"Hello Celia - As this is a non-church sponsored activity, use of any church building must follow a designated process. This is true for either the stake center or the LF building. Attached you will find a link to the building schedules (both buildings). At this time the appointment is unconfirmed, and below are the steps you will need to take in order to have a confirmed appointment.2) Comply with the section below on non-church sponsored activities3) Send an email to me with confirmation of #2 above, and then we will book your reservation as confirmed.Can I reserve rooms in the building for non Church sponsored activities such as weddings, wedding receptions, etc?
- All private parties (members) that request and schedule to use any McKinney Texas Stake building(s) for the purpose of weddings, wedding receptions, receptions or any other event/activity that is not Church sponsored, will be required to conform to the Hold Harmless Undertaking set forth by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. This amounts to providing liability insurance for the event/activity. ( Click here to download Hold Harmless Undertaking form ).
- As well as providing liability insurance (proof thereof) the Church will require a $100.00 deposit to be held by your Bishop. This deposit is for the purpose of assuring that no damage or cleaning issues remain upon completion of the event/activity.
- The deposit check is to be made out to Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The deposit check will be returned if no damage or cleaning issues are evident upon completion of the event/activity.
- Your respective WBR (Ward/Branch Building Representative) needs to be involved in helping monitor the event/activity that takes place."
Sheesh. I have to have liability insurance??? And all that other stuff? Ok. So that is out.
Then I tried other routes. The music store I buy my music from has a recital hall. I have enough points earned up there to get a 1 hour rental free. Great. But the day I had need is booked all day! And all use of the facilities must happen during normal business hours, so we must be finished by 6 PM! Not so good.
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Brainstorming, I decided to call the Jr. High choir director. I teach a couple of his choral students, so I hoped maybe he could just let us use his classroom for 1/2 an hour. He was very kind and very prompt, but the answer he received from the Principal was that I have to call central campus for permission. OK. So I just called and I was transferred to a leasing office for the school disctrict. I don't know how much they charge, but I'm guessing it's more than I want to pay.
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Community center is $50/hour with a 4 hour minimum!
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YMCA has no piano
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A recital hall rental in downtown McKinney is $100 an hour
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I have 12 students and their families. I'm planning on 40 people, so there's no way I can just cram them in my tiny living room! I considered moving our piano out to our patio slab and setting up chairs outside, but Matt says it's WAY too heavy and is worried we'll rip up the kitchen linoleum and/or hurt the piano. I am quickly running out of options here!!! Any other bright ideas out there?
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What a royal pain!
I know this route would be more time consuming, but maybe you could schedule multiple recitals to be held in your home. Even though she rented a music store hall, because of the number of students she had, my teacher always scheduled two back-to-back recitals on the same night. We students could sign up to attend the one that worked best for us, and my teacher adjusted things as necessary for space issues. Maybe something like this would make your little livingroom seem a little bigger. :) I actually liked it this way because instead of a recital that dragged on for 2 hours, we had one that lasted 30-45 minutes.
Good luck!!
You poor thing! Stress!!! all i can say is i'll pray for you! Good luck!
maybe you can do linday's idea and do two different recitals and then borrow someones home (BIG HOME) like the krugers or ragsdales or even xanne morris Upstairs but i'm not sure she has a piano-then just give them a great gift card to a fancy restaurant as a thank you!
I kind of thought the same thing as Becki. I bet anyone of those families would be more than willing to help out! I also remember having piano recitals at a smaller, different church growing up in KY. My teacher didn't go there, but just called and asked and they were more than willing to help out. I have a friend that goes to the baptist church in McKinney and can call her if you'd like...
Thanks for the ideas!
I have to say I'd feel a bit awkward asking to borrow someone's house that is unrelated to my cause.
I may just end up renting the hall and having people chip in. I have a few more places to call still though.
I think that what I'll do to avoid this in the future is to book the hall in advance (like before the semester starts) and charge a $15 materials fee for each student at the beginning of the year. That would cover things like assignment book printing costs and recital hall.
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