3.17.2010

St. Patrick's Day Party

Today, a surprising 22 people showed up for our first-ever St. Patrick's Day Party! It was crowded and crazy, but fun. We started with some green trivia, then worked in groups to do a St. Patrick's Day improv. After that, we made duct tape shamrocks and decorated shamrock cookies. We finished off the day by eating the cookies, along with green candy salad and Shamrock Shakes.

For the improv activity, each group got the same St. Patrick's Day props with a different Irish legend. The idea was to have one member narrate with the legend, while the other members used the props in as many ways as they could to act it out. The trick was, they couldn't use the props as what they really were. One group did so much improv that they created an entirely new script from what I had given them! Unfortunately, none of the pictures I took came out, so you'll just have to take my word about how hilarious some of the presentations were. We met a guy kneeling on his sneakers as a leprechaun, a feather-bearded assassin, a Druid priest in a striped headdress, a human shamrock, and some crying snakes. It was a lot of fun, and the winners got to pick a prop as a prize.

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Green candy salad!

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