A Rave Party Without Glowsticks is not a Rave!
April 4, 2008
What is a Rave anyway? Well, it’s usually an all night (or longer) event where people go to for dance, socializing, and and all around fun time.
The place is usually dark with colored beams of light, strobe lights, laser lights, and smoke to give it a festive atmosphere.
The crowds are mostly young folks between 18 and 25, but really there is no upper age limit. Older folks have also frequently been to these, and are quite welcome!
Because the crowd is so varied, so are the conversations. They range from serious to downright goofy. And normally everyone feels very welcome to participate.
Because of the bad reputation some raves have gotten due to the potential presence of drugs, parents have organized safe raves and dance parties for kids, and parties that last through the night have been well supervised.
Admittedly the techno music can be a little too much, but adult supervision is necessary at some of these rave parties.
What often happens is someone will pick up some glowsticks and start doing a ‘rave dance’. The light show that they put on is a feast for the eyes! These multi-colored streaks of light flashing and waving to the music makes the evening. Some of the shyness seems to fade away as these kids show off their skills with their glowstick dance!
This form of dancing with glowsticks is called ‘glowsticking’.
Freehand glowsticking is similar to many other dancing styles. It also has many unique sets of moves that set it apart. A basic movement frequently used in freehand glowsticking is the figure eight and is used by intermediate and more advanced dancers alike.
Glowstringing is defined by a few factors: the use of glowsticks on a string, the swinging motion, and an equally large growing category of moves and concepts that are common to glowstringing and the moves are sometimes similar to freehand glowsticking.
Glowsticks are not recommended when the space is confined or tight since there is the potential of accidentally striking another rave goer when doing the moves. Some rave promoters have started prohibiting glowsticks from events if safety becomes a factor.
But normally common sense rules the day and the kids have good clean fun, enjoying the sounds and watching and even participating in their own light show!
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