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the musical progression
of the evening
So you’ve made you mixes,
cleared out a dance space, and it’s less than an hour until the guests
are due to start arriving. Now’s a good time to plan out what you want
to play when.
| There’s
no point in breaking out the good dance tunes too early in the
evening, when everyone’s going to be too busy noshing on your
appetizers and mingling with other guests to make use of that
lovely, open dance space you cleared away in your living room
(dining room, wherever). Since no one’s going to be paying much
attention to the music during the first couple of hours of your
party, the music at this point can be anything that helps to
create a fun mood – if you’re going to be playing less
familiar songs, now is the time to do it. Ska, kitschy-cool lounge
music (the Ultra-Lounge
series is rather fun), cute French and Japanese pop (now’s a
good time to break out your Pizzicato Five) are all party
background music favorites in my house, but just about anything
that creates a groovy festive sort of ambience is good. |
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• If you’re musically- impaired, ask a music-fanatic friend to
help out with the mix-making. Make sure they know that you’re
looking for good dance music that’ll get people moving, and if
there’s any particularly genre that you particularly love, let
them know as well.
• Assign a friend music duty at the party – this person will be
responsible for keeping an ear out for skipping discs, adjusting
music volume, changing CDs, and so on. Don’t feel like you have to
do everything yourself – most of your friends will love to do
whatever they can to help out with the party.
• Dancing generally has a sort domino-effect: once you get a
handful of people going, others will rapidly join in the fray. If no
one’s dancing, grab a handful of friends (the more the better) and
hit the dance floor. |
Two to three hours into the evening, your party should officially be
in full swing. If you’ve been a vigilant host(ess), the liquor will
have been flowing freely for a few hours and inhibitions will be
beginning to fade, which means it’s a perfect time to ease into dance
mode. While the last of your background music CDs finishes playing,
replace the rest of the CDs with your brand-new, handpicked, super-fab
dance mixes. Gradually nudge up the volume. And dance.
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