stood outside for over an hour without one person offering an explanation, or logic, and the blatant disregard for doing the right thing for someone who clearly has been helping to promote the parties. (Might I add that I was approached in January being solicited for a partnership, not the other way around)

Meanwhile, earlier that day, two other wildly successful pool parties were occurring around town, with outstanding and new music, while the sanctioned event was nothing more than an opportunity for masterbeat to push a best of their own downloads play list. In an economic climate where people are thinking twice about flushing money down the toilet, for less than half the price, the ACE pool party in particular, was the talk of the town, without a doubt. And do you think its a coincidence that the police showed up at that event twice, hoping to find some sort of technicality or missed permit opportunity to shut it down, no doubt at the request of Sanker himself.

Considering the blaring absence of a charitable cause tied to the weekend festivities, the blatent disregard for the community, and the repeated demonstrations of ego, power, manipulation, and greed, its time to start taking back our circuit, for the love of music, community, and charity. I see the Ace party as a foreshadowing of just how simple it is to put on a better experience, and why not do so with charitable intentions while we're at it? I know that there are plenty of hotel ballrooms around town, plus even more appropriate types of venues, and I think its time to say enough is enough to this out of control trend towards us giving up the things we love about the circuit and spending more to do it. Meanwhile, we're offered less and less, including unconscionable moves like eliminating MedEvent to cut corners and improve profits.