iPod Dance Party

We are great music lovers in our house. And whilst I like some, but not all of my daughters' choices, sometimes it can be annoying to listen to, especially when they are fixated on a particular artist and will play nothing else for days at a time.

Not that I'd ever share that information with them obviously. I know that as a teen myself, if either parent mentioned that they liked something, it would immediately be relegated to the back of the record collection and I would play something more annoying instead. E.g. Dead or Alive, The Cure, or Altered Images.

Last night, the sensory overload in the house was driving me to distraction. Twin 1 was listening to Rihanna (again), twin 2....Nikki Minaj and hubby...Pendulum. The house throbbed to an ill-timed beat all of its own and there wasn't any peace to be found anywhere. I was in the mood to listen to my downloaded dance mix instead, this includes, Santana, J-Lo, Duck Sauce, LMFAO, Tinie Tempah and Black-Eyed Peas.

I started thinking that sometimes at weddings, discos and parties the selection of music can be so dire, that it's virtually impossible to drag yourself up on the dance floor. Wouldn't it be brilliant if you could take your own personal mix on an iPod? Everyone could bop along to their all-time favourite music, albeit slightly out of sync, but at least everyone would be happy.

Does anyone fancy trying this out sometime? There is just the one rule.....NO SINGING ALLOWED!!!! And the best part of all; you can take your iPod off when you need a drink from the bar and actually hear the conversation.

Here was me thinking that I'd come up with a unique and brilliant idea, one that could potentially revolutionise the entertainment industry without irritating any local residents at festivals and nightclubs. Apparently it's already been invented...
 

My niece (who's almost twenty-one and obviously much trendier than me) informs me that it's called 'Mobile Clubbing.' Everyone turns up with their own MP3 player and sometimes events are arranged in some very bizarre locations.
 

I can't help thinking that it must be very strange watching everyone dancing to nothing you can hear. I tried to persuade my daughters to arrange one for their birthday (as I fancied trying this out). They were having none of it! Obviously the thought of their dad dancing like a frog in a blender (he's really not that bad) and their mum remembering all the moves from Just Dance (I wouldn't dare) was enough to scare the living daylights out of the pair of them. 

If anyone has actually been to one...please let me know how you got on.