Saturday, September 29, 2018

Class Reunion party tips



Class Reunion Party Tips


  1. Reunions Usually happen around thanksgiving weekend
  2. Normally Reunions happen at 5,10,15,20,25,30 years 
  3. Equip yourself with music from the particular year they graduated from as well as the four years that they were in High School.
  4. Read up on some trivia from their year of graduation such as special events, history of the music, political or sports events, your client may be able to provide you with some trivia tidbits from their years in school. Use this information to keep dinner interesting by having a lite trivia contest.
  5. Be prepared for the guests to start off doing a lot of talking. Remember, they are seeing people they haven't seen in years and may want to do nothing but socialize. Be patient and don’t take it personally if they seem to want nothing to do with a DJ. It’s a great opportunity for you to play a lot of the “non-danceable” music from their era.
  6. Eventually you will get a busy dance floor, so make sure you’ve saved a reunion power set of the top songs from their school years. Be ready for the people to tire of nostalgia after a while as they begin to ask you to play more current music.

Friday, September 28, 2018

The Twist Contest - Weekly Game/contest

Twist Contest



Suggested Music: ( The Twist & Let’s twist again - Chubby Checker, Peppermint Twist - Little Richard, Twist and shout - The Beatles)


  • Set-up: Have 5 of your business cards ready with the numbers 1 through 5 on them. You should come out of a slow set where the dance floor is full. Also, do not, under any circumstances, announce this is a twist contest. 
  1. Play The Twist and during the song go out and hand out each of the 5 cards to the wildest, most creative twisters. Simply tell them to hold on to the card. 
  2. Near or at the end of the song ask the 5 couples to remain on the dance floor, the rest should move off to the side. 
  3. Explain that these are the 5 best twisting couples and these finalists will dance one more twist so we can watch them dance and then pick a winning couple. Tell the couples to do their best and be as wild, fun, and creative as possible. 
  4. Play Let’s Twist again and somewhere 30 seconds in Line up all 5 couples on the dance floor and ask for a round of applause for each couple one at a time. Loudest round of applause wins. 
Hint: If you can’t decide between two couples or as an added bonus to the winners, have them dance to one more song. Play “The Stripper - David Rose” for fun and see what happens.


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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Learn Country Line Dancing

Country Line Dancing


If you have an event that requests a lot of country music or even possible some country line dances then read on. There are now hundreds of country line dances that you can learn and do. It all started off in the early 90's with The Achy Breaky Heart line dance. This dance is done to the song Achy breaky heart by Billy Ray Cyrus. It is similar to The Electric Slide that also came out around the same time. The big difference is that there are many more steps involved in the Achy Breaky and it can sometimes be too much for a drinking crowd to learn.

The FREEZE is another country line dance that is probably one of the easiest line dances to learn as well as teach. This dance is explained below along with a list of suggested music. The Achy Breaky line dance is much more involved but we will also give a brief outline here below as well.

If you make the effort to learn these dances, you will find it pays off with more fun, new skills, better parties, and increased referrals. Country line dancing can be a fun way to make your parties more fun and diverse so put on your country hat and dancing boots and join the fun.

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Monday, September 24, 2018

Conga line - Choo Choo Train - Weekly line dance

Here is how set yp your basic Conga Line or choo choo

(Conga - Gloria Estefan/Hot hot hot - Buster Poindexter/ Follow the leader - Byron Lee/ Locomotion or ride the train)

  1. Pick a leader for the conga line or choo choo train (Bride, Groom, Best man, bridal party, craziest guest, or YOU)
  2. Tell or lead them to go and weave in and out of the tables and to pick up those sitting down or doing nothing and have them join in.
  3. You can even have the conga line leave the room when appropriate.
  4. Have the line return to the dance floor before the song is ending and have them make a circle, if it is a long song have 2 people come in to the center of the circle dance and then switch the two out by telling them to switch after 30 seconds.
  5. At the end if in a circle you can do the Chicken Dance, Dollar Wine dance, or Apache or even a limbo if needed cause you still have a line.

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