{"id":20263,"date":"2019-07-25T21:47:51","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T21:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/?p=20263"},"modified":"2019-07-26T12:35:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T12:35:42","slug":"16-tips-for-holding-an-english-summer-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/16-tips-for-holding-an-english-summer-party\/","title":{"rendered":"16 Tips for Holding an English Summer Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Prepare weeks in advance, cutting grass, painting signs, ordering food and drink etc;<\/p>\n

2. Send invites, await RSVPS, chase RSVPS;<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Ask a (reasonably) local baker (me!) to bake the biggest cake covered in the birthday boy’s favourite sweets;<\/p>\n

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4.\u00a0 Arrange, and then put up a stretch tent marquee;<\/p>\n

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5.\u00a0 Set up Summer Toys around the garden for the younger attendees;<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 \u00a0Decorate the Garden;<\/p>\n

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7.\u00a0 Put together a brilliant bar and a separate barbecue area;<\/p>\n

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8.\u00a0 Make sure you have huge jam jar drink dispensers with clear labelling (this one might have been learned just before a seven-year-old took a swig of Pimms<\/a>);<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0 \u00a0Cook, prepare and cook some more;<\/p>\n

10. Light the barbecue;<\/p>\n

11.\u00a0 Greet the guests whilst ignoring the clouds that are beginning to gather overhead;<\/p>\n

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Credit for this image has to go to my Mum @esthergumnphotography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

12.\u00a0 Get the party started despite the now pouring rain;<\/p>\n

13.\u00a0 Raise a glass and thank Mother Nature as the sun comes out again and everyone ventures back outside;<\/p>\n

14.\u00a0 Laugh as the thunder starts and it looks like everyone’s playing some kind of weather-based hokey cokey;<\/p>\n

15.\u00a0 At the end of the evening go to bed tired and happy with lots of guests choosing to camp (the thunder stopped, but the neighbouring cows and owls managed to get their own back during the night);<\/p>\n

16.\u00a0 Curse the weather gods as you all wake up to the most beautifully glorious morning the following day…<\/p>\n

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The above is an accurate depiction of a wonderful party put on by my youngest sister Victoria (of Cherry Vintage Home<\/a>) for my Brother in Law’s 40th birthday recently, she really should add organising this kind of thing to her business ventures she’s that goodc…<\/p>\n

Thankfully the typically English Summer weather was a great icebreaker (and we now know a lot of guests really well ahead of Victoria’s big wedding next year)!\u00a0 \u00a0You really can’t beat the determination of my fellow countrymen to have fun, come what may…<\/p>\n

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