Partying Like It's 1989

This past Saturday Night, our adult sunday school class held an 80's party. The pictures above provide evidence of our lil' escapade.

I'm afraid the whole ideas was mine. We had costumes, we had trivia, we had the music, and we had karaoke. It was a blast. As part of my research, I conducted a poll to find out what folks remembered from the 80's (favorite films, tv shows, music, celebrities...). As a mixer, party goers had to identify people based on what they did during the decade (Who graduated from high school? Who repeated the 8th Grade? Who dated a headbanger? etc...).

Then I put together a Name that Tune with music clips ranging from 30 seconds to 2 seconds (I even through in some TV theme songs for good measure). For my final game, I created a What Year Was It? contest (inspired by the Dateline NBC featurette). The karaoke was a hit, but I don't recommend choosing Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded Me With Science". ouch!


Here's a partial song list from the evening:
Footloose - Kenny Loggins
Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
Call Me - Blondie
Celebration - Kool & the Gang
Beat It - Michael Jackson
Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Jump - Van Halen
Dukes of Hazzard Theme - Waylon Jennings
The Miami Vice Theme
Hungry Like a Wolf - Duran Duran
Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
The Final Countdown - Europe
The Power of Love - Huey Lewis
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns n Roses
What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) - Information Society
She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
To Hell With the Devil - Stryper