Halloween party tomorrow

Limp moose

Im throwing a party at my new house tomorrow and it has been a few years since I was the one hosting. I am trying to think of anything i am forgetting.

I am expecting anywhere from 20-30 people
I have 2 kegs cooled in a keg fridge.
One beer pong table outside on a screened in porch.
A fire pit out back with logs and seating
A very large stereo that I can hook my ipod into
A sweet costume.

and that seems like all I would need. I dont have any food but the party isnt going to start till like 10 so I didnt plan on feeding anyone.

Is there something I am just blatantly over looking...?

Also what are some good party halloween songs? I dont mean like the monster mash. Something that people can dance / party too? any suggestions?

Blake T

Cups, food and drinks for the drivers.

Buy at least three times the amount of cups than the people is usually a good rule of thumb as people are stupid and lose their cups all the time.

Music, Rocky Horror Picture Show?

Limp moose

good call on buying that many cups. I probably dont have enough.

Dhalphir

Can't stress enough the drinks for drivers.

Have at least as many cans of Coke as you do beer.

Blake T

That is a ridiculous amount. Are you saying there is going to be more people not drinking than drinking? And that as opposed from getting totally shit faced they plan on slipping into a sugar coma from the amount of coke they drink?

Dhalphir

Blaket wrote: »

That is a ridiculous amount. Are you saying there is going to be more people not drinking than drinking? And that as opposed from getting totally shit faced they plan on slipping into a sugar coma from the amount of coke they drink?

I don't know man but every party I've been to there was always as much Coke as beer...within a few cans of each other...and without fail there was almost never any Coke left and almost always a bit of beer left.

There was never Coke left with no beer though.

Also, its necessary if the only alcohol you have is beer.

I don't drink beer.

Beer = disgusting.

So you either need Coke for me and others like me to drink, or you need hard liquor, and that stuff is expensive.

Shifty Fister

Dhalphir wrote:

Beer = disgusting.

Lies. But definitely a bunch of non alcoholic drinks. Maybe juice or some such thing.

tbloxham

If its a Halloween party you should at least have some bowls of random candy And every party that has ever been (other than classy ones, which should have trays of fancy mini food) has been improved by the addition of chips and dip.

The "more coke than beer" thing has nothing to do with the drivers, its because if you have non beer drinkers most of them will be drinking a something and coke. If all you are concerned with is the drivers, then just go and buy a few packs of coke. You know your guests better than we do though, so my general advice is "buy something that the drivers might like to drink, and can you trust your non-beer drinkers to bring their own mixers?"

Belruel

snacks, people will want munchies. also, have some bottles of water. if it is a costume party, people can get dehydrated running around in facepaint and heavy costumes, so its a good idea to have some water handy. (if not bottles, then a fridge with working cubes/water dispenser or something similar)

Ohio

You should get some Cheez-Its. I'm always ready to party when there are Cheez-Its around.

Rook

If you can't dance to the Monster Mash then you're doing something wrong.

I've always liked (...subject people too...)

Ghostbusters
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Love Poition Number 9 - Searchers
Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
Feed My Frankenstein - Alice Cooper
Teenage Frankenstein - Alice Cooper
Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
Peekaboo - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Spellbound - Siouxsie and the Banshees
Lullaby - The Cure
Timewarp - Richard O'Brien
White Wedding - Billy Idol
I'm Your Boogieman - White Zombie
I Was a Teenage Werewolf - The Cramps
Black Magic Woman - Santana
Eloise - The Damned
Tribute - Tenacious D
Dead Disco - Metric
Children of the Night - Whitesnake
Enter Sandman - Metallica

ChopperDave

Take anything important that you have that could possibly be broken (or used to break things), put them in one of your rooms/closets, and lock it.

This includes but is not limited to:

Glasses/plates/bowls
Knives
Microwave
Any other glassware
Any pens/markers you have lying around (can be used to write on walls)
Expensive chairs/furniture that you don't want broken or stained

Also, lock up anything you have that is expensive and could conceivably be stolen, like video game systems, mp3 players, laptops, etc.

If you can do it, turn off the gas/power to your oven, range, etc. Try to throw disposable sheets over things like your kitchen table and even your chairs/couches, if you can do it without it looking goofy (stainproofing). Finally, clear out your fridge of any food items that won't be missed, especially stuff that comes in glass jars, stains things, or both (read: MUSTARD, wine).

You basically want your house to be drunkproof. It's like childproofing, only the children are 5-6 feet tall.

All this may not seem necessary when you know your friends and trust them not to steal/break your shit or hurt themselves, but you can really never be too careful. Also, you have to be mindful of and prepared for the distinct possibility of gatecrashing assholes - people you and even your friends don't even know! - appearing out of nowhere, drinking your beer, getting bored, and amusing themselves by vandalizing your property with anything on hand. The good news is that people like these don't usually arrive with their own tools of destruction, so just don't give them anything to use.

Gihgehls

Ohio wrote: »

You should get some Cheez-Its. I'm always ready to party when there are Cheez-Its around.

FF

The Misfits work well for Halloween music, if that's how you roll. Their version of Monster Mash, 20 Eyes, Skulls, Mommy Can I go Out and Kill Tonight, etc, etc, etc

Phil G.

Halloween music I rely on X-Entertainment's Halloween Jukebox. Pretty good mix of a lot of stuff, dunno about dancing though. Streams from the internets though, so if internet access is limited it won't work. It is in the main part of the blog entry, 2nd paragraph after the picture.

DeathPrawn

I'm personally a big fan of Oingo Boingo around the era of Dead Man's Party as good halloween music (and come on, that album has both "Dead Man" AND "Party" in the title!)

Doc

2 full kegs or 2 half kegs? Because 2 full kegs is 248 pints. Given that it's going to be 20-30 people, that's like ~10 pints per person, if everyone drinks. You are going to have a full keg left over, at least.

Limp moose

Thanks dudes. I went out and got a bunch of snacks and what nots.

As for having too much beer I cant imagine we will run out. The way we play drinking games around here it goes very very fast.

Doc

Limp moose wrote: »

Thanks dudes. I went out and got a bunch of snacks and what nots.

As for having too much beer I cant imagine we will run out. The way we play drinking games around here it goes very very fast.

That's fine, I'm just saying that you shouldn't tap the second keg until you are done with the first. Unopened kegs keep well.