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1/16/2010

Help! Winfrey Point is booked and I have no other ideas...

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    daisyheadmaisy    06/19/10   Dallas

    My reception site just fell through, I was going to have a tented backyard reception in my FI's grandparent's backyard but they don't want the responsibilty understandably. Winfrey Point on White Rock Lake was my second choice but it is completely booked for next June! I am getting married in a church in DeSoto and need somewhere within 30 min, hopefully with a pretty outdoor setting because if I have to give up my outdoor reception I at least want to have a pretty setting to see out the windows. One hitch is that my family is making my reception food so the place can't require catering or be too pricey. Any ideas?

     
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    mrbee    March 5, 2005   New York City, New York

    Where do you live?  I can move the post into a local board for ya!

     
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    daisyheadmaisy    06/19/10   Dallas

    oh whoops. Dallas. Thanks.

     
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    mrbee    March 5, 2005   New York City, New York

    Ok, it's moved!! :-)

     
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    missrobot    October 2015   dallas, texas

    Have you tried looking into another community-owned venue?  Perhaps one in another park?  Or perhaps even getting a permit and having it outside at a gazebo in a park somewhere?

     
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    lara bee    9/4/09   Minneapolis

    I'm not sure what your budget is, and I'm not from Dallas, but here are a few places I just found:

    Texas Discovery Gardens

    The Hanging Gardens

    Dallas Arboretum

     

     
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    Miss Yap    02/20/10   Dallas

    Check this one out, it JUST opened:

    http://www.jimrode.com/RyanManor/

    The Ryan Manor

     
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    dallastxbride    February 6, 2009 (Dallas)   Denver, CO

    Have you checked Big Thicket?? It's on White Rock as well -- it's smaller than Winfrey Point though.  Maybe the Arboretum or the Filter Building? PM me if you need more ideas -- I looked everywhere!!

     
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    daisyheadmaisy    06/19/10   Dallas

    Wow thank you missyap the ryan manor looks amazing i'll for sure check it out

     
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    rebeccaxtaylor    August 7, 2010   Texas

    A&M Gardens, Botanical gardens, mckinney Clark Gardens and Reception Hall..

     
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    Miss Damask    January 10, 2010   Fort Worth, Texas

    What's your guest count like? I've been to a wedding at A&M gardens-- it's beautiful, but very far from DeSoto. The botanic gardens is also beautiful!

     
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    tlovet    October 2, 2010  

    The Cedar Hill Rec Center in Cedar Hill, Texas is pretty new. It has a commercial kitchen for rent too. You can do your own food. If you want alcohol you have to get a police officer from the local police dept. It is pretty cheap and they do not have to resident vs non resident rates if you want music you have to rent all 4 sections about 100.00 per hour and additional 40.00 per hour for the kitchen.

     

    I think the Desoto Civic Center has a similar price scale as well.

     
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    ewinkler    February 20, 2010   Dallas

    Yeah I had to book Winfrey Point almost 18 months in advance.  What about Avanti Fountain Place. It's really pretty at night.

     
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    MissSkittles    June 7, 2011   Dallas

    Also there is Heard Museum in McKinney and Myers Park in Mckinney too. Myers is kind of like Winfrey Point I have heard.

     

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