Your Guide To Creating The Best Ever House Party (Hints and Tips in General)

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Product:	Hints and Tips in General
Date:	15/01/08 (58 review reads)
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Advantages: Ulitmate eternal respect from your peers. Everlasting memories.

Disadvantages: A trashed house. 12 hours of cleaning/repairing. 72 hours of self recovery.

Absolutly first point: This may say its a guide for house parties but this can also be used for parties outdoor of the same nature as a house party.

Firstly the most important equation in any party that makes the whole party sink or swim is the music. With planning a party i find that half the time goes in to setting up the music play list. To make the party go all night you are gonna need none stop body rocking hits. I find the best music is indie, rock, dance, rave, and maybe even some hip-hop. Most media players that you would use to set up a playlist say the playlist running time, you will want to aim for it to last at least 80% of your party without it repeating. If you have no taste in music however get the most helpful person you know with a good taste in music to do it for you, just remember to appeal to all tastes as long as it is music to dance to. Whether the music is then played on ipod speakers or a big fat Hi-fi system as long as it is good music it will make the party what it is. Also i recommend getting a mates band to play live if its at all possible, only do this if the band is actually good and people like them though otherwise this will just kill the party completely

Next thing to worry about is alcohol, either supply some at the party or tell people to bring their own, or do a mixture of both. Set down some boundaries but bear in mind they will be pushed and broken so set the boundaries below what you actually want to set them at. Also prepare beforehand for people being sick and passing out. If all the prepartion is done beforehand then you can relax and enjoy yourself at the party.

Next, invite people, there's no point in a party if no-one knows about it, unless you live in close proximity with your mates and the sound of your music reaches their ears you are gonna need to invite people. Whether this is done by word of mouth or by a television ad sent out in Skins Series 2 ad breaks, just as long as people get the message where its at and what time.

Food, provide snacks and that will be enough, may vary depening on length of party. Don't buy too much though as there is always too much food supplied at partys. In fact it would probably be best to provide none and just let people walk to a shop if they're hungry. This also means the party costs less for you.

The last thing which is optional is to make a name for your party, rather than it just being "insert name here"'s Party call it something simple such as "insertnamehere"Fest this instantly makes your party much more memorable and also makes it sound like a huge big fat rave that you have to go to otherwise there is no point in being alive. Of course this is just a pyschological thing and so if you ahve very clever friends this will not make much of a difference in the status of your party.

Other things that go down well at parties:
Bouncy Castles: Great for drunks and non drunks alike, no matter what their age is.
Chocolate fountains: Great for people who eat and like chocolate, also appeal to drunks.
Acoustic Guitar: Great item to boost guitar players egos, also a great way to find out that your mate hasnt really been playing guitar for 8 years (more like 8 seconds). also appeals to drunks (they like to singalong (even if they don't know the words)).
Dark corner/Sofa/Hidden Place/Anywhere: Great for lovers or newly found lovers, also appeals to drunks.
Camera's: Your gonna need a way to remember all the crazy things that happened at "insert name here"Fest


If you think i have forgotten anything then leave a comment and i shall try to add it in.

Thanks, I hope your party goes down well and if you use this for advice then i would love to hear back from you at how it went.

Summary: Tips on planning and throwing a house party, that will be better and more memorable than any other.