Kiddies Disco 4 yr olds

[Penfold42]

The problem with balloons is you totally loose their attention because they are too busy playing footie with the darn things

What with helium in......

[Dance FX]

What with helium in......

Ah! now helium balloons float to the ceiling and the little darlings cant reach them!

Sarah
(childminder and balloon decorator)

[Mayhem 1]

Hiya Steve Mate,

A 4 year old party eh, lets see if I can help you out.

1) With children of this age you MUST grab and keep their attention from the word go.

2) The main thing that children this age (4 & 5yrs) love to see is sillyness!! especially if you can get one of the adults to be the straight man to your "Silly and Naughty" person.

3) Music and dancing wise, you will not go wrong with the action dances they do in nursery ie:- Wind the bobbin up/heads shoulders/happy and you know it etc etc, they will not be receptive to just a disco.

4) The golden rule is :- If you get out the front and speak to them over the mic kneel down to their level, if you are eye to eye with them then they will be ok.

5) Start your perfomance while you are setting up!!! make them laugh with comments like "No laughing at this party" they love it.

It is a shame I live so far away mate, I would have popped along.

If you require any further help mate just ask.

Let me know how it goes.

Regards

Mayhem 1

[SPJ]

Thanks for your guidance guys. I feel better about this already

Mr Mayhem, sir. Fab advice, really appreciate that.

So what do you reckon, as well as the action stuff you mentioned, other stuff like Superman / hokey cokey etc will work? Any games guaranteed a good reception for this age range?

Suppose the good thing about kids is they don't expect super slick mixing skills so even if many of the tracks are on one CD, I can banter a bit in between?

Advice received so far is if anyone has any more ideas, shout up, please.

thanks again and will report back to base on the outcome.

Steve

[Mayhem 1]

Hiya Mate,

Hokey Cokey / Conga / Birdy Song (yes I know!!! but they love it) any Black lace, the list goes on........................

Games:- The usuall musical bumps/statues etc plus my own invention "Musical Poses"

Grab their attention and you are on to a sure winner mate.

You will have to work hard but it will be worth it.

regards

Mayhem 1

[Shaun]

my own invention "Musical Poses"

Sounds interesting, how does that work? .




How's the planning for the DVD going?.

[Mayhem 1]

Hiya Shaun Mate,

The DVD has been shelved due to being messed about by the production company but................... it will go ahead soon as I can get to meet with another company.

regards

Mayhem 1

[SPJ]

I had the kiddies party today, and although it was bedlam for most of it , I think it went off OK in the end.

Had a bit of a technical glitch when one of the CD drawers threw the CD into the back of the player and jammed the drawer open.
Luckily I'd burnt most of the tracks I was going to use onto one CD which was in the other drawer so managed to get round that one.
Problem now fixed so it works again.

It was decided that rather have all music then food, we'd split it so we had 40 mins or so of music then food, followed by another half hour dancing, etc.
2nd half was definitely better when the kids had got some food down them.

I reckon after cracking this a 40th/60th/Wedding should be a breeze by comparison

Anyway, now I've got one gig under my belt, can't wait to get cracking on some more. (adults events though , preferably )

Thanks again for the guidance and no doubt I'll be back for more before too long.

Steve

[Penfold42]

2nd half was definitely better when the kids had got some food down them.

One word....sugar...

Glad you had a good time. Well done.
Not done any kids parties yet....should be interesting if and when.

[Mayhem 1]

SPJ: Glad to hear things went ok mate, I said you would enjoy it lol !!!

penmare42: Get on to those Kids parties !!! Commmmmmmmmme Onnnnnnn !!!

regards both

Mayhem 1