throwing a luau party
A group of us were sitting in the living room of our apartment, discussing the sad nature of parties around campus. It seemed that due to an increasing amount of failing test grades, students were starting to abandon the party scene to study. Of course, though these were understandable measures, we still felt that students owed it to themselves to attend at least a modest get together on the weekend to reward themselves for working hard during the week.
We decided we'd throw a luau party, since those are always a hit with students. With a theme in mind, we headed to the nearest dollar store for party supplies. We could have gone to the party outlet, but we figured we'd get more of what we needed from a dollar store.
In the store, we saw a bunch of great party favors like flower-themed plates and cups, flower leis, and Hawaiian Punch. We got trail mix and a few other great party favors, One of my friends brought over some glow sticks and glow necklaces, saying we could distribute them and then have a glow stick competition. Though the glow sticks didn't quite fit the theme of the party, we figured it might be a good idea to at least get them for now and decide whether we wanted to use them later.
After getting the party favors, we had to go home and get the word out about the party we were planning. We knew we didn't want way too many people there, but we certainly wanted to have a party atmosphere. Each one of us invited a decent amount of people, and then allowed the people we invited to invite a few people if they wanted to. We thought that would give us just enough people for a party without going overboard. Then we sat down to try to create a good party music mix. As much as we wanted to simply play a lot of Hawaiian music in keeping with the theme, we had to be realistic andd realize that people weren't going to stick around for long if that was the music we would play continually.
As much as everyone wanted to have the party tonight, we knew that we needed more time to promote the party and get the apartment decorated properly and “party-proof”. We figured it would be a better idea to just wait until tomorrow to throw the party. We were practically ready; we just needed time in the equation and we'd have the makings of an amazing party. Everyone went home excited for our party tomorrow and ready to have a break from all the serious schoolwork we'd been doing.