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Old 01-11-2012, 01:57 PM
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If you live in a small town you may have a Town Hall that is available to residents for a nominal fee(the one in my hometown is only $25) not fancy but clean and has a kitchen available. we've rented it for everything from anniveraries to graduation to Xmas parties. Also, is DH a member of any org. like VFW or Knights of Columbus? some have halls to rent and the cost to members is usually low. If you can do something like that, call up your close friends and see if they will "help" with the suprise by doing a potluck for it.
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Old 01-11-2012, 02:13 PM
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We just had our son's wedding reception at our small house in Oct. There is no way we could have a bunch of people in this small house, but by doing an open house, we were able to manage it.
For the wedding, we had lots of hors doevres and desserts/cake. Everyone came and went when ever, and we never had too many at one time.
BTW, we had 50 people.
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Old 01-11-2012, 02:21 PM
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I rented our Fire Hall to have my dad's 65th birthday party The banquet room was the perfect size we just decorated and used their kitchen to make up the food For my sisters wedding they had it in the same place and had the food catered in Worked out well Both times we had over 100 people and a band with dancing
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I threw my husband a bowling surprise party for his 40th. Everyone had a blast. Your local alley might have some party deals.
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Old 01-11-2012, 08:01 PM
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In our state you can get the fire hall for free. Make it a bring a dish.
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Old 01-12-2012, 07:10 AM
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Check with local town halls.. but I opt for the open house idea. You really can visit with more people that way, as they do not all come at the same time. We do this for our parties all the time, and we serve a buffet style foods that we can keep warm in crock pots, nesco cookers, nesco cookers made into ice bowls for cold items, make huge cubes of ice using old milk jugs, cake pans filling them 1/2 full of water, and when trying to keep foods as cold as possible, always use ice water baths. Ice water baths are always colder then just ice. Even for coolers of beverages, add water and ice and your beverages will always be colder then they would come out of your fridge. Ice water baths are always 32 degrees. This is how all food safety companies tests their temp probes, take a cup (glass, paper, plastic etc) fill with ice and then fill with cold water... wait 2 minutes... take the temp.. it should read 32 degrees, if it does not, your thermometer is not working correctly.
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Old 01-12-2012, 09:29 AM
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I have been to many buffetts to celebrate for one reason or another and have never expected the host or hostest to pay for my meal. If this is what your DH would enjoy do it!
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Old 01-12-2012, 12:21 PM
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If the restaraunt you chose has a banquet room, that is likely the place they will put your party for this. That can be why you can decorate. Many businesses have rooms for this sort of occasion. You can as the hostess, buy certain items from them for the party. Drinks, vege trays, snack trays, etc. so your guests only have to buy if they want someting more.
I had a jewelry party at such a place. I bought non-alcoholic drink, vege tray, and something else I forget, and the guests could order off the menu if they wanted more. A waitress was assigned to the room to keep track of what we needed.
Ask your Chinese buffet place can do something like this for you, and tell Mom what they can do, and that you have it worked out to be a surprise for him.
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Old 01-12-2012, 12:45 PM
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For my mother in law's 80th birthday we used our church hall invited all her friends and asked each to bring a dish,we provided cake,mints and drink. We cleaned up everything afterwards and saw to it that everything was as we found it. Do have a church or her that you could use, some do charge $50 +. We heared no complaints. Her daughter read memories of her pass life on. It was a fun and joyous event
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Old 01-12-2012, 02:35 PM
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I think a drop in would be a lovely solution, as suggested by quilting Candy. That way, folks could come, stay as long as they could and move on to make space for others coming.
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