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| - Walk along Queen street west at Dovercourt and if you are attentive, you might spot The Great Hall. it sits within a tall brick building on the second floor and is mostly unadorned from below, less the large white letters on two glass doors bestowing its name.
the hall itself has a quiet greatness to it if that makes any sense. alongside that greatness is a certain degree of humility. i think that combination comes from its age and therefore (in this case), charm, and its large ballroom/theatre setup.
what they suggest for those of you that are getting married (i have hosted a wedding there and looked at it for our wedding as a venue possibility - we didnt take it because we needed more space god help us.) is to have a quaint ceremony in the small room which rests alongside queen street. anyone who lives in a downtown home that still has its original mouldings and such will have a sense of the charm that this place carries with it. the windows are large enough, lightly shaded with gossamer drapes and letting in a fair bit of light and if its summer, the possibility of fresh air.
the ballroom has a nice size bar, gleaming hardwood floors (not brand new but looking good), a stage for a band let's say and room or about 200 people maybe. maybe less. you can also use the surrounding balcony that runs the circumference of the ballroom perhaps for pictures, or i think as an alternative setting for the ceremony.
the staff at the great hall seemed affable enough, but something doesnt quite work with the setting up/ changing over of the small ceremony room i talked about earlier. for example, after my friends ceremony was done, we did a large group photo on the stairs that lead up to the hall from Queen Street, and that was done almost instantly. (the stairs are enormously wide and can accomodate many folks at once, though we didnt manage to get everyone in the photo). So after the photo was done, all these people had nowhere to go because the small room was being set up for cocktails and hors d'oevres, and the large ballroom was being kept off limits for the big reveal later with the receiving line. so me and a bunch of other groomsmen had to help set up the the cocktail room. its a wedding and it was awesome, so no big deal, no one will remember that, but it is worth considering as a challenge when planning an event.
the ballroom, once decorated, was incredibly romantic. it housed a very large buffet table with much room around it and once cleared, offered an equally large dance floor for cutting rugs.
with the right planning and for the right event this can be a great venue; in fact, if not for our own wedding size, this would have been among the first couple choices.
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