Xmas Music at Xmas Parties

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Ausumm

Ausumm

Gold Plated Productions
Oct 21, 2008
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do you guys (and gals)
play Christmas/Holiday songs durig the actual "dancing" part of a Holiday party?
great for cocktails and dinner...
but most of them just don't seem to inspire actual "dancing"....
 
Ausumm said:
do you guys (and gals)
play Christmas/Holiday songs durig the actual "dancing" part of a Holiday party?
great for cocktails and dinner...
but most of them just don't seem to inspire actual "dancing"....
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It depends on what your your talking about because most christmas music is not danceable ex Charles brown please come home for chrismas the Temptations silent night .
 
wham - last christmas
band aid - do they know it's christmas
elton john - step into christmas
wizzard - i wish it could be christmas everyday

the list goes on


i guess they are all european hits that are danceable and have to be played over this side..
the only one i can think of at the moment from u's is mariah carey..all i wnt for christmas is you.
 
One I use for dancing is Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You"...cued past the opening slow part...
 
I play all the following songs and more with great success during dancing. You just have to know when the time is right to play them.
Randy Travis -- White Christmas Makes me Blue
Randy Travis -- Pretty Paper
Nancy Wilson-- Thats What I Want For Christmas
The Temptations -- Silent Night
The Pretenders --Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
 
For a Christmas/hoiliday party, such as a corporation, hospital, realator association, etc, I play christnas music for cocktail and dinner hour(s) then start playing dance music at the appropiate time. There are, however, some gigs where Christmas music is appropiate for the entire gig. Examples of this are a "Breakfast with Santa" which I just did last saturday at a local Moose club. Others would be holiday lunchens at a hospital, nursing home or retirement center, etc. So as most have said, most gigs would include dance music, but not all. When I do have a christmas party that includes dance music, I will still throw in some Christmas tunes throughout the night, especially slow songs, like "all I want for christmas is you" by vince vance & the valliants, etc. I hope this helps the O.P. Merry Christmas to all!
 
For the first 60-90 minutes (no more than that) during cocktail and dinner, after that....no more. The Christmas music is basically background noise for them to get their drink, food and conversation(s) over with. After that, the fun stuff begins. It's been pretty much been that way for every Christmas/Holiday party that we've done. YMMV
 
Got a gig tomorrow night (Saturday). Military formal event. I've been directed to play "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" by Frank Sinatra...and to follow that up with Electric Slide. After that I'm free to play whatever will keep the dance floor going but still have a several more to play from their list.

The problem with military formal events is that after arriving at 6:00 PM and then sitting through dinner and guest speaker at 9:00 pm when the dancing begins most want to just leave and go home. It's a tough job to keep people there who don't intend on staying. There have been times when guests stayed and danced and other times they just wanted to get the heck out. These events are "captive" audience until dancing starts.

This particular event is comprised of a majority of officers and civilians. Not sure but I would venture to say the average age will be between 35-45. There will be several General officers and high ranking civilians present; hence, Sinatra (The Way You Look Tonight) and even Barry Manilow (Copacabana). The list does include the various Line Dances and even "Wobble." So, somebody wants to dance. Any suggestions to get them dancing would be appreciated. I'm thinking of some 80's and 90's music will work. Maybe some of the "current" Adult Contemporary tunes, too. Since there list has indicated a need for Latin music, I'll throw in some Salsa and Merengue.

Again, suggestions will be welcomed.

Formal dance is tomorrow, 12/17/11.
 
Yes, we do play Christmas song at Christmas parties. I would like to share that "Jingle Bell Rock" - Billy Idol (2006), this one was the song which we had played last day to celebrate Xmas.
 
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