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I love fancy dress and I’ve been to numerous parties, from a dress-as-you-please
night to a full blown masquerade event with acrobats, fire-eaters, gourmet
catering and a full blown cast of actors expertly entertaining us throughout the
event. All have been superb fun, but we have a couple of friends who hold a
family fancy dress party every year and pull out all the stops. We’ve just
attended this year’s gathering and the theme was the USA. We had a fantastic
Saturday night. Fancy dress, food, games and drinks were all based on America’s
finest. I love country and western, so this was the perfect opportunity for
donning the cowboy boots, check top and cowgirl skirt. My partner plays the
guitar and is never one to miss an opportunity to show off a few musical skills,
so he put his cowboy hat on and took his guitar along to finish off his outfit!!
We were greeted at the door by our host dressed as Mark Twain and our hostess
suitably attired as the statue of liberty. Mark Twain is the pen name of Samuel
Langhorne Clemens who was an American author who wrote the classic ‘The
adventures of Huckleberry Finn’. Huckleberry Finn is the tale of a boy called
Huck set on the Mississippi. It’s a tale of the adventures of a young boy
learning about life’s lessons.
The statue of liberty was given to America in 1886. It stands in New York
Harbour on Liberty Island. Our hostess looked the part in a long green wrap and
the familiar headdress. She carried the torch and held it up high as she greeted
us at the door.
Drinks:
Cocktails were the first port of call and an Oscar nominee and her stalker
handed us an Americano cocktail. Campari, sweet vermouth and soda water; the
Americano was Bond 007’s drink in Casino Royale and I loved it.
Food:
An American themed fancy dress party gave our hostess a superb range of dishes
to choose from. She chose a classic American thanksgiving dinner. The food was
delicious. It was served buffet style and included turkey, redcurrant jelly and
an assortment of veggies. Dessert was pecan pie served with a spoilt-for-choice
assortment of home-made ice creams. I don’t know whether these were traditional
USA fare, but they were gorgeous. We finished off the meal with plenty of
American coffee and tea.
Games:
Quizzes on America’s famous people and landmarks included the San-Francisco
Bridge, Lincoln memorial and Will Smith! We split into two teams to play
charades based on American Oscar winning films. We covered everything from ‘A
street car named Desire’ to ‘Slum dog millionaire’ so this gave every age-group
a chance to guess the answer. This was a great way to lead into dinner – the
team who finished first was first in line for the food!! There’s nothing like a
room full of hungry people to get the teamwork buzzing. Of course I have to say
that I was on the winning team!!
To round off the evening we had a competition for the best fancy dress outfit
and the most original fancy dress outfit. The best outfit award went to a rather
young George Washington! and the most original fancy dress outfit went to a
Grand Heritage Mississippi Gambler
Family parties are slowly creeping back in fashion and I’m not surprised. Family
and friends enjoyed themselves immensely. Fancy dress, games, good food and
drink are winning combinations. We all had fun and can’t wait for next year’s
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