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For the New Year, this long-awaited, beloved and most magical holiday in our country, we always prepare in advance. This was the case in the Soviet Union in the 70s and 80s, and it is so now.
But still, what is the difference between how the Soviet New Year was celebrated, and how it is celebrated now? To do this, you need to return for a few minutes to the not so distant past and remember what was special and memorable on New Year's holidays in a huge country called the USSR.
New Year is a time when miracles happen, wishes come true, when we do not think about work, politics and economics, we put up with our enemies (remember the words of the song "Make peace between those who are in a quarrel"?), Sum up the outgoing and dream of the year the upcoming one, which will definitely be better than the previous one. And the soul gets warmer when you hear even from a stranger traditional new year phrase "Holiday greetings!" or "Happy New Year!"
Waiting for the New Year and preparing for it began in a couple of months due to a shortage of food in the country. Sometimes the New Year's table in the Union was collected literally bit by bit, trying to get some delicacies and goodies. It was very good to be friends with trade workers in order to know where and when something suitable for the holiday will be "thrown away". 
Nowadays, everything you need can be bought even on December 31, although some products are even sorted out in large supermarkets. And here there is a minus - a crowd of people in stores.
Pickles and marinades were harvested since summer, and those who did not have a summer cottage and the ability to spin several jars on their own were bought at the market from collective farmers and villagers. Many products, for example, meat grown on their own farm, were obtained through neighbors and acquaintances, by word of mouth.
What was then prepared for the Soviet New Year's table? The signature dish was meat or chicken with mashed potatoes, as an option, with baked potatoes, salads - olivier, herring under a fur coat, mimosa, carrot and beetroot with garlic, stuffed eggs, sprats, pickles, pork leg jelly and jellied fish. They were served in crystal vases, which are now not found in all families.
Someone managed to get a box of Assorti sweets, bananas and tangerines, a jar of canned pineapples, sometimes red and black caviar, cervelat got on the table. These are traditions, and then everything depended on the culinary abilities of the hostess. From drinks - "Soviet" champagne and "Stolichnaya" vodka, lemonade and dried fruit compote.
New delicious New Year's recipes were passed from notebook to notebook from work colleagues or a neighbor. The same dishes remained with us for the New Year, but now almost everyone has seafood, exotic fruits and berries, fresh vegetables and herbs, dozens of types of meat and cheese cuts. Martini has become a traditional New Year's drink for many girls. Someone eats in new year's eve sushi, and someone pizza - desires are limited only by financial capabilities. 
Buy an artificial tree or choose live spruce, the question was not, who like it, but christmas toys Soviet times were very smart. Then the kids did not know that christmas decorations there are unbreakable, plastic and bad smelling ones. Made in accordance with GOST, from real glass, colorful and incredibly beautiful, they were distinguished by a wide variety.
What kind of figurines were not hung on the Soviet Christmas tree! Santa Clauses and Snow Maidens, snowmen, characters of various fairy tales, vegetables, fruits, animals, birds and fish, fragile icicles and outlandish lanterns, glass beads have been passed down from generation to generation. At that time, no one had a desire to create a design masterpiece in the European style and decorate the New Year tree with balls and bows of the same color. Decorating the tree was a little family happiness!
Modern silicone snowflakes are molded onto glass with one movement of the hand and are also removed without traces. And on New Year's in the Soviet style, the house was decorated with paper-cut snowflakes and sculpted on the windows. soapy water... Did paper garlands, glued flashlights from postcards and other lovely crafts of that time.
If today buying a gift for the New Year becomes a problem because of the wealth of choice, then the presents were chosen literally out of nothing. Remembering the "Irony of Fate" wonderful gift perfumery was considered, especially french perfume, which then became a household name for any good perfume.
Children received gifts at matinees at school or kindergarten, and Santa Claus and Snow Maiden brought home surprises for the kids. It is now possible to order such a service at any agency for organizing holidays, and on New Year's Eve, in Soviet times, this was done by the trade union. For the role fairytale characters especially talented employees were selected and sent along with a large, red bag of gifts, bought in advance by the parents, to the indicated addresses. Usually this action took place on December 29-30. The child stood on a chair near the decorated Christmas tree, told Santa Claus a rhyme, and for this he received what he had dreamed of for a whole year. Trade union organizations, schools or kindergartens also provided children with sweet gifts (with good chocolates, not imported dragees!). And the obligatory gift was from the present, never discovered by any child, Santa Claus, found in the morning under the tree. 
All the holidays were Christmas trees with performances, competitions and round dances. As now, children were dressed up in carnival costumes, but their mothers sewed them with their own hands according to patterns from magazines. Only the masks of various animals were in abundance. There was not such a variety of decor, creepy spider-people and monsters that modern boys dream of becoming for one day, and everything looked very cute and touching.
If now the question of what to wear to a New Year's party stands before the girls in the context of how not to get lost in the diversity of the proposed, how to hide the belly in clothes and full thighs, to pick up a thing to suit your face, then in Soviet times this was not the case. This can come today to a huge shopping center and spend the whole day there, handing over the kids to a cheerful clown and, along the way, refreshed with something delicious in a couple of cafes. IN USSR beautiful dresses they sewed themselves, gave them to dressmakers, bought from speculators "under the counter", without even thinking about whether the size of "foreign clothes" would fit.
The most important entertainment on New Year's Eve was the TV, then still black and white. The whole family and guests gathered for him. Despite the fact that there were few TV channels, the program was always interesting. "The Irony of Fate", " Carnival Night”, Congratulations from the General Secretary, chimes,“ Blue Light ”with famous artists - all this has been so awaited for a whole year and watched with pleasure! 
After the chiming clock, everyone went for a walk, visit or stayed to watch programs under the cozy flashing of colorful garlands. Dances, music, general fun began. Putting on masks and wrapping themselves in tinsel, taking with them sweets and firecrackers (a prototype of firecrackers), people met at the Christmas tree, where they continued to celebrate.
Many people remember this holiday with nostalgia for the good old Soviet times. After all, as you celebrate the New Year, so you will spend it, this tradition remains with us regardless of the country in which we live.
Happy New Year's Eve to you! 
Today it is very fashionable to have themed parties. We invite you to plunge into the past and spend new Year in the style of the USSR ... We will tell a story, show a photo, offer a script and a menu, select clothes and funny contests.
Before arranging new year in the style of the USSR , you need to remember the history, how it was, how it all began.
New Year in the style of the USSR: history
New Year in the USSR was somewhat different than today, more general. If you had the opportunity on New Year's Eve to visit several hundred apartments scattered throughout the Union, you would be amazed at how equally the holiday is celebrated everywhere. Everyone who remembers how the New Year was celebrated in the USSR knows this atmosphere. general holiday, the smell of tangerines on the balcony, optimistic programs on TV, Russian salad and chocolates on the Christmas trees.
Officially, the tradition of celebrating the New Year was returned to Soviet citizens only in 1935, and became widespread only 20 years later. After all, January 1 became a day off only in 1947, and only then did the inhabitants of the USSR have the opportunity to properly celebrate on New Year's Eve. And since an indispensable attribute of any holiday in soviet times had a rich table, to truly celebrate most of the citizens Soviet Union became only when the card system was finally canceled, and stores appeared enough products and - New Year's food sets!
Besides, New Year in the USSR is, in fact, a city holiday. This is understandable: for villager that December 31, that January 1 is nothing from others winter days they do not differ. If it was possible to refuse to perform the obligatory daily rural work, it was not for the sake of an annual holiday - but only for a much rarer occasion, for example, for the sake of a wedding or the birth of a child.
Therefore, it is possible to speak about the Soviet tradition of celebrating the New Year only since the early 1960s, when the share of the urban population in the country exceeded the share of the rural population. In addition, it was in the 60s, with the beginning of the Khrushchev "thaw", that the right to privacy and private holidays began not only to be recognized, but also to enter the official ideology. And the stream of young specialists, which poured into the formerly purely rural areas of the country to build new cities and factories, brought with it the urban tradition of celebrating the New Year.
New Year in the style of the USSR: traditions
The first main tradition is "Blue Light" ... Since 1964, it has become an annual New Year's program, and for twenty years it was songs and jokes from this TV show that accompanied the Soviet New Year's holiday.
The second tradition is the film "The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath". The comedy of Eldar Ryazanov was not only strongly associated with New Year's Eve (it was shown every year, only the time of the show's start changed), but itself served as a source of some traditions of decorating a house for the New Year.
New Year in the style of the USSR: menu
The third tradition was grocery set for the New Year's table - the so-called "order". Since the heyday of the nationwide celebration of the New Year came in the mid-70s with their beginning deficit, the main source of products were "orders" that were issued at the workplace (by the way, such sets were issued almost exclusively in cities, which also worked to consolidate the image of the New year as a purely urban holiday).
Traditionally, the "order" consisted of one or two jars of sprat, a box chocolates, a bottle of "Soviet Champagne", a loaf of boiled-smoked or uncooked smoked sausage, a pack of Indian tea "with an elephant", "Lemon Slices" and sometimes a jar of red caviar. At the same time, tangerines began to be perceived as a purely New Year's delicacy: the USSR received the bulk of these fruits in the form of export deliveries from Morocco, where the main harvest ripens in November-December.
New Year in the style of the USSR: photo
However, it is worth getting better: perhaps the earliest New Year tradition - not new, but revived - was the custom to put a live fir tree in the house for the New Year. After the anti-religious campaign of the late 1920s and early 1930s, it was only in 1935 that the Soviet government again began to propagate this custom. Since the trees for sale were specially grown, they were also a relative scarcity, and therefore they were bought at the first opportunity, and not at convenient time... A common picture, for example, in Moscow were people who, one and a half to two weeks before the New Year, were carrying Christmas trees tied with twine, bought on the occasion, in the subway.
And of course, the famous phrase can be attributed to the New Year traditions of the USSR times “Here is a gift (food, souvenirs, etc.), but this is for the New Year!”. All the same total deficit taught Soviet citizens that they need to buy what they need not on the eve of a holiday, but when the opportunity comes along, it is better to let it lie down. Food was stored in the refrigerator or on the balcony, things were stored in cupboards or storage rooms, and Christmas trees were hung outside the window or on the same balcony. Almost all family members knew what would be given to whom for the holiday, but this did not diminish their joy: the very opportunity to receive new thing!
New Year in the style of the USSR: how it was
... The final credits of "The Irony of Fate" are floating on the TV screen, the champagne is sent to be cooled outside the window or in the refrigerator, vases with the indispensable Olivier salad (quickly, satisfyingly and almost without using scarce products!), "Custom-made" sprats and sausage are placed on the table. A few minutes later the doorbell rings: these are the first guests. Surely they brought with them a jar or two of salad for the New Year's table or homemade pies: the table, put together, was also a Soviet New Year's tradition. As, in fact, the custom of celebrating the New Year with a friendly company: few could boast of their own large apartment in those years, as well as the opportunity to set a rich table alone, so the holiday was celebrated in a wide friendly circle - it was both more convenient and simpler.
After the feast, many companies went out into the street, going for a walk or just in the yard - to take a break from the feast in the interval between hot and sweet. Often, companies began to roam on different floors of the house: often high-rise buildings were departmental or belonged to enterprises, and most residents knew each other well from their joint work. Children by this time usually had already gone to bed: although January was the time of New Year's school holidays, the children were not allowed to stay up after midnight.
New Year in the style of the USSR: children's Christmas trees
Oh, yes, about schoolchildren! .. As traditional as Olivier and tangerines, were New Year's "trees" - theatrical performances for schoolchildren, held from mid-December to mid-January in city recreation centers. The level of performances depended on what kind of artists the organizers could find, but the most important pleasure from visiting the "Christmas tree" were gifts - pastry sets, packed in elegant cardboard boxes... The best and most important "Christmas tree" was considered the one that was held in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. Tickets for it were practically not available for sale, but were distributed among the enterprises, going to the managers and foremost workers of production. The level of the performance on this "Christmas tree" was the highest, and the gifts were the richest: every year new unique plastic packaging was made for them, often representing approximate copies of the Kremlin towers.
But other “trees” also delighted children no less - primarily because of the gifts. By the way, children often got only a part of the goodies from the set, and the most best candy parents saved it until New Year's Eve.
Probably precisely because the New Year was the most a common holiday (except perhaps for Victory Day, but it began to be celebrated only since 1965), people of the older generation still remember it with nostalgia. Those who were schoolchildren during the late stagnation remember well the joyful foreboding that filled the New Year's days.
After all, it was not just a holiday - it was also an opportunity to taste rare dishes on other days, to receive some new item as a gift, and finally, just to chat with friends without any political overtones - not like May 1 or November 7! Even Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev's New Year's televised address or “on behalf of the Central Committee of the CPSU, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and the Soviet government” was perceived only as a preface to the chimes that announced the approach of midnight - and the New Year, the most desired and free holiday ...
New Year in the style of the USSR: instructions for execution
1. Invitations to the New Year's party in the style of the USSR
Pick up pictures with advice symbols and make a collage. IN small size it is suitable as an invitation, but if you make it larger, then it will already be a decoration of the room.
2. Meeting of guests at a New Year's party in the style of the USSR
A solemn meeting can be organized, for example, in the costume of a leader of all times and peoples, in the form of a pioneer leader. This will immediately fill the space with positive energy.
Especially if the role is played talentedly, with an imitation of the voice of the chosen hero, the corresponding stamped slogans under the bravura music.
The highlight of the evening is a book for registering guests. IN at the end of the event, you can leave your positive feedback here.
3. New Year in the style of the USSR: room decoration
Decorate the room for theme party not so difficult, because there are still plenty of objects from the times of the USSR, gathering dust in the far corners of the mezzanines and closets.
So, it is desirable to cover round table red tablecloth, put a decanter with faceted glasses. Place under glasses or glasses soviet postcards... We decorate the walls with posters with slogans typical of that time, portraits of members of the CPSU Central Committee and the Politburo, and red banners.
You can hang a fringed lampshade above the table. The presence of a gramophone, a radio, a reel-to-reel tape recorder is encouraged.
4. New Year in the style of the USSR: clothes
Classic Komsomol kit:
- white top, dark bottom,
- shorts and a light shirt with a red garrison cap, a pioneer tie,
- polka dot dresses combined with patent leather shoes low running,
- jackets with patches on the sleeves, denim jeans,
- "Shot" trousers, trousers - "bananas",
- a brown school dress with an apron are the things that will complement the look of a themed party.
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5. New Year in the style of the USSR: menu
According to the scenario, at a party in the style of the USSR, of course, there should be treats that were put on the table in Soviet times at the most solemn moments. Boiled hot potatoes, Ivasi herring with onion and sunflower oil, Kiev cutlets, Olivier salad with boiled sausage, sprats, Mishka in the North sweets.
5. New Year in the style of the USSR: music and cinema
Music of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s of the last century is one of the main components of a Soviet-style party that accompanies almost the entire event. She can "light up" the dancers at the disco or just be a background for guests to communicate.
It would be nice to watch your favorite Soviet comedy film on the big screen, for example, "Prisoner of the Caucasus" or "Ivan Vasilyevich changes his profession", quoting in chorus famous phrases... And
6. New Year in the style of the USSR: scenario
Not a single entertainment event in Soviet times was complete without contests, so they should be at this party as well.
For instance:
- - Make a toast on behalf of the rulers, accompanied by a long, prolonged applause.
- - Continue a quote from the film, a famous slogan, statements by the country's leader, etc.
- - Add Rubik's cube for speed.
- - Recall TV shows from Soviet times.
- - List the names of newspapers and magazines in the USSR.
- - Decipher the abbreviations: VLKSM, TRPO, BAM, NKVD, etc. (own interpretation is possible)
- - Come up with a storm with rhymes like: OBKHSS - KPSS, constitution - - revolution, etc.
- - Demonstrate your jumping rope or rubber band skills.
Competition winners are rewarded with small token gifts.
Okay organized event will bring you a lot of joy and pleasant memories... And most importantly, it will allow close people of different generations to get closer.
Retro style is relevant not only in clothing and in interior design. This trend has also affected the event niche. Many events are held with a retro theme, from weddings to children's birthdays. A corporate party is by no means an exception. Mark corporate event in retro style - this is, as they say, fashionable, stylish and youthful.
In a broad sense, the retro period covers a large temporal layer, affecting different trends both in the USSR and abroad, in this article we will only touch on the general atmosphere of the 50-60s without delving into specific trends (for example, the style of dudes). To recreate just an era on your holiday is in itself extremely interesting and exciting!
- Corporate party in the style of the USSR from A to Z.
- Stylish corporate party
- Corporate in Chicago style - gangster fun! ...
- Corporate party in the style of the 90s.
We invite you to the past
To maintain the style, it is advisable to arrange invitations in the form of distinctive attributes of the retro era:
It is important to observe the smallest details typical for the design of correspondence in those years: wide frames, rounded edges, perforation, soft pastel shades: pink, mint green, aquamarine. It is recommended to keep the text of the invitation in a patriotic style: like: “Comrade N! The party invites you to visit the ceremonial gathering timed to the New Year (or anniversary, depending on the time of the corporate party) of the leading enterprise X ".
The text must be typed or written calligraphic handwriting - no printed type, because in the retro era there was no trace of it!
Entrance only for stylish
In terms of the dress code, a corporate party in a retro style assumes a wide revelry of imagination. Style elements of those years are still actively used by designers, so choose spectacular image will not be difficult. Representatives of the fair sex can try on the image of a Soviet coquette, with fleece, huge crescent earrings and a dress with polka dots. If this role seems too commonplace, you can choose a number of other hypostases:
- Pioneer Red tie and garrison cap are required attributes. By adding them to the traditional white top, black bottom office set, you can special efforts get to the point.
- "Mymra". This role will suit not notorious young ladies with a sense of humor. Copy the image of the notorious Lyudmila Prokofievna from “ Office romance" just - formal suit there is for sure, and the rest will be done by horn-rimmed glasses and varnished hair.
- Production striker. The goal is to copy the appearance of the girls from the covers of the retro magazines "Krestyanka" or "Rabotnitsa". A chintz dress, hair tucked under a headscarf - and you are on a horse!
- Men also have a lot to choose from. You can boggle the imagination of your colleagues by dressing up in the style of a Soviet student. An illustrative example for copying is Gaidaevsky Shurik. Look in your wardrobe for a plaid shirt, trousers that you grew up from and hipster glasses - and the image of a movie hero is ready. Another win-win option is the retro-duck. A red plaid jacket or a plain velor jacket, pipe trousers, lacquered boots and a bright-colored shirt are the hallmarks of the image.
The corporate party begins ... with confetti
The ceremony of welcoming guests should be pompous, in the best traditions entertainment activities previous years. Confetti, firecrackers, red carpet, as when meeting diplomats - guests should feel that the holiday begins from the very first minutes. An interesting solution will install an old jukebox at the entrance.
You can organize a playful registration with guests, like a conference or symposium. A registration point is set up at the entrance, followed by a pretty secretary who checks the invitations and enters the guests on the registration sheet. Each invitee is given a badge in the form of an order or company logo.
If the budget of the event allows, it is a good idea to organize the delivery of guests to the venue of the corporate party in retro cars.
Where to go?
For organizing a corporate party, in principle any will do banqueting hall, but if possible, it is better to choose rooms decorated in retro style or with elements of it. This can be either a canteen in a former research institute or an expensive restaurant. The main thing is that the premises correspond to the main idea of \u200b\u200bthe event.
A more creative option is to celebrate a corporate party on a boat or… on a bus! Nowadays, scenarios for outdoor events are popular, when a bus with guests runs along the route, at each point of which a buffet is served and some element of the show program is prepared: a performance by musicians, dances, fireworks, photo session, etc. The trip ends with a banquet in a cafe or a picnic at fresh air... Speaking of picnics: an open-air corporate party can also be a good option in the warm season. Especially if the event is held in a pioneering style.
The spirit of the era is in the details
If you lean towards traditional options and decide to hold a corporate party indoors, its setting should not be out of the scope of the event's theme. There are many elements to help you reflect the style of the era:
- lamps with fabric shades;
- floor lamps;
- hanging disco balls;
- waffle towels;
- shelves with books of the Soviet edition;
- tube TVs;
- white homespun tablecloths.
In the 50-60s, expensive porcelain dishes were in short supply, so there were no modern sets - only modest plates with "skirts" around the edges and faceted glasses for drinks. The table setting, which is ascetic by modern standards, is diluted with bouquets of fresh flowers.
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What to listen to and see?
At an event with such a theme, there must be music corresponding to the era of that time. You probably want to organize dance competitions, which means that the choice of performers must be taken very seriously. To begin with, we propose to invite singers and musicians to a corporate party. Thanks to this, you can save yourself the need to search for retro songs on your own. However, if the desire to arrange everything on your own takes over, then we advise you to pay attention to something like Foxtrot and Charleston. Tango will also be in place.
And in order to lay the first brick in your playlist, we suggest including the following compositions in its composition:
From the films, you can pay attention to the pictures "Tractor Drivers", "Counter", "Youth of Maxim", "Pilots" and "Funny Guys".
Retro entertainment
From entertainment for a retro corporate party, the most suitable and appropriate to the style will be:
- performance of a cover of the group with the performance of old songs;
- circus performance (circus as entertainment was very popular in Soviet times);
- karaoke (almost all retro songs soviet years are widely known and corporate parties will be happy to perform them all together).
However, no one cancels the show of performances, DJs, artists, illusionists ... everything to the taste and desires of the collective.
A small list of contests that you can immediately adopt:
- You can spend fun competition hairstyles. And among men too. Prepare hairpins, hairsprays, and rubber bands. In the game, make nominations like "Soviet hippie", "member of the government", "early in the morning", etc. It will be fun!
- The competition for best dance in retro style. And it could be the best female dance, masculine and doubles. Optionally, you can choose the king and queen of your event.
- Conduct a competition "What did you sing in the past?" It will be great if the participants split into teams. And the winner will be the one who remembers the most songs.
- The karaoke competition will not be superfluous. Surely all colleagues will gladly help the soloist during the performance.
- Very useful for any event outdoor games... Run a Clear Stash competition for men. Employees will be able to find out which of them is best able to hide part of the salary from the wife on the subject "to sit in the evening with friends."
- Collect a collection of retro songs and play Guess the Melody. A very gambling competition for the knowledge of the compositions of the past decades.
Retro corporate the best way have a great time and delve into the history of our country, refreshing your knowledge or memories. We, in turn, sincerely wish you to succeed. Let your holiday meeting will pleasantly delight all employees and will be remembered by them for many years!
A short plan of preparing for a corporate event in oriental style
If you feel nostalgic for retro era, and soviet movies cause joyful inspiration in your soul, we suggest you move from words to actions. Answer yourself to the first one important question: we will organize ourselves or order on a turnkey basis.
If you decide to order a turnkey corporate party, the issue of choosing a quality contractor is very acute, use our services to simplify your task many times over.
If you decide to test your abilities, here is our short thesis plan that will help you keep your finger on the pulse and not forget anything while preparing. Copy it, print it to Word, and head out to retro entertainment.
- Determine who will be responsible for the preparation of the corporate party (one or several people, if several, determine who will be in charge) and distribute the tasks according to this list.
- Make a list of participants. Who can come? (You need to know how many people to count on).
- Determine the date and time of the corporate party.
- Determine the budget that you are ready to spend on a corporate event (the solution of all subsequent issues will largely depend on this amount)
- Distribute roles between participants (who plans to be in what image)
- Find a studio for renting suits and give each employee a memo with addresses and phone numbers (this way you can avoid excuses like "I didn't know where to find a suit ...")
- Decide where you intend to hold a corporate event (restaurant, office, yacht, suburban complex, and so on). To solve this issue easier, leave a request on the site indicating that an oriental-style corporate party is planned, for sure, sites specializing in oriental cuisine will answer you, which means that the design questions are off your shoulders.
- What dishes should be on your table? Who prefers what?
- Consider the issue of transportation and delivery of guests home
- Decide who will decorate the room. If you plan to do everything on your own, decide on the decoration elements, it is best that they be ready at least 1 week before the event. If you rely on the experience of professionals, leave a request on the site, you will be offered not only design options, but also demonstrate the already existing decoration elements. You will be able to choose the best performer in terms of quality and price.
- Consider the entertainment part. Which contests and competitions attract your employees and which ones do not? Use our contests section to quickly solve this problem.
The script of the program "I live in the USSR" will appeal to all those who were born in the 1960s-1970s.
Using this script would be appropriate for corporate evening, birthday, and also as a theme entertainment program for a cafe.
The scenario "I live in the USSR" will allow to gather at one table people with similar interests, who have something to remember and something to talk about, something to laugh about and feel sad about.
This is a great idea for a virtual return to childhood and adolescence.
For young generation it will be useful to know, see, taste and feel how people and parents lived in the distant 70s of the last century.
The program of the evening "I live in the USSR" includes a show of video clips, games, competitions, a disco of the 80s. An unforgettable atmosphere, filled with smiles and memories of past years, can work wonders even with those who are hopelessly fixated on their own affairs and problems, and have long forgotten how to smile and dance.
Hall decoration and program organization
Attributes:
- Posters (you can buy or download them on the Internet and print them yourself on a color printer).
- Slogans (may have remained in the archives of organizations or they can be written by yourself).
- USSR flag (most likely it can be found in the school archives or ordered through the online store).
- Pioneer horns and drums (can be borrowed from the house of creativity, former house pioneers).
- Pennants.
- Red carpets.
- Velvet tablecloths.
- Faceted glasses.
- Aluminum cutlery.
And:
- Wall-mounted projector or large screen for watching video clips.
- Stylized paper money of the USSR in denominations of 1, 3, 5 rubles (they need to be printed on a color printer).
- Invitation cards.
- Fashion show clothes.
- Improvised money.
- Price list of prices.
- Menu.
- Stylized labels for vodka (made in the USSR in accordance with GOST).
- Diplomas.
- Candles.
- Photos of past years.
For the museum, the following are quite useful:
- Adding machine.
- Abacus.
- Samovar on coals.
- Charcoal iron.
- Old radio.
- Kerosene stove.
- Antique lampshade.
- Rubber boots.
- Pioneer or Komsomol member badge.
- Bust of Lenin or Stalin.
- Inkwell.
- A fountain pen.
- Old suitcase.
- Map or atlas of highways of the Soviet Union.
In addition to the stylized design, according to the author's idea, it will be necessary to prepare an impromptu museum, for the creation of which all those who arrive at the party should be involved.
For an invitation to a party, you need to prepare invitation cards, they must be handed over in advance so that the invited people have enough time to prepare and think over their outfit. It is desirable that the participants in the program are dressed in the style of the 60-70-80s.
At the entrance, guests can be invited to knit pioneer ties, which can be easily sewn from a piece of red fabric.
The evening program is designed for 2.5-3 hours.
Leading:
Good evening, dear Comrades! I greet all those who decided to plunge into their childhood and youth. Those who remember how we lived then, how we were friends and what they valued. Welcome to the era of the USSR! I’ll ask everyone to stand up.
The anthem of the Soviet Union is played.
Leading:
We will start our evening, as I promised you, with very bright and positive emotions. Close your eyes for a minute and imagine yourself in childhood and adolescence, remember what surrounded you and pleased you, remember your school friends and girlfriends. So, sit comfortably, I ask all attention to the screen.
H the video clip "First iPhone" starts on the screen.
Leading:
Today on our evening will be held thematic contests and quizzes. I have money in my hands. Each correct answer of the quiz and participation in the competition will certainly be paid. For the money received, you will be able to purchase certain goods. There is a price list on the bar counter.
Well now, dear friends, Comrades, Citizens and Citizens, the first and perhaps the most serious quiz of today's event. Let's remember some historical facts... I have 10 questions for you, the price of each answer is 5 rubles.
Quiz "Top 10"
- Day, month, year of the formation of the USSR? (Answer - December 30, 1922).
- How many republics were included in the Union initially? (The answer is 4 republics). For the answer, which republics they were, another 5 rubles is given (Answer - RSFSR, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Transcaucasian).
- Which 4 republics were the last to join the Union in 1940? (Answer - Moldova and the Baltic republics).
- How many republics were united under the flag of the USSR? (The answer is 15 republics at the time of the collapse of the USSR).
- Name the leaders of the USSR in the order of their stay in power? (The answer is Lenin, Stalin, Malenkov, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko, Gorbachev).
- Under what leader was Prohibition introduced? (Answer - Mikhail Gorbachev). For the answer in what year it happened, another 5 rubles is given (the answer is 1985).
- Under which leader were food stamps introduced? (The answer is under Gorbachev).
- Which republic should have become the 16th in the USSR? (Answer - Bulgaria).
- The date when the USSR ceased to exist? (Answer - December 26, 1991).
- When and where was the document on the termination of the existence of the USSR signed and what was it called? (Answer - on December 8, 1991, an agreement was signed in Belarus near Brest, which went down in history as Belovezhskoye, on the collapse of the USSR and on the formation of the CIS).
The song "I was born in the Soviet Union" by O. Gazmanov is played.
Leading:
My friends, I ask your attention again to the screen. Let us remember the flags of the Soviet Republics together with you. Each correct answer is worth 3 rubles. (Pictures with the flags of the Union republics must be downloaded in advance).
Quiz "Flags of the USSR"
A flag is shown on the monitor, the audience answers which republic it belonged to. The price of a correct answer is 3 rubles.
Leading:
Well, now for a short break. Those who wish can visit our impromptu museum, as well as buy goods at the bar for the won bills. The most interesting is ahead of us.
Musical pause. For 15-20 minutes background music of past years sounds.
Leading:
Just a moment, Citizens and Citizens, our next quiz will be slightly funny and even comic in nature. It's called "I remember how it was." I ask everyone to accept active participation... For each correct answer, you get 1 ruble.
Quiz "I remember how it was"
1. What did the leaders of the CPSU promise to each family in the USSR?
- Apartment *
- Car
- Passbook
2. Who hasn't played hockey in the Soviet Union?
- Old man
- Coward*
- Losers
3. Thanks to what program did Soviet people learn about what was happening abroad?
- Morals and morals
- Life over the hill
- International panorama *
4. Today it is called UBEP, but what was this authority called during the Soviet era?
- OBKhSS *
- DOSAAF
5. If you believe Nikita Khrushchev, then in 1980 the following event should have happened?
- Olympiad
- Communism*
- End of the world
6. What were the secret institutions called in the USSR?
- Mailbox*
- Mail wagon
- Postal addressee
7. What military-patriotic game did Soviet children play?
- Pioneer dawn
- The truth of the Komsomol
- Zarnitsa *
8. What were the three poplars in the Soviet film?
- On Bobrich
- On Horsetail
- On Plyushchikha *
9. What company were the first televisions in the USSR?
- Ruby
- Electron*
10. Who Said But Didn't « Life has become better, life has become more fun! » ?
- Stalin *
- Gorbachev
- Brezhnev
11. What was the name of the sample of the masterpiece from the chefs of the USSR?
- Romantic dinner
- Communist lunch
- Tourist breakfast *
12. How much did a metro ride cost during the stagnant period of the Soviet Union?
- 5 kopecks *
- 1 ruble
- 10 kopecks
13. Where did Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev threaten with his boot?
- At the pentagon
- At the White House
- At the UN *
14. What information about a citizen of the USSR was allowed to be entered in the passport?
- Religion
- Blood type*
- Conviction
15. Construction of the century BAM – what does the letter A mean?
- Angarsk
- Amurskaya *
- Atlantic
16. What was the affectionate name for junior schoolchildren in the USSR?
- School kids
- October *
- September
Correct answers are marked with an asterisk *.
Leading:
Well, the results are excellent, and the mood in the hall is just wonderful, as I see it. You have done an excellent job and we have already identified candidates for the presentation of diplomas. Yes, at the end of the solemn part of the evening, I will present three diplomas to the most active participants in our wonderful evening.
Now is the time for everyone to take a break from mental labor and smile! I invite two participants to hold the next competition, and I ask everyone else to support the participants or join them.
A game« Charging»
To conduct it, you will need to say a sound recording that sounded every morning on the radio in the Soviet Union. You can find it on the Internet.
Leading: Perfectly. The bones are kneaded. You can eat and dance a little!
Musical break 15-20 minutes. Dance music of the 80s sounds.
Leading: It's time to remember the movies of the past. They are probably familiar to everyone from childhood, or maybe not from childhood, and if we don’t remember, then we will remember. Let's listen carefully! The correct answer costs 3 rubles. Go!
Guess the melody game
To play the game, you will need a selection of songs from all familiar films and cartoons of the past. In this scenario, 30 audio files were used.
Leading: Dear ones! Unfortunately, our life is so arranged that we were created from birth for separation! Let us now remember those who left us for another world. I will ask in the hall to turn off the lights, turn off all your cell phones and light the candles that are on every table.
Viewing the video clip "Departure Actors".
Leading:Now, my friends, a little musical pause, and you help yourself, communicate and wet your dry body organs. Do not forget to save up the won bills and shop at the bar. I'll be back to you soon.
Musical pause.
Leading: I am with you again and ask those who wish to take part in the next competition, which is called "New life according to the old model." I ask brave thinkers and dreamers to come up to me and take cards with abbreviations from the times of the USSR. You will need to come up with a new decryption for them. The price of the game is 3 rubles.
Game "New life according to the old model"
Citizens and Citizens must come up with new transcripts for known abbreviations. For example: TRP - ready to hug you, and so on. Use cards KPSS, VDNKh, DOSAAF, Komsomol and others. All participants receive a 3 ruble note.
Leading:
We've done a great job. Now let's take a rest and look at ourselves with pleasure. I ask you to sit down more comfortably and all your attention to the hall. We're starting the fashion show!
The fashion show will require preliminary preparation of clothes from the times of the USSR. It can be found in old parental suitcases, grandmothers' closets, or ask friends. We assure you that it is quite possible to find it. If you still can't find it, then you can replace the fashion show with a video of the same name. You can also replace the fashion show with the video "I'm taking a photo."
Leading:
So the solemn part of the evening called "I live in the USSR" has ended. Further in our program - Disco 80s and graduation: 1. To the foremost worker of dance work. 2. Competition activist. 3. Excellence in dance work.
Approximate menu:
- Jelly;
- Olivier salad;
- Jellied fish;
- Boiled potatoes with dill;
- Sausage slicing;
There is a MAILBOX at the entrance. Everyone who enters the house (the hall) must write his wish on a postcard and put it there! (later, after the chiming clock, the host will read these wishes to everyone).
-HALL DECORATION:
Garlands made of stripes of colored paper, BALLS-LANTERNS, decorate the hall with SERPANTINE, and hang it a lot, like in "Carnival Night", hang a thin, silvery "RAIN" everywhere - a symbol of the Soviet New Year, firecrackers with candy.
Prizes - pennants: "To the worker new year carnival"or" New Year's Eve Leader. "
Hang the "NEW YEAR'S NIGHT MENU" on the wall (better somewhere in the kitchen or dining room area)
New Year's posters like: " New Year Greetings to the foremost intellectual labor! "Hurrah!" comrades! "or" Comrades, vacationers! Maintain cleanliness in public areas. Remember: it’s not clean where they clean up, but where they don’t litter! "" We welcome the leaders of communist labor. "
TV (turn off color so that the image is b / w).
TRIBUNA, decanter, glass for speakers.
PHOTOSALON "SMILE" Allocate a small corner for the salon, hang a PRICE LIST on the wall (for example, the cost of a photo session - new Year's joke), SLOZUNG-TRANSPARANT: ("Employees of the photo studio are fighting for the title of shock workers of socialist (or New Year) labor. unauthorized entry is prohibited ") - later to hold a photo session of the guests.
Festive table:
Olivier salad
Tangerines
Soviet Champagne
Soda "Buratino" (to make labels and stick on bottles - "Cheburashka")
Beer "Zhigulevskoe"
Cherry compote
You can stick sticks with the name and manufacturer of the dishes written on a piece of paper into the Dishes. For example: Communist cutlet. Soviet dumplings "Made in the USSR" or "Products of the Krasny Kommunar" plant, the price is 5 rubles, etc.
A LECTURER appears (type - a lecturer from the movie "Carnival Night") with a briefcase (preferably an old leather one with an iron plaque), black oversleeves are put on over his jacket. You can take a wooden abacus with you.
Lecturer: Dear comrades!
There is a setting - it's fun to celebrate the New Year! Allow me to read festive program tonight:
1) Reading newspapers. Discussion of the results of the outgoing year, the behavior of the results of the work of various sectors of the national economy.
2) Performing songs of Soviet composers on military-patriotic themes.
3) Checkers tournament.
4) Club of amateur songs "Guitar in a circle"
5) Dance program "For those who are over three hundred ..."
I understand that "The people gathered for debauchery"! Therefore, let me consider our festive evening officially open! Hurray, comrades!
Let's celebrate the New Year with jokes and songs! Let's join the round dance as a friendly team!
(Round dance)
The Forest Raised a Christmas Tree,
She grew up in the forest
In winter and summer, she was slender green!
Gather in this room for everyone
We are honored
And the achievements of our all
Of course, you can't count it.
We worked together for a whole year
For the good of the whole country,
Such people, very much,
Of course, everyone needs it.
We're all smart now
We have a round dance here.
Ready to meet fun
Soviet New Year!
A banner group appears - pioneers in red ties, garrison caps, with a drum and a pioneer flag.
New Year is a magical holiday
We love him since childhood.
Our huge homeland
We say thank you!
And in all native spaces
All the glasses are clinking
And so soon
They will turn into piglets.
Today Myshkin is everywhere
Celebrates the whole world
The main thing, of course, is the dish -
Delicious cheese with holes!
Pretty girl
And her tall friend,
Who reads poetry loudly -
Come out quickly to the circle!
Competition for the best reader is held new year poem:
Poem options for adults:
Comic poems
I don't believe in Santa Claus
I won't open the door for him.
A lot of everyone walks here -
Suddenly they will snatch something.
Hello Dedushka Moroz!
Where is my computer?
He brought me a chocolate -
Apparently confused.
Frost did not come to me,
Apparently offended -
I've been with the Snow Maiden all year
I saw him regularly.
I asked for New Year
A new car.
In the morning of the first I get up
Pierced the tire.
Why New Year,
Whoever is going
Definitely by the end
Getting drunk as an insole?
With a white beard
With a strange gait
Grandpa is coming to us.
It smells like herring
Salom and vodka -
Therefore, the New Year!
Auntie is soon 40 years old,
Jumps like a fool
Give the correct answer: who is this? ..-
(Snow Maiden!)
The little gray coward bunny was jumping under the Christmas tree,
And an angry wolf walked by - he took away the rope.
Since then, all the wolves rush through the forest only at a gallop,
And the hares crawl sadly, well, how can it be - even cry!
And at night they dream that Grandfather Frost
On New Year's Eve, he brought them a rope as a gift.
Little gray coward bunny under the herringbone galloped
And he rammed snowflakes with his frozen paws.
He danced a gypsy girl, made a cancan
And the frostbitten ear touched a steel trap.
But then "Green Peace" arrived from night to dawn
Rang promptly on the number "zero three".
And again a gray hare runs under the Christmas tree,
And the one who touched the bunny lies damp in the ground.
I admire in christmas ball,
Tying cords to it,
I'm not so beautiful in life
I don't have such cheeks.
I happen to be instead of a ball,
When decorated the tree,
I hung Sharik on a twig ...
Sharik rocked and growled.
Dad left for the tree
And it still does not exist.
Although it has since flown by
Fifteen happy years.
Santa Claus on New Year's Eve
Lined up the children:
"Ivanov, two steps forward!
Get some milk froth! "
"Why, Grandpa," Ivanov howled.
I listened to mom and dad.
I behaved so well at the table,
That the other day I bitten myself to death. "
"Conversations in the ranks," shouted Frost.
You know too many words.
You are too curious, Ivanov.
I don't like you, Ivanov. "
Lecturer:Dear comrades! Summing up the results of the outgoing year, allow me to accept the following comrades as pioneers! (called either best employees, if it is a corporate party, or the most active participants in competitions)
Newly made pioneers are tied with ties and garrison caps. Following the lecturer, everyone repeats the oath in chorus. For instance:
"I, a Soviet pioneer, in the face of my comrades solemnly swear in the year of the pig to be honest and fair, not to be late for work, do exercises in the morning and brush my teeth, comb my hair and cut my nails, I promise to get rid of everyone bad habits, make way for elders on public transport, transfer old women across the road, love animals and have fun celebrating the new year. "
A barmaid comes out in a lace apron and kokoshnik.
Barmaid: Dear citizens and women. Our buffet offers a wide range of new Year's dishes... Everyone can go to the festive table.
New Year's banquet.
You can recall the tradition of Soviet people to write notes with desires, and while the chimes are striking 1.2, you need to burn the ashes, drown the note in a glass of champagne and drink this explosive mixtureso that everything will certainly come true!
COMPETITIONS
Blue light
Parade of stars
Reverse Songs
Karaoke battle
New Year's address to the people.
Make a TV frame, transmit it to music, and when muses. will stop in turn to wish each other a Happy New Year.
Competition for the best new year collection from the tables (if the New Year's banquet takes place in the hall). The collection should consist of that. what is on the tables. Teams should come up with a name for their collection and be sure to advertise it.
Competition for the creation of the longest garland of orange peel. Participants are given oranges and knives.
Competition for the best socialist slogan
Running in bags (you can use this traditional Soviet game if the size of the room allows.)
Competition for the fastest and most nimble production paper lantern to decorate the Christmas tree Distribute scissors, glue stick, colored paperhow to make a flashlight - do not tell. Let the guests try to remember for themselves.
Long-distance serpentine throwing competition
Competitions between the pioneer team and the October star in the style of KVN-impromptu.
Napkin Snowflake Contest
Competition for the best connoisseur of New Year's films
Quiz FILM
1. Announce the entire list, please
2. I want Larisa Ivanovna
3. And a headdress, by the way, is not worn like that
4.Women want shoes - size 42, 43, 45
5 what nasty jellied fish of yours
6. Why do we need a blacksmith?
7.how to get to the library
8. O-plot! (The only phrase on which everyone thinks for a long time)
9. Swim beautifully, a group in striped swimsuits!
10. Is there life on Mars ...
11. Well, I asked you not to make noise when I work with the author.
12. Note, I didn’t suggest
13. Redeemed - do not register!
14. (If you haven't guessed the last 3 phrases)
Catching up with Sovransky is a utopia
PHOTOSALON "SMILE"
The photographer covers his head with a dark blanket and photographs the guests with a digital camera. Someone holds the inscription "Photo-Atelier" Smile "2007 year" so that this inscription appears in the corner of the photograph. From the obtained photos, you can then run a slideshow on the TV during a feast.
The script can also be supplemented with games and contests.
Scriptwriter Maria Langer