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Teenager raking in cash with parent-friendly parties
Published:
10:48 AM, November 8, 2010
This kid has something to fist-pump about.
High-school sophomore Ricky Smith has been collecting up to $15,000 an event in cover charges for hosting drug- and alcohol-free teen dance parties throughout the city.
Called "Lost Generation," the series of parent-friendly parties attracts up to 500 teens from elite Manhattan public and private schools to lofts and clubs for a night of nonstop, juvenile booty-shaking.
"My goal was to monopolize the teen party business in New York City," said Smith, who organized five megaparties this year.
Each party -- advertised on Facebook and by individual promoters he recruited in dozens of schools -- is staffed with professional bouncers who have a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to booze, dope or fisticuffs.
"It's like walking into a club -- usually a lot of house music and popular music you'd hear on the radio," he said. "Lots of dancing and, yes, fist-pumping."
Music is provided by aspiring teen deejays.
Some older teens scoff at the whole concept, but for Smith, a sophomore at the Professional Performing Arts School, it just means better business to focus on 14- to 15-year-olds.
They like it, he said, because older teens aren't around to intimidate them and parents, especially girls' parents, feel it's a safer environment.
Still, his budding business, which is overseen by Smith's father, Donald, has had hiccups.
His planned Oct. 30 party in a Garment District loft was canceled at the last minute when he couldn't come up with the necessary $3,000 deposit and had trouble getting the proper permits.
Smith used his Facebook page to blame the adult who brokers space for events.
What happened next was a lesson for the 40-year-
old broker, who was barraged by hateful and threatening e-mails.
He finally had to threaten to call the cops before the lower Manhattan teen told his followers to back off.
"I have a lot of admiration for him, and he has a lot of promise," the broker said. "Ricky is a smart kid but, nevertheless, a kid still."
Ricky said he doesn't see a career in the club or party promotion business.
"I want to work in math or science, my strong subjects," he said.
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