Rob da Bank founder of Bestival, Camp Bestival and Sunday Best shares his tips for an unforgettable New Years Eve party.
- Theme – Get dressed up, to get down - a theme will make your party experience unique. Turn a cold and boring NYE party on its head. A Hawaiian theme? Make wacky sunglasses and lairey shirts compulsory.
Or what about creating an indoor festival with each room taking on a different dimension? Imagine the world’s smallest disco in the cupboard under the stairs, get the glowsticks out for a 90’s fleuro rave in the lounge and build a space odyssey in the kitchen.
- Music – Not everyone likes the same styles of music - play different genres in different rooms to add to the festival vibe.
- Make it democratic - give people the opportunity to have their say on the tracks played on the night with an exclusive 15 minute iPod DJ set from all in attendance.
- Performance – what’s your party trick? Bring some entertainment to the party whether it be magic, a dance routine, speech, poem or karaoke rendition.
-Capture the experience – create a photo booth where people pop-in and snap themselves in crazy outfits. A dress-up box of silly accessories nearby will encourage party-goers to get involved.
Re-live the excitement after the party by sharing the photos from the night with your friends on your social networks.
- Make it memorable – give the night a highlight where people look back and say ‘I was there’, whether it be sparklers at midnight or dancing wildly to your favourite track of 2009.
Rob da Bank is involved in the Smirnoff Creative Grants initiative which airms to discover, support & celebrate up-and-coming nightlife promoters of one-of-a-kind events and experiences - the type you’ll want to look back on and say “I was there”.
Four bursaries of £5,000 are avaiable to anyone with an idea for a unique night, the nightlife luminaries presiding over the entries includes Radio 1’s Rob da Bank, DJ duo The Queens of Noize, second generation music mogul Oliver Wilson, nightlife correspondent Rahul Verma and Editor of Clash Magazine - Matthew Bennett.
Rob da Bank comments
“Smirnoff Creative Grants is one of the best things out there in the UK club and festival market, for people that want to make something of their career. It’s the chance of a lifetime for people with totally original ideas to get the cash from Smirnoff to follow it through and realise their vision. I’m 100% behind it and I hope we find some superstars of tomorrow.”
Applications for Creative Grants can be submitted via the Smirnoff Facebook page after becoming a fan. The closing date for applications is Friday December 11th 2009, when the experts will select the four most progressive and forward thinking experiences to each receive £5,000. The resulting nights will form a season of events across the UK throughout Spring 2010 .
Creative Grants is part of The Smirnoff Co.’s ongoing commitment to original nightlife. It is one of a number of event programmes and partnerships celebrating unique nightlife and entertainment complimented with unique drinking experiences.
So, if you’re a promoter, go ahead; think big. Be original. See the possibilities. Make it happen.
For more information on Smirnoff Creative Grants, details of how to apply and for your chance to be there at the events, please visit www.facebook.com/SmirnoffGB
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