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| Melbourne CBD | 1st Flr 43 Hardware Lane (Cnr Lt. Bourke St) | (03) 9670 1765 | ||
| Kensington | 10 Elizabeth St (off Arden St, 10 mins. from Melb. CBD) | (03) 9372 3850 | ||
| Croydon | 207 Mt. Dandenong Rd | (03) 9723 1416 | ||
| Dandenong | 24 Langhorne St | (03) 9793 5266 | ||
| Nunawading | 366 Whitehorse Rd/Maroondah Hwy (Inside Lombard's) | (03) 9878 3385 | ||
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Props & Decorations: use neon colours in blue, yellow, green and orange on a black background, cover tables in dark cloth splattered with day-glo paint, create an 80’s nightclub– dark rooms with uv lighting and blue neon, decorate walls with photos of 80’s stars from movies, tv & music, make your 80’s party all Australian!
Food: Pringles, Twisties, garlic toasts, antipasto, microwave popcorn, pizza, lasagna, veggie burgers, roast chicken salad.
Drinks: Coca Cola, wine spritzers, bucks fizz, frozen daiquiri, Cerveza with lime.
Dessert: sorbet, cheesecake, chocolate covered fruit.
Atmosphere: Kylie Minogue, INXS, Duran Duran, Men At Work, Adam and the Ants, George Michael, Prince, Queen, UB40, ZZtop, 1985 Live Aid Concert, episodes of Countdown on the TV - you get the idea.
Fun & Games: Countdown Karaoke, recreate the dance moves from Thriller, 'Who Can It Be Now' - guess the 80’s band from their photo.
1980's Costume Ideas: AC/DC, Adam Ant, Beetlejuice, Billy Idol, Bon Jovi, Crocodile Dundee, Cyndi Lauper, Dame Edna, Fame, Guns N Roses, Kylie Minogue, Madonna, Miami Vice, New Romantic, Prince, Punk, Star Wars, Tina Turner, Top Gun, Olivia Newton John, Blondie, A Team, Karate Kid, Peggy Bundy, Max Headroom...
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Props & Decorations: For that classic Hollywood style theme everything in black & white, be inspired by Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and the Hollywood Walk of Fame, create a concession stand to serve food & drinks (hire a popcorn machine!), line the entrance with red carpet & a velvet rope, decorate walls with pictures of movie stars and gold & silver stars with your guests names on them.
Food: all the American classics - popcorn, chips & dips, Nachos, hot dogs, fried chicken, french fries, hamburgers & pizza or upmarket canapes on silver platters.
Drinks: beers from around the world, champagne cocktails.
Dessert: make it an Aussie movie experience with Choc Tops, Fantales & Jaffas.
Atmosphere: music from your favourite films, movie themes compilation, black & white and B grade horror movies on TVs.
Fun & Games: give guests an award and ask them to make an acceptance speech, hire a candy floss machine, guess the movie from the famous quote, paparazzi photographers to capture every moment.
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Props & Decorations: Create a speakeasy bar with black and white decorations.
Play black and white movies such as Charlie Chaplin in the background. Decorate the walls with Art Nouveau prints and old advertising posters. Use classic white tablecloths, antique style glasses and cutlery. Candelabras and chandeliers will add a touch of class.
Food: Canapes, olives, crackers, potato chips, bread sticks, fried chicken, baked ham, Waldorf salad, cream cheese sandwiches.
Drinks: Coca Cola, ‘Bathutub’ gin, cocktails, whiskey, champagne.
Dessert: ice cream and chocolate sauce, tinned fruit, pineapple cake.
Music & Dancing: Jazz, The Charleston, The Black Bottom, The Lindy Hop, Al Jolson, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, Cotton Club, Ragtime Band.
Fun & Games: Learn how to do the Charleston, stage a midnight raid by the gents from prohibition, charades, start a conga Line.
1920's Costume Ideas: Chicago, Al Capone, Bonnie & Clyde, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Laurel & Hardy, Marx Brothers, Rudolph Valentino...
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Props & Decorations: Cover tables in gingham check fabric, drape chairs with quilts. Create a saloon bar with sawdust on the floor, spittoons, wooden chairs. Arrange bunches of wheat and flowers in cowboy boots & metal coffee cans. Make a campfire with an open fire, oil lamps, lanterns and cooking pots. Decorate with horse riding tack, wanted posters, cowboy hats and boots. Piñata, Sombreros, cactus and string chili lights will create a Mexican theme.
Food: Tacos, corn and potato chips, pretzels and peanuts, beef jerky, hot re-fried beans with extra chili sauce, roasted potatoes and corn.
Drinks: beer, whiskey, tequila, sarsaparilla, home made lemonade.
Dessert: Pecan pie, apple pie, sugar coated popcorn.
Music: Scott Joplin, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers, Smoky Dawson, Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, Shania Twain, Keith Urban, Troy Cassar-Daley, Dixie Chicks, The Bushwackers, Brooks & Dunn
Fun & Games: Square dancing, line dancing &boot scootin’, pony rides, tin can shooting (water pistols only!), an old time photographer to take pictures of your guests.
Costume Ideas: Native American Chief, Barman, Card Player, Cowboy/girl, Gunslinger, Mexican, Photographer, Saloon Girl, Sheriff, Buffalo Bill, Calamity Jane, Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, Maverick, Pocahontas, The Cisco Kid
Three Amigos, Zorro
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Props & Decorations: Don’t forget to fly the Jolly Roger! Coils of rope and crab cages make it suitably seafarin’. Palm Trees, coconuts and sand create an island any shipwrecked sailor would be happy to land upon. Create a pirate cave in the garage – rocks and sand, flamin’ torches and lanterns to light the way. Also the perfect place to hide yer treasure chest. A pirate skeleton hanging in a cage will remind yer shipmates of the fate that awaits them should a mutiny occur!
Food: Peanuts in the shell, tropical fruit salad, oysters, BBQ prawns, fish and chips, dead mans fingers (sausages).
Drinks: cocktails in coconut shells, rum punch, beer in brown bottles.
Dessert: coconut cake, ice cream.
Music: Yo Ho - A Pirate's Life for Me, Oh, Better Far To Live and Die (Pirates Of Penzance) Jolly Roger (Adam and the Ants) The Sailor Song (Toybox) Scurvy (Captain Bogg & Salty) Pour, Oh Pour the Pirate Sherry (Pirates Of Penzance) Pirate Looks At Forty (Jimmy Buffet) Sailing (Rod Stewart) Beyond The Sea (Bobby Darin) & anything from Pirates Gold (The Jolly Rogers)
Fun & Games: Learn to talk like a pirate. Organise a treasure hunt with prizes.
Costume Ideas: Capt. Jack Sparrow, Capt. Barbossa, Capt. Hook, Capt.Morgan, Capt.Feathersword, Long John Silver, Will Turner, Bo’sun/Smee, Gunner, Surgeon/Cook, Powder Monkey, Norrington, Elizabeth Swann, Pirate Queen, Tortuga Wench, Voodoo Witch, Buccaneer, Tinkerbell, Tiger Lily, Siren/Mermaid
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