Otherwise, members pay only their travel and competition fees, including costume costs.
But the biggest outlay is for competition fees, travel and accommodation.
She spends more than £3,000 a year on training, competition fees, travel and kit for her 10-year-old daughter Molly, who swims for the Leicester Sharks squad.
A scholarship named in her honor is awarded by Friends of Minority Skaters, which raises money to help skaters pay for boots, competition fees, travel and other expenses.
The Federal Communications Commission recently studied cable prices and found that in those areas with competition, fees rose 3.6percentt in 2003 compared with a rate of 5.6percentt in those regions without competition.
The cost? Families shell out roughly $100,000 over the years in private ice time, coaching, custom-made dresses and skates, travel and various competition fees.
The Nations Cup, which also includes Wales, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland, suffered from poor attendances and a row over competition fees at last year's inaugural tournament.
Only 529 spectators attended Northern Ireland's game against Wales at the Aviva Stadium and, since the competition, the Scottish FA has become embroiled in a dispute with the Republic, Northern Irish and Welsh counterparts over competition fees.
It pays for competition fees.
Funds go to competition fees and transportation, costumes, sheet music and part-time guest coaches not on staff, King said.
This is to say nothing of the cost of performance costumes, competition fees and, for very advanced students, room-and-board at full-time residential ballet schools.
