Elizabeth Mayhew, Style Director at Real Simple magazine offers the following tips on hosting your own progressive party:

• Form a committee, choose the date of your party and designate tasks.
  
• Each host house will prepare and serve a different course.
  
• Decorations and clean up are other tasks that can be delegated.
  
• Make sure you have plenty of places for people to sit. Rent extra tables and chairs if needed.
  
• Some groups hold monthly progressive parties with different themes.
  
• Choose recipes that can be made ahead of time and simply reheated and served.
  
• Basic Info:
  • Send out invitations a month in advance.
    
  • Include an end time on the invites and whether children are invited.
    
  • Decide what you will serve, who will participate and what they will bring.
    
  • Order beverages and other supplies well in advance.
• Never plan on more than three changes of locale for a progressive party.
  
• You'll need designated drivers if your progressive party guests don't live within walking distance.

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