Brainstorming Needed for Alternate Show Sites

[Chefstover2]

I have a new consultant whose house is too small to hold her grand opening show. She attends two churches (one on Wednesday, one on Sunday) and one of the churches isn't opening their fellowship hall unless it's for a church function. I suggested the fire station community room (which has a kitchen and will let people use it for a donation).

So, I was thinking this might be a good place to brainstorm different places that hosts could hold their shows...I'll start:

-Fire station
-Community Center
-Friend's house
-Fellowship hall at church
-Park pavillion (if the weather is warm enough)

 

[pjpamchef]

Does she have a friend who lives in an Apt complex w/a clubhouse? Or she might be able to arrange to use one.

 

[amy07]

I have a new consultant whose house is too small to hold her grand opening show. She attends two churches (one on Wednesday, one on Sunday) and one of the churches isn't opening their fellowship hall unless it's for a church function. I suggested the fire station community room (which has a kitchen and will let people use it for a donation).

So, I was thinking this might be a good place to brainstorm different places that hosts could hold their shows...I'll start:

-Fire station
-Community Center
-Friend's house
-Fellowship hall at church
-Park pavillion (if the weather is warm enough)

what if she did it as a fundraiser for the church.....choir robes, youth, stock the church kitchen, etch

 

[straitfan]

Our Mortuary has a VERY NICE community room that I'm thinking of booking for a HWC open house! LOL!

 

[Chefstover2]

what if she did it as a fundraiser for the church.....choir robes, youth, stock the church kitchen, etch

That's a great idea! She's really active in one of the churches and I bet they'd love that!

 

[wadesgirl]

I had my kick off show at my MIL's house. We don't have much room for parking nor would DH let all those people over here! So we did it over there.

 

[mscharf]

Our Mortuary has a VERY NICE community room that I'm thinking of booking for a HWC open house! LOL!

I love this one!

 

[vonfirmath]

How many people does a place need to be able to handle for a show?

 

[Chefstover2]

I've actually never had a place too small (though I draw the line at bathrooms). I had a show with 14 people jammed into the living room while I demo'd in the doorway to the kitchen...I'm talking small! I think my gal's issue is the state of the place in addition to the size (though I can't be sure).

She did end up having her grand opening show in the fellowship hall of her church. It cost her $50 but she ended up with almost $500 in sales and is so excited! Two bookings...not bad, considering she had 4 guests.

 

[PamperChefCarol]

How about a garage?? No joke, for our 10th anniversary, we had 30 people for a sit down dinner in our garage. My husband doesn't like his garage cluttered and he had just drywalled it, so we pulled the cars out, put some tables down and set them and we were good to go.

 

[candiejayne]

We do the kids birthday parties in the garage. We have a nice 2 car so there is plenty of room.

Not that right now is a good time to do this, but I have used my back yard for DS parties. I set up the picnic table for my consultant to use. I even asked people to bring their own lawn chairs so there would be enough seating.

Our town hall has a community center.

My place of employment has a conference room.

Doctors offices or hospitals have rooms to use.

Hotels sometimes have smaller conference rooms that are cheaper.

Maybe daycares.

Condo or apartment communities.

We have the John Deere house here. It has been restored and can be used for different functions. Maybe others have a historic area that has been revived and they have space too.