Comments on: I PREDICT A RIOT

By: Claire

Claire — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:59:00 +0000

Its not all bad you know. My boyfriend used to put on club nights once every 2mths at the local nightclub when he was 16-17, local DJs would play and apparently they were pretty popular. But… he didn’t do it for the money, and so long as they broke even and had enough money to do something a bit better the next time then they were happy. The only reason he stopped doing it was because he had to move away for Uni.

By: GoneBackSouth

GoneBackSouth — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:17:00 +0000

What a wonderfully entrepreneurial spirit your son has. Mine, at age 7, wants to set up stands to sell stuff at the front of the house and call on neighbours to offer to do jobs for them, for money. I don’t want to dampen his spirits, but … well, sigh …

By: Diane Foden

Diane Foden — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:23:00 +0000

Oh Lord, I miss having teenagers. Not.

By: Working mum

Working mum — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:30:00 +0000

Ha ha! Could be a steep learning curve for him? Or, you could cancel it on the grounds that it wasn’t booked by someone over 18 (didn’t the venue check this?) How brave do you feel?!

PS Organising a party for teenagers was the one thing I wouldn’t allow my Young Enterprise Team at school to do to make money – FAR, FAR TOO RISKY!

By: Nicola

Nicola — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:25:00 +0000

You need to drag out a pair of black highwaisted jeans, big buckle belt and skin tight black T – plaster a couple of fake tattoos on your forearms and I’m sure you’d make the most plausible bouncer for anywhere between 6-250 rampaging teenagers!!! Rather you than me…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:46:00 +0000

why not handstamp instead of wristbands? much cheaper. Its what my son’s band do at their gigs. and the net is the best way of advertising ! Your blog alone will bring in heaps of people!
as to the supervision….good luck

By: Expat mum

Expat mum — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:35:00 +0000

I for one, predict an “incident” with the boys in blue involved. Rather you than me.

By: Fat, frumpy and fifty...

Fat, frumpy and fifty... — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:26:00 +0000

I did laugh when I read this line….
then he said “mum, what’s an invoice?”.

oh boy…I dont want to scare monger, but when i put on discos in ym youth..and that was 230AD in case you ask…..we ahd to have an adult booking the hall and reassuring the police etc…soemthing about public liablity..I didnt ask my mum, but the local vicars dayghter, (whose hall it was) did the dirty work for us….ho hum, another worry..sorry….dont want to rain on anyones parade…today of all days!

By: Mud in the City

Mud in the City — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:07:00 +0000

Ah - I remember the days of under age parties fondly.

Trying to smuggle booze into the venue, bushes patrol with torches to prevent ellicit teenage fumbling. Such larks!

The best supervised parties were usually those supervised by elder brothers/sisters. They could judge from bitter experience when things were/weren't in control and the younger children would feel happy going to them with problems (e.g. Lucy's drunk so much she's passed out in a ditch).

Happy days!