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OK, I'm intrigued. What is bagged milk? If it's as John suggests, we call it "long-life" milk here. I just kept thinking of milk bags you might use like tea bags .

John, nope. Frycek & Currawong,
This:
bag alone
bag of bags
Plebeian
fancy
You guys don't have these?

KS

Nope. What a sheltered life I lead!

So that's liquid milk in the first bag, not powdered, I take it? Do you decant it into a jug? And is it fresh, or long-life? All these vital questions can and must be answered!

And just so it doesn't seem like I'm derailing the thread, I think I'd incorporate the recital fee either into the tuition fee, or some sort of registration fee. Or if the costs aren't too great, charge admission, either by a fixed amount or donation. Or charge for refreshments.

Cool - well, I do the family shopping, and I know that food prices have doubled since 2002, but I've never seen this before. Even on my trips to Vancouver. Are they refrigerated?

Having thoroughly derailed the thread now:
It's refrigerated. Liquid normal regular milk. The bag holder a la my named "plebian" is especially shaped for it: costs about $1.50 and is a permanent part of the household. You slide a bag into the holder, snip the spout side of the bag and it's ready to pour. Humourous things happen if you snip the spout before, and then try to put the bag in the holder. Think "geyser". We even have a special "snipper" though most of us lose the snipper and use scissors.

Heck, this has been around for at least 25 years. It was probably right in the Vancouver store but you didn't recognize it as milk. It comes in these fat bags of three bags holding about a gallon altogether.

Wish I had something to volunteer on-topic. :rolleyes:

Wow, keystring, I am amazed . When it finally appears on our shelves I'll be able to say "oh, but they've had it in Canada for decades"

Here in the antipodes we hack our way through the bush every morning and milk the cow...

Bagged milk...

I've had milk in a box, a carton, a plastic jug, a glass bottle, a styrofoam container, and a plastic bottle. I've even seen milk in a tin can (shelf life: forever).

But never in a bag. There's a first for everything.

This thread gave me the first laugh of teh day, and I needed it! Thank you
A whole thread about bagged milk! complete with pictures..
I have always thought that piano teachers are a bit of a strange (apecial) lot..

I would never charge for a recital. I feel it's the piano teachers way of 'giving back'...presenting a night for everyone to enjoy.

The most my families contribute is to bring a 'snack plate' to share after the recital...there's a huge smorgasbord of food, and everyone feels a part of it.

If renting a venue is too expensive, find a local church, many have grand pianos, and their fees are small. You could even offer the church to put on a 'night of music' at a future date(with your more advanced students performing)in exchange for them allowing you to use their church for your recital.

I would not advise it to be a wise business move to charge for piano recitals...they are only students, not concert pianists.

Hm! I always thought the prizes in Kinderuberaschungs were so cool!

Last year I had to move my recital location due to the fires here in San Diego (we were evacuated...). I tried so hard to find a church that would do it and they were all quite pricey....Perhaps I was barking up the wrong church trees...Now I am doing them at SDPiano.com. Their fee is very reasonable and they are easy to work with. It's nice not to have to worry about chairs and the piano being tuned etc.