Post by carkey on Jun 6, 2007 13:57:40 GMT -4
So...here is the way me and jen have been thowing confetti at straylight run shows. if you have any suggestions or comments on how to change it up, make it better, add to it...reply and let us know!
Its very simple and I think it would be soo cool if there were groups of people doing it at every show.
Here are our steps:
-We have been using EOPN as the song to throw confetti during.
-using this video as a guide: youtube.com/watch?v=E8E0Afc7Heg
--around 2:11-2:12 in the video is when we would throw the confetti after the last "you would, you would" before it goes into the instrumental part
(if this song is being played first..as it has been lately..and you feel that is too soon to throw the confetti then you could try it on big shot later in the show, suggest another song, or try just throwing it later in the song such as around 3:23 in the song..same part, "you would, you would," but later in the song before another instrumental part before the quiter ending)
-If you wanted to do it during Hands in the Sky (Big Shot) i am going to use this live video as a guide for at what times: youtube.com/watch?v=eXlUnsNCNGs
--we have never actually ended up throwing any during this song so suggestions are welcomed
-i would say around these times: 2:50, 3:00, 3:14, 4:24, 4:58(when its obvious its the last yell as throwing it as like a last hurrah)
--if i had to pick i guess i would lean more towards around the 4:24 mark because at that point people get kinda tired of the clapping so it could help keep them clapping along and keeping their "hands in the sky" and then if i had any left over doing it at the end around 4:58
-the confetti we have been using can be found at partycity (i dont know if those are all over the usa and i dont know what they have in different countries)
--its called flutter fetti-handflick launchers (not the ones in the red box that have poppers in them and make noise) there are usually 3 long sticks in a box
---what we do it take the sticks, cut them directly in the middle since they have foam in the middle and then tape 2 halves next to each other so that its like 1 stick but shorter and therefore easier to get in the venue. we have then 4 half sticks each (2 halves in one hand and 2 halves in the other hand). so we normally buy 2 boxes for a show and then have like a stick left over or we just use more
----here is the website: www.flutterfetti.com/showcase_launchers_handflick.htm and we use the ones that are silver sparkley in the middle (the 3 in the middle of the 1st pic)
-----you can order from that website but it costs more cause you have to buy 1 stick at a time. the filler me and jen like is the TUBE FILLED WITH METALLIC STREAMERS WITH FETTI and since we have a bunch of empty sticks we might just buy the filler
-------however, you can really use whatever kind you want or can find, thats just what we found and liked
-another thing to note is to be ready to have a back up plan. since straylight run always are great about suprising us with changing up songs and the way they play them (perfect example is big shot) so be ready to have more than one time to throw it incase when you were planning to doesnt work out.
-if you know of other cool confetti post it
-if you think of other cool throwing times for those 2 songs post them
-if you think of another song it could be really cool during..explain to us
-any other suggestions are great too
also, THE MORE PEOPLE YOU GET TO DO IT THE MORE FUN AND BETTER IT LOOKS!! so bring your friends and have them all do it, or be nice and bring extra and hand it out to people there (and make new friends with people!) and explain to them when to do it, or tell them you'll give them a signal of when to do it, or something like that.
just imagine how awesome it would look if there were people all over the crowd throwing it!
-carla
Its very simple and I think it would be soo cool if there were groups of people doing it at every show.
Here are our steps:
-We have been using EOPN as the song to throw confetti during.
-using this video as a guide: youtube.com/watch?v=E8E0Afc7Heg
--around 2:11-2:12 in the video is when we would throw the confetti after the last "you would, you would" before it goes into the instrumental part
(if this song is being played first..as it has been lately..and you feel that is too soon to throw the confetti then you could try it on big shot later in the show, suggest another song, or try just throwing it later in the song such as around 3:23 in the song..same part, "you would, you would," but later in the song before another instrumental part before the quiter ending)
-If you wanted to do it during Hands in the Sky (Big Shot) i am going to use this live video as a guide for at what times: youtube.com/watch?v=eXlUnsNCNGs
--we have never actually ended up throwing any during this song so suggestions are welcomed
-i would say around these times: 2:50, 3:00, 3:14, 4:24, 4:58(when its obvious its the last yell as throwing it as like a last hurrah)
--if i had to pick i guess i would lean more towards around the 4:24 mark because at that point people get kinda tired of the clapping so it could help keep them clapping along and keeping their "hands in the sky" and then if i had any left over doing it at the end around 4:58
-the confetti we have been using can be found at partycity (i dont know if those are all over the usa and i dont know what they have in different countries)
--its called flutter fetti-handflick launchers (not the ones in the red box that have poppers in them and make noise) there are usually 3 long sticks in a box
---what we do it take the sticks, cut them directly in the middle since they have foam in the middle and then tape 2 halves next to each other so that its like 1 stick but shorter and therefore easier to get in the venue. we have then 4 half sticks each (2 halves in one hand and 2 halves in the other hand). so we normally buy 2 boxes for a show and then have like a stick left over or we just use more
----here is the website: www.flutterfetti.com/showcase_launchers_handflick.htm and we use the ones that are silver sparkley in the middle (the 3 in the middle of the 1st pic)
-----you can order from that website but it costs more cause you have to buy 1 stick at a time. the filler me and jen like is the TUBE FILLED WITH METALLIC STREAMERS WITH FETTI and since we have a bunch of empty sticks we might just buy the filler
-------however, you can really use whatever kind you want or can find, thats just what we found and liked
-another thing to note is to be ready to have a back up plan. since straylight run always are great about suprising us with changing up songs and the way they play them (perfect example is big shot) so be ready to have more than one time to throw it incase when you were planning to doesnt work out.
-if you know of other cool confetti post it
-if you think of other cool throwing times for those 2 songs post them
-if you think of another song it could be really cool during..explain to us
-any other suggestions are great too
also, THE MORE PEOPLE YOU GET TO DO IT THE MORE FUN AND BETTER IT LOOKS!! so bring your friends and have them all do it, or be nice and bring extra and hand it out to people there (and make new friends with people!) and explain to them when to do it, or tell them you'll give them a signal of when to do it, or something like that.
just imagine how awesome it would look if there were people all over the crowd throwing it!
-carla
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