Prom Night 2011

A change of pace as I was asked to do the end of term Prom for the local Primary School. This mean the youngsters are about 11 years old. I have done this party for a few years now and it is always enjoyable.
A lot of the time the dancing is organised around a selection of Scottish Country Dances like The Gay Gordons, The Dasing White Sergeant or a good old time Barn Dance. These tunes are played off a cd, how Old Skool, so the computer doesn't keep a log of them.
The rest of the time it is a selection of happy tunes which are the background to some games or some 'Disco Time' as the supervising teachers call it.
What I have learned is.

1. The youngsters don't wish to be patronised and expect to hear the same Top 40 stuff as there pub going elders.
2. They lose interest quickly and really only want to hear the chorus and maybe one verse.
3. Justin Beiber isn't as popular as you  might think. So who is buying his records?
4. They like happy party sing-along songs. Same as the pub at closing time crew.

So before the Prom, I go through the likely Top 20 hits of the day and cue up start points just before the chorus or on the beat of the first verse. Then when the evening is in full swing I can rapidly kick off the tunes right at the interesting bits. This seems to work well and I would recommend this to any dj working with a young audience.

Health and Safety Tip. When you have 50 soprano youngsters bellowing out 'Don't Stop Believing' at the night's end you know your job is done but it don't half hurt your ears.

Tracks Played Here.

1 Somebody To Love  - Glee

2 S&M (Come On)  -Rihanna

3 Raise Your Glass - Pink
4 Where Them Girls At - David Guetta
5 Bad Romance Lady Gaga
6 Mr. Saxobeat (Extended) Alexandra Stan
7 Skinny Genes Eliza Doolittle
8 I'm On My Way  - The Proclaimers
9 S&M (Come On) -  Rihanna
10 Here Come The Girls  - Ernie K Doe
11 Run The World (Girls) - Beyoncé
12 Crazy In Love Feat. Jay Z  - Beyonce
13 I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
14 Sweat  - Snoop Dog Feat David Guetta
15 Give Me Everything  - Pitbull

16 Yeah 3X   - Chris Brown

17 Just Dance  - Lady Gaga

18 Celebration  - Kool And The Gang

19 Party Rock Anthem  - LMFAO

20 Boom Boom  - Outhere Bros

21 Jumping All Over The World - Scooter
22 Bounce  - Calvin Harris
23 Carnival De Paris - Dario G
24 The Lazy Song  - Bruno Mars
25 Paolo's Pencil Full Of Party  - Paolo Nutini Vs Lou Bega
26 (Is This The Way To) Amarillo -  Tony Christie
27 Cotton Eye Joe-  Rednex
28 Where Them Girls At  - David Guetta
29 Sweat -  Snoop Dog

30 Grease Megamix  - Megamix

31 Footloose - Kenny Loggins

32 La Bamba  -Los Lobos

33 I_Need_A_Dollar  - Aloe_Blacc

34 Black And Yellow  -Wiz Khalifa

35 Heaven  - Dj Sammy

36 Save The World (Radio Mix)  - Swedish House Mafia

37 Cha Cha Slide

38 I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)  - The Proclaimers

39 Auld Lang Syne  - Gay Gordons

40 Don't Stop Believin' - Glee Cast