ABA Club Banners
The Directors of the American Bop Association voted at the January Business Meeting to purchase a club banner bearing the ABA Logo for all regular member clubs.
Each club may choose a design and a size that fits their needs. These banners may be vinyl or printed in full color on canvas. The banner must bear the ABA logo and the total cost cannot exceed $75, unless the club is willing to pay the costs that exceed the $75 limit.
This is an initial design for a 2 feet by 3 feet vinyl banner for use on a door at the entrance to the dance location.
The following is an example of a 3-foot by 6-foot vinyl banner.
The size and complexity of a banner determine the commercial pricing and fall into one of three pricing categories, basic or text only, intermediate containing text and graphics, and complex using several colors, outlines, shadows, and special panels. For example, the M.U.S.I.C. banner is an intermediate banner while the Boogie Bash borders on a complex banner. An example price range for the M.U.S.I.C. banner, based on the 2008 Sign Price Guide, would be from $45 to $85. The Boogie Bash banner price would range from $125 to $183. These costs do not include the required design services that usually begin around $70.
For this special ABA purchase only, the price of the M.U.S.I.C. banner would be $30 and the Boogie Bash banner with 3 colors would be $65.
The basic banner color can be White, Black, Blue, Red, or Yellow in standard sizes of 2x3, 3x4, or 3x6 and the vinyl lettering in White, Black, Red and/or Blue. You make request other color and banner sizes, however be prepared to wait an extra week or two for the banner. Adding more than 3 colors or requesting special vinyl, such as gold or glitter colors will increase the cost of the banner.
Another type of banner available for this special purchase is a full color printed canvas banner. The following is an example of 2-foot by 3-foot banner.
These banners can be 2-foot wide by any length and any design you wish. The commercial cost for this type of banner ranges fro $9 per square foot to $15 per square foot or $54 to $90 for this banner.
For this special ABA purchase only, the price of this canvas banner would be $25 for a 2x3 and $6 per running foot beyond the initial 3 feet.
In all cases, there will be container and shipping charge from $10 to $15 added to the total cost.
Each club requesting a banner need to provide a design of what they would like and electronic artwork of any graphic they desire on the banner. The graphic should be at least 300 dpi JPEG, TIFF, PNG.WMF, or PSD
You can send your design to me at rjim@mac.com and I will prepare a graphic of what the banner will look like. I will request that you approve the design before I begin work. If the total cost remains below the $75 limit, I will bill ABA directly.
I would prefer all communications be by email. If you need to call, my home number is 614-939-1844 and my cell is 614-323-8906. If you are requesting another banner though the ABA that is not part of this special ABA purchase, please indicate that in your email.
