I never played The Party is Over, everybody was using it as a goodnight, goodbye. I played the song “Smile” slowly – After four bars of the song I thanked for coming, told we were glad they enjoyed the music, and that we looked forward to seeing them again. Without any hesitation we played an upbeat song like The Saint go marching in, or Ma Ma don’t allow no banjo playing in here. People became excited and started to dance to the upbeat song. Somewhere towards the end of the song I thanked them for coming as they danced out the door.

I invited them to the last danced of the evening—played a slow song – got them going again to an upbeat – they remembered us, no sad feelings as they left.

This was done with Weddings, Anniversaries, Parties in a catering hall. Not sure what would be effective in different types of venues.

John C.