Stop light party
A stop light party, stoplight party, traffic light party or traffic party is a
Concept
The basic idea of the party is that each guest wears clothing, or a glow stick, in a color that best suits their status. The color green means that one is single and looking for a relationship. Red means that one is in a relationship, or not looking for one.[2] Yellow may mean "unsure" or "maybe," or could mean that one is in a relationship but still open to advances.[3]
The purpose of a stop light party is to decrease the
History
The earliest documented examples of a Stop Light or Traffic Light Party held in the public setting can be traced back to the late 1990s and the college town of Albany in upstate New York, where a promoter named Bill Kennedy was throwing them in nightlife venues across the city. The party would gain in popularity after a large nightclub named Sneaky Pete's opened in the winter of 2000. Kennedy would give out glow necklaces and had a large decommissioned traffic light lit up at every party. After years of creating a local buzz, the party received national attention in 2005 after the Albany Times Union ran a feature story about it. The Associated Press (AP) picked up on the story, and it ran nationally on the front page of papers across America.[4] Internet dating site Match.com ran a feature story and after that and the concept went viral. It has been thrown in venues across the world since, receiving extensive media coverage.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Central Michigan Life. April 16, 2004. Archived from the originalon 19 October 2009. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ "Aura Nightclub Stoplight Party". Eventbrite. Five Star Entertainment. July 30, 2010. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ "No Mixed Signals At Stoplight Parties". Wilmington Star-News. Feb 12, 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2013 – via Google Newspapers.
- ^ Salute, Chris (10 November 2005). "Red light, green light". Independent Record (Helena, Montana). Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
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