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Conference turris::womannotes-v1

Title:	ARCHIVE-- Topics of Interest to Women, Volume 1 --ARCHIVE
Notice:	V1 is closed. TURRIS::WOMANNOTES-V5 is open.
Moderator:	REGENT::BROOMHEAD

Created:	Thu Jan 30 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 30 1995
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	873
Total number of notes:	22329

845.0. "Family Reunion - Need Help!" by ENGINE::CASEY (I live for Weekends) Fri May 13 1988 10:31

    
    
    	I have a family reunion coming up in June.  We just started
    having these reunions again last year.  It had been almost 8 years
    since the last one.  Anyway, I am on the reunion committee and we
    came up with the idea that one person from each family is to run
    one game.  It doesn't matter if it is for the kids or the adults.
    I got nominated to run the game for our family.  I want a game that
    the adults can play.  We already have the traditional egg tossing
    contest, and we have a softball game, volleyball game and potatoe
    sack races.  I have *NO* idea for a game.  I want it to be a lot
    of fun for the adults.  Someone last year came up with a potatoe
    game.  You have to sit on the edge of a picnic table seat and grab
    a potatoe between your legs and carry it about 100 ft. (no hands),
    and drop it in a bucket.  It was soo funny!
    
    I would appreciate any kind of game that you might know of.
    
    Any ideas??
    
    Thanks,
    Laura
    
    p.s.  Out of our family, only 185 showed up last year.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
845.1	Quiet Games	DANUBE::S_LECLAIR		`Fri May 13 1988 11:55`	9
	For those who are not into the real physical type of game, how about good old traditional charades. It could be a lot of fun in a large group like that. Trivial Pursuit is another quiet game for those that feel like playing quiet games. Your reunion sounds like a lot of fun whatever you decide to do. Hope you all have a great time. Sue
845.2	Pictionary	DANUBE::B_REINKE	where the sidewalk ends	`Fri May 13 1988 12:28`	1

845.3	Pass the orange game!	NSG022::POIRIER	Vacation soon!	`Fri May 13 1988 12:51`	9
	The game the adults always love to play at our reunions and parties, is pass the orange game. You line up every one in two lines - two teams. Get a medium size orange. The person at the head of the line must hold the orange between chest and chin. They must then pass it to the next person without touching the orange with their hands. Which ever team gets it to the last person first wins. We always have fun with this one - the kids like it too! Suzanne
845.4	The only game in town	CIVIC::FERRIGNO		`Fri May 13 1988 12:51`	1
	Pictionary is it!!!!!
845.5	a bit more serious...	GNUVAX::BOBBITT	showtime, Synergy...	`Fri May 13 1988 13:30`	11
	well, this isn't a "hilariously fun" game, but it can bring you closer. If there is a small group you'd like to get to know better, or there are several small groups who wish the same (they could all play over a period of time) - you could go off somewhere quiet and play "The Un-Game"...it's very telling and it may show you sides of family members you have never seen before. Basically, it is thought-provoking questions you answer truthfully...There are no losers... -Jody
845.6	One ore two more ideas...	SCOMAN::FOSTER		`Fri May 13 1988 14:03`	8
	Along the same lines, there's always Scruples. There are well over 400 questions and you might be able to do it with a lot of people... The orange game and charades also get my biggest vote. We've done charades and Scruples for Christmas... At our family reunion, some of the family members put on a skit. You could try that.
845.7	do YOU know right from left	CASV05::LUST		`Fri May 13 1988 17:33`	12
	One more for "closeness" - Choose teams of about 5 - 7 people, blindfold all but one, and have the blindfolded people stand close together in a line, with each person (but the first, obviously) facing the back of the one in front. Then a rope is tied around the lot, and pulled snug so that there is contact between the people and not a lot of manuvering room. Then the non-blindfolded person has to guide the group around a course (up and down hills are great, as is changing surfaces) - but MAY NOT TOUCH the group in any way - voice commands only! The team making it around the course fastest wins. It is also fun to watch, as people get tangled up. Linda
845.8	Over & Under / 'Round-n-'round	BASVAX::HAIGHT		`Mon May 16 1988 16:18`	24
	Here's two: Over and Under: Fill water balloons and put people in several lines, equal numbers each, facing each other's backs. The head person passes the balloon over their head. The second person passes it between their legs, and so forth. The last person, if they receive it over the previous person's head, passes it back to them under their legs WITHOUT TURNING AROUND, and it goes back up front. (If the last received it under the legs, then it returns starting over the head.) Have extra balloons on hand in case one breaks. The person breaking it must run to get another and start where they left off. Good warm weather game. 'Round and 'Round: Force a bottle, can or jar neck down into the ground about 30 feet in front of equal relay teams. Each person must run up to the bottle, put right finger on bottle and left finger in ear, and run around bottle 5 times (this is DANGEROUS if the grass is WET!). Have a person count the revolutions at each bottle. Then they must run back to the end of the line. You'd be surprised how dizzy five-times-around-a-bottle can make you! Many people go to the wrong line or run in compleely opposite directions!