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Previous Next. View Larger Image. Goodbyes and farewells The last few minutes when everyone is gathering up their things and heading out the door are just as important as the beginning and middle!

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You use the special ballot process when you vote: by mail at any Elections Canada office across Canada in a hospital in a correctional institution as a member of the Canadian Forces voting at a military poll. I threw the party, almost every time. As I decided on the details of those late Saturday nights, I learned the simple ways of making people have fun. Now, I pretty much do that all the time.

At the end of the day, people just want to have a good time. They care that the bourbon is strong and the music is good and the people are not jerks. Sweat the details. Before people show up, make sure the lighting feels good. Does it feel like your office? Does it feel creepy? Lay off the dimmer. Take the time to throw together a good playlist or two that feature songs that, first and foremost, make people move.

Remember, this party is not about you and the deep-cut tunes that you hope people ask about. This party is about having fun without any effort. You need music with a beat. On second thought, get a DJ. You can run out of gin or a type of beer, but if you run out of the good stuff altogether, people will abandon ship for the bar. Unless, of course, you designed it that way to get people to leave at a certain time.

Other than Halloween, this puts your shindig in the danger zone of being terrible. No one really wants to come to those parties.