15th birthday party!?

Question

i am planning on having a 1960's theme for my 15th birthday party in 6 months. i want everyone to dress up like teens from the 60's and i want the food, party, dancing, and decor to be JUST like the 60's. can anyone give me decor tips, dancing tips, song choices, and food and drink ideas for my party? thanks! what games should we play(limbo, karaoke?) thank you! i really like the beatles, just so you know. would the song, I Saw Her Standing There be good for my party? thanks. how do we dance to it!????? THANKS!

Answer 1

Sock hop dancing contests, karaoke yes. There was alot of screaming over boys and boys singing and dancing. Ponytails and swinging long skirts. Pink, poodles, black and white color details. Twisting your hips and feet type of dancing as well. Chewing gum and blowing bubbles. Disco lights but in white maybe.

I hope this helps just kinda picking my brain as I type.

Answer 2

my grandma helped me answer your question because she was around in the sixties.

My grandma says they served this for breakfast in 1960.

muesli - 4 1/2 cups rolled oats

1/2 cup toasted wheat germ

1/2 cup wheat bran

1/2 cup oat bran

1 cup raisins

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 cup raw sunflower seeds

In a large mixing bowl combine oats, wheat germ, wheat bran, oat bran, dried fruit, nuts, sugar, and seeds. Mix well. Store muesli in an airtight container. It keeps for 2 months at room temperature.

Dances popular in 1960

the mashed potatoe

Locomotion

songs of the 60's

Do Wah Diddy Diddy 1964

Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane

Monday, Monday - The Mamas And The Papas

The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens

pops from 1960 if you can find them were

Surge

Slice

Crystal Pepsi

Answer 3

You need to decide if you're shooting for the early 60's or the later 60's!  If you go with the earlier years, then consider the Beach Boys, Motown, early Beatles, Stones, The English Beat bands such as Gerry and the Pacemakers, Freddy and the Dreamers etc.  Attire during those years were based upon the "surfing" music of the time, broad horizontally striped teeshirts, skintight jeans etc. ood was still associated with the 50's and included lots of meat, casseroles with Campbells Soups, caesar salad, rich desserts.  Now, if you're looking at 1967 and on, you're entering the psychedelic age.  Think hippies, Woodstock, acid, Eastern philosophy and music (Ravi Shankar), the Doobie Brothers, Eagles, later Beatles, etc.  Attire would consist of love beads, long jean skirts, gauzy shirts, flowers in one's hair, face paint, jeans etc.  Food during that time was beginning to be "natural", more vegetarian, lots of fresh fruits, veges, homemade bread, alfalfa sprouts, lentils, fondue etc.  Games might include the limbo, a pinata, karaoke, a dance competition (think the twist, the jerk, the mashed potato, the surf, the hitchhiker, line dances).  "I Want To Hold Your Hand" was a blast to dance to and we did a variety of dances to it!  See if you can line up the old American Bandstand or Hullabaloo videos to check out the dances of the time!

Happy Birthday!