We welcomed in 2017 properly down at the village hall last night/ this morning. Rhods and I went over in the afternoon to set up, then back "for reals" at 6:30 pm to party.
In the end there were 9 families including us (18 adults, 23 kids), and we had a great time! Lots of dancing, good food, no injuries, and we rang in 2017 as a happy group.
The way we did the music was to put together a list on Spotify, then sign up for a free 7 day trial of Spotify Premium, which lets you download any track to play offline. Result! We had a playlist of 100 songs to see us through the New Years Eve party, so we downloaded that and brought our old speakers and current receiver and a bunch of cables to be able to play music from the iPad through the big speakers, and it worked a treat! We borrowed a couple of disco spotlight projector thingys, and we also had glow balloons, glowsticks, and decorative tablecloths. Each family brought some food and drinks to share, and it was just a really fun party!
The best part was being able to just boogie without care or consequence, and to not feel obligated to converse. The kids ran wild, and when they weren't dancing they were outside playing football in the dark. Since everyone there knew each other quite well, there was no dimension of social obligation or introductions or getting-to-know-you chit chat. Not that I'm against any of that, but it was quite nice to not have any of that and just purely enjoy the evening. And since we at Lewis Central were the ones to put together the playlist, they were all the songs that we like to boogie to!
Anyway, Happy New Year for 2017 and best wishes to our readers!
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| Starting to set up (decorations already there!) |
Anyway, Happy New Year for 2017 and best wishes to our readers!
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