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What is a party?
"A party is a gathering of persons who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, and recreation." "A party will typically feature eating and drinking, and often music and dancing as well." "Some parties are held in honor of a specific person, day, or event (e.g., a birthday party, St. Patrick's Day)." "Parties of this kind are often called celebrations." "A party is not necessarily a private occasion." "Public parties are sometimes held in pubs and bars, and people attending such parties may be charged an admission fee by the host." wikipedia encyclopedia
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Theme Party: A theme party is a party that centers around a certain type of theme. For example: "Lemons" - you would ask all your guest to wear the color yellow. The food served would be lemon flavored alcoholic drinks with lemon slices in the drinks or a non-alcoholic drink like lemonade. Lemon cake, lemon meringue pie or lemon squares would be a few dessert ideas. Serving dishes would be shades of yellow and a large lemon center piece on the table would be a typical centerpiece. If you know of any lemon games then this would be the time to play them too. A great party prize would be a real lemon plant.
Outdoor Parties: Outdoor parties are those parties that take place outside in a park, someones back yard, down by the riverside, beach or in someones garden. Such as garden parties, garden tea parties, picnic parties, tea parties and barbecues.
Tea Party: Depending on a country's customs, tea can refer to any of several different meals or mealtimes. Examples are: High Teas, Afternoon Tea, Cream tea, Devonshire tea or Cornish cream tea.
Apparel party: A party in which everyone is supposed to wear a themed piece of clothing, often including a prize for the attendee wearing the best. Examples are red hat parties, or scarecrow parties where everyone dresses like a scarecrow in honor of the Fall Season.
Birthday Party: A birthday party is a celebration that occurs to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of the person honored. Birthday parties are, nowadays, celebrated in many cultures.
Housewarming party: A housewarming party is held when a person, couple, or family moves into a new house or apartment. It is an occasion for the hosts to present their new home to their friends, and for friends to gather, socialize, and enjoy refreshments such as alcoholic drinks and snack foods. In some cases, the friends and family members who are invited may bring gifts for the new home. Housewarming parties are generally informal, and there are usually no planned activities besides a tour of the new house. The party is generally used to warm the house. A Pantry Party is another form of housewarming. The idea is for all the guest to bring a food item to put in the pantry of the new house or apartment. Pantry parties are popular for teenagers who are moving out for the first time.
Block party: A "block party" is a social event where a group of residents in the same area decide to throw a party at the same time, usually during the early evening hours. During such an event, partygoers are free to pass from house to house, socializing and often consuming alcohol or other beverages.
Tailgate Party: "A tailgate party is a social event held on and around the open tailgate of a vehicle." "Tailgating often involves consuming alcoholic beverages and grilling food." "Tailgate parties usually occur in the parking lots at stadiums and arenas before, and occasionally after or during, sporting events and rock concerts."
Farewell party: In many cultures, it is customary to throw a farewell party in honor of a person who is moving away or departing on a long trip. The dinner traditionally given by a bridegroom to his friends before his wedding is also considered a farewell party.
Dinner party: A dinner party is a formal social gathering at which people eat dinner together, usually in the host's own home. At the least formal dinner parties, a buffet of food is provided on a table or counter, and the guests choose items from the buffet and eat standing up as they talk and mingle. At the most formal dinner parties, dinner is served at a dining table with place settings.
Potluck dinner party: On less formal occasions, a host may invite guests to bring drinks, appetizers, main dishes, side dishes, or desserts. This is called a potluck dinner.
Cast party: A cast party is a celebration following the last performance of a theatrical event, such as an opera, musical, or play. It may also take place following the end of shooting for a motion picture, where it is also known as a wrap party, or following the final episode of a television series for the season. The party is often exclusive to the performers and crew members, with a smaller number of guests who did not themselves participate in the performance. Cast parties are traditional for almost all acted performances, including amateur events such as high school plays.
Pre-party: A "pre-party", also known as "pre-gaming", "pre-funking", "pre-function" or in australia around youths it is called "pre's", this is an informal name for a party held prior to main events including: school dances, weddings, birthday parties, raves, or bar/bat mitzvahs. These are usually short and sometimes involve guests getting ready (putting on makeup, clothes, etc.) for the main event. After a pre-party, the guests usually leave at the same time to arrive at the main event together. Often, "pre-gaming" includes drinking alcohol before the party so one is "buzzed" before the actual party.
After-party: An "after-party" is the informal name for a cast party, used in the professional music performance community. After parties are usually coordinated by the performers, and invitations are very selective. Only the performers, crew members and a small number of outside friends are invited. After-parties can also be held after school dances, weddings, and other large parties. However, only a few select close friends of the host would be invited to the after party instead of all the people who were invited to the primary event.
Fund-raising party: These parties are focused around the act of raising money for a person or institution, often used to raise money for political campaigns, schools, businesses, and charities. These parties are usually formal in nature, consisting of a dinner followed by speeches or presentations extolling the cause for which funds are being raised. (see soup swap month,
Safari Supper: "One variation is the Safari Supper, where a group of neighbors physically move between different houses for each part of the meal." "Typically, this involves the preparation of one course only (a starter, main course or dessert), and visiting different neighbors for the other 2 courses."
Traditional parties: Traditional parties such as the English tea party or the modern cocktail party, are social gatherings within a fairly formal, or at least stylized, atmosphere. These parties often have roots in tradition which can be regional, cultural, or specific to a single family. Religious celebrations like that accompanying the Jewish Brit milah and the coming of age celebration of Bar and Bat Mitzvahs are usually accompanied by a traditional party.
Traveling Dinner: "Another variation, popular in America, is the Traveling Dinner (or Progressive Supper)." "Each course of a meal is served at different homes." "For example the appetizer is served in the first home, the entree in the second home, and the dessert in the last home." "The number of courses can be expanded depending on the number of guests." "Some groups may choose to have a Reverse Progressive Dinner where the diners eat the courses backwards." "A constraining factor of the traveling potluck is Drinking and Driving. Groups have opted to manage this by limiting the guest list to neighbors within walking distance, a designated driver, or limiting alcohol consumption." "Another strategy has been for groups to hire a limo for the evening."
Marriage-related parties: Bachelor party (UK: Stag Night, Australia: Bucks Night), Bachelorette party, Stag night , Divorce party, Wedding reception- A "Spice Shower" invites guests to bring a bottle of spice and a recipe that uses the spice along with their gift. A "Pantry Party" helps the newlyweds stock up on basic food essentials. A "gourmet recipe shower" invites guests to bring a recipe along with one utensil needed to prepare it. A "Candlelight Shower" is gifts such as candles, candle holders, flower vases, bath & body products, oils and romantic music CDs.
Costume or fancy dress party: an offshoot of the classic masquerade ball, where the costumes of the participants provide the theme of the event. Other great examples of costume parties are Renaissance parties, southern bell parties, 50's, mexican, flapper, cowboys & indians, disco, and pirate parties.
Cuddle party: where participants engage in non-sexual human contact such as cuddling and/or napping together
Game party: A social gathering where games are played.
A LAN party: A party that involves multi-player computer games using a Local Area Network
Political houseparty: A party is hosted in a private home for the purpose of supporting a particular candidate, political party, or ballot measure, or to share information and opinions about an upcoming election.
Pool party: An event where the main action of the party involves swimming, and any other entertainment which can involve a swimming pool.
Pajama party: A Slumber party in which guests stay overnight at the venue, usually the hosts house. This type of party, is popular with teenagers and young people.
Toga party: A party in which all participants dress up in Greek-style robes with holly on their heads, and generally get very drunk. This theme was popularized by the movie Animal House.
A Tupperware party: a party in which the central activity is to purchase product, in this case Tupperware, normally after it is demonstrated at the party. This name has come to stand for any type of party in which the hostess holds the gathering with the purpose of selling something.
When we say weird we do mean weird! See our list for the most popular wacky holidays that people love to celebrate. Strange Holidays make perfect theme parties and our calendar has a long list of weird days to celebrate.
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