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We're Open
From Monday May 17th 2021 Pop Star Party will be open once more.
If you have a child with a birthday popping up in the next 12 months, why not give us a call to discuss having their birthday party with us - we have been running parties for over 10 years and (pandemics aside) would like to continue doing so!!
Call, message or email your requirements through now, so we can begin the party planning procedure with you.
Thanks
Roger
Safe 6 - BUBBLE Parties get the Go Ahead!
Everything has changed! So we have adapted.
B.U.B.B.L.E. Parties are Ready to Roll.
Up to 4 kids with 1 parent accompanying (arrive in 1 car) lasting 1 hour for just £50.
This keep us all within the new 'Safe 6' regulations for groups.
Sing 1 song all together as a group, spaced out around our headphone station (which normally accommodates 12 kids).
You can sing with or without masks but all kids will sing through Pop Shields, which are cleaned/sanitised before & after each party.
No party food (as it’s only an hour) but the kids can interact with each other just as they would at school in their ‘bubbles’ and take pics of themselves, plus have a short BUBBLE dance in our laser disco room after the recording part.
BUBBLE = Brilliant Uplifting - Bounce Back - Light Entertainment - Parties
During your BUBBLE party the kids can sanitise their hands whenever they like. Masks can be kept on but we have big clear acrylic isolation screens for when they are singing/recording.
For more details about all our Pop Star Party packages please visit main site and go to the 'Parties' page.
www.PopStarParty.rocks/parties
So with most schools back and children enjoying the return to school, it is time to think about birthdays again - and specifically their birthday parties!
Pop Star Party is well into its' 11th year and we know a bit about entertaining kids!
Kids like fun, food, songs, disco's - and now they like safety too!
The studio has always been set up for child safety during parties and new steps have been taken to ensure their Covid-19 safety:
The kitchen area where they should wash their hands has been refurbished
The entrance area has a collection of sanitising products & free masks on the piano
The recording area has new isolation screening
If food is required it can be eaten outside or inside - you decide
The number of party pals attending has been reduced to 4, for the time being
No change to the supply of FREE tea & coffee for supporting adults!
Kids need birthday parties - BB Studio is ready!
For the next generation of birthdays during Covid-19 times there's plenty in store to help entertain your kids on their big day.
OK smaller groups, but that's how we manage safety.
With smaller groups comes more focussed fun, shorter parties & reduced prices!
So the show will go on & kids will have great party memories.
Please visit the main website for full details of our BUBBLE party & all the 4 regular parties.
https://www.popstarparty.rocks/parties
B.U.B.B.L.E. Party - Safety First
The NEW for 2020 BUBBLE party is set up for maximum safety in mind for you and maximum fun for your children.
The singing area around the headphone station has been modified to be a safe zone for 4 kids singing together, so they can still see each other and react to each other, but be in 4 isolated zones eliminating the worry of spore transferral whilst singing.
Bear in mind that the parties are aimed at kids who already know each other really well, are in a school bubble or perhaps families bubble and will have travelled to the studio in a car together, I genuinely feel there can be no virus transfer issues doing things this way. The screens are easily disinfected after the party as are the 4 microphone pop shields, both the mics, the headphones and headphone station.
Pictured here is the acrylic sheeting - it’s no easy task taking photographs of clear acrylic believe me! They can also be extended but these parts are not shown.
The first Bubble party is scheduled for Thursday this week, so actual use can be easily pictured - and that will no doubt be in the next blog!
Please call me (Roger) on 07956 624376 if you are wanting a party. Kids need parties!
B.U.B.B.L.E. Parties have landed!
B.U.B.B.L.E. Parties are ready for you!!
We’e bursting to run parties for your kids & know they will be super keen to have parties with their bubble friends too.
Up to 4 kids with 1 or 2 parents/guardians accompanying (ideally just 1 car to transport to studio) 1 hour for just £50.
Sing your fave song all together as a group, spaced out around our headphone station, which normally accommodates 12-15 kids.
You can sing with or without masks but all kids will sing through individual Pop Shields, which are cleaned/sanitised before/after each party.
No party food (it’s only an hour) but the kids can interact with each other just as they would at school in their ‘bubbles’ and take pics of themselves, plus have a short mini-disco in our laser disco room after the recording part.
Brilliant - Uplifting - Bounce Back - Light Entertainment - Parties
Call for more details, book online using the red button on this site or send me a message so we can start planning the date. Thanks.
Schools Out - Let's hope it's for Summer & not forever.
Howdy - what a bonkers year. The school year has finished and all the kids are home all day - no big change there then, for most of us who have enjoyed having the kids home since mid mad March.
Pop Star Party is a fantastic service hosted at Born in a Barn Studio and it’s been a quite year. Last year we passed the 10 year mark of running parties at the barn but sadly this year has been literally frozen into submission.
By the end of the Summer I think we are all hoping if not expecting the kids to go back to school full time with far less restrictions and they will be in ‘Bubbles’ so hanging out with the same groups all day/week so helping to minimise the chance of viral spread - and making it far easier to track and trace if there is a local peak.
We all have so much new terminology now don’t we!!
So this brings me to the decision that parties can be planned for now, for kids with birthdays in September and I’m thinking of calling them Bubble parties - not foam parties - they are very different!!
Also not toddlers’ bubble parties as we don’t really cater for kids under 7 and certainly not Bublé parties - no singing like Michael Bublé for us thanks.
So I’m going to be introducing:
B.U.B.B.L.E. Parties
Brilliant & Unbelievable, Born in a Barn’s Light Entertainment Parties!!
See main website for details
Watch this space
Pop Star Party - the ‘original & best’ recording experience parties for kids in a real studio since 2004.
Pandemics & Parties just don't mix!
It’s June now - OMG how time flies when you’re being forced to grow old slowly.
Back in March I wrote my last blog about how things were changing, then the really big change to the world evolved and basically I’ve been a bit project busy/obsessed ever since.
So - the most important thing to know is that Pop Star Party is alive and well - no Coronavirus outbreaks here thankfully but it’s not looking too rosey just yet for future parties. That said, we will get there I’m sure and somehow or other a form of normality will return.
Kids need birthday parties and we will be ready to roll just as soon as allowed.
To that end I have been a bit busy since the terrible global news hit hard in March, and decided to get stuck into a project I have been talking about doing since I made the Cello artwork a few years ago. The piano had to go the same way with lights and glitter and Lego pieces! Then the whole entrance area got a little reworking thrown at it to make the whole thing look like it was designed that way - which it was!!
So here are a few pics of the pandemic piano project!
Parties will absolutely resume just as soon as we get the go ahead from the government.
Parents considering parties can of course get in touch to discuss them or you can book online:
Book Pop Star Party Online
Great New Things Ahead
Welcome to 2020!!
A busy start to the year with lots happening in January but then February was just almost a rolling party for owner Roger, with 2 big gigs in London with his band (and all the behind the scenes rehearsals/recordings that go with it), his own big birthday celebrations, an extended Valentines Weekend fun, hosting the longest Golden Wedding Anniversary celebrations ever and taking up running again. Plus running the studio of course.
But behind the scenes we have been looking at doing things a bit differently and finally found a solution so expect some great parties for your kids very soon.
Booking a party is easy and if you are reading this and thinking about a party, then please visit the main website and click that big red button top right found in the main navigation bar.
Our YouTube Page
Pop Star Party YouTube Channel
Check out some example videos from over the last 10 years.
Number One Party Specialists 2019 - Winner!!
Well, it’s not every day something like this happens, but we have been awarded the accolade of Editor’s Annual Recommendation for Number One Party Specialists 2019 in the Living in the Shires magazine.
Last month we invited members of the editorial team to bring some kids along to the studio and have a party with us and they loved it! It was a wonderful sunny day so we got to show off out new outside decking area with swing-seat and new BBQ area too which was cool but mainly they were inside enjoying the vibe and sang a group version of Black Magic which is still one of the most popular song choices at Pop Star Party.
So - what better way to start the academic year and celebrate our 10 year anniversary of running parties for kids at the barn than to be given this award. Thanks to the editor and her team at Living in the Shires mag - its brilliant to get this kind of recognition.
September has been a full on month and we are booking into November already so if you have kids, that have birthdays popping up soon, just get in touch to arrange a party. We do the rest - just bring kids!
10 years of running parties for kids
It’s been 10 years since we ran our 1st ever party in July 2009.
Here is a little video to celebrate some of the best moments in July 2019 - every party is party.
Macie from Leamington is 8 and celebrating her birthday in style
What a great party with Macie and her mates.
8 years old on the actual day of the party with 11 friends and able to enjoy the new outside patio area with swing before during and after the party. The group sang Old Town Road to get the party rolling, then happy birthday to Macie (& also to PSP - see next post!) then had a crazy photoshoot with some very gymnastic poses. A quick break for their booster buffet then they were back in the booth to sing Shout Out to my Ex by those wonderful Little Mix girls. A Party favourite for sure. Macie & her group quickly got this song recorded meaning there was tons of time for the disco, viewing their pics on the gallery screen and of course blowing out the candles on the cake - someone had put some top effort into this cake too!
All our parties are fun and powered by the kids - if you want a party with us just get in touch, thanks.
Pop Star Party is the original & best party service for kids, in a real recording studio & now we are 10 years old!
Birthdays really are Special this month
So - if you are kinda local to Coventry you may know that all this week The Specials are in town - most parents will know this band - they have been around for 40 years after all.
2Tone was founded in Coventry and The Specials are famous for writing Ghost Town (amongst many others) which is a song about Coventry.
Guess what - we were lucky enough to be visited by not 1 but 2 Specials members recently. Mark Adams (ex keyboardist) brought his daughter for a party and she had a blast with her select group of mates. The best part was certainly her solo spot which went down brilliantly.
Mark also brought his mate Lynval Golding (guitarist & singer in The Specials) who is performing this week at the 4 gigs in Coventry in the Catherdal ruins - so we got a picture and had a great chat about his extensive touring - super guy.
2 Pop Stars in 1 day at the studio!! Plus another in the making I think - well done Paige.
Book your party with us and you will have a brilliant party too. Also we have been awarded this - more later.
”We are delighted to be featuring Pop Star Party as The Tried and Tested number 1 party Specialists, featuring in our Editors Annual 2019 Recommendations , publishing in the August-September issue of The Living Magazine.”
Best birthday party ever! Sing, Pose, Feast, Film, Snap, Dance, FUN!!
A few pics which which really capture the moment of what’s on offer at a Pop Star Party.
Just bring a cake - oh and the kids! We do the rest.
Book yours soon - it doesn’t have to be a birthday either!
Happy 80th Birthday Dad!!
It’s a big day in history today as my Dad marks his 80th birthday.
No - he isn’t having a party with us but we will be celebrating it next week with him and nearly all the family.
BB Studio, where all our parties are held, is a busy working studio recording singers and bands when not in party mode. Recently I have been rehearsing hard with my new band and am performing our first gig this weekend. Danny Ansell & co. is the band name and Danny has been performing for over 10 years as a solo artist so this is massive for us all.
Because BB Studio is actively producing tracks for all sorts of projects, occasionally songs arise that could use a group of kids singing on it and there have a been a good few special moments where kids have helped out.
Last week during one of the parties I asked the group to sing Happy Birthday to my Dad (Tim) and shout happy 80th messages at the end - big thanks to the girls who did this.
Bebe was the party girl celebrating her 11th birthday and where better than at BB Studio - well done to everyone tho it was a great party.
Parties for 8 year olds & upwards
Wow it’s May - 1st day of a new Fiscal year bringing the studio into its 16th year and Pop Star Party has almost been around 10 years now - I ran the 1st party in July 2009!
Parties are designed for children aged 8 upwards and the most popular age range is 10 & 11.
There are 4 party packages now which change according to length of party, focus of party (group or solo/duet singing) and whether you want to convert to having a video made as well as the audio recording/CD. All parties now get the photoshoot, free pics and brilliant laser disco at the end. Booster buffet also available.
I don’t write about every party due to time and/or parental request but most weekend there are parties happening at the studio, cake getting eaten and kids having fun.
Booking a party is easy - click red button top right of the website, or call me - or email me to discuss dates etc.
Pop Star Party - your best party idea ever - Sing, Pose, Feast, Film, Snap, Dance, FUN!! Just bring the kids!!
1st quarter summary
It’s been a busy time at BB Studio (where all the parties are hosted) and we have been a bit lazy with Pop Star Party blogs due to writing songs for up and coming pop stars from a wide variety of backgrounds, including a song potentially for Ed Sheeran, a release by one of the studios regular artists and my owns bands debut music video Human Race, possibly inspired by the marathon I recently ran in Cairo which, I’m very pleased to say, I not only completed but actually came 66th overall.
Below are a few pics from recent parties with some of the party pals who chose to celebrate their birthdays in style. Recent songs recorded include:
The Greatest Showman
Shotgun - George Ezra
Rockabye - Clean Bandit
Only You - Little Mix
Sunflower - Post Malone
Happier - Marshmello & Bastille
A Thousand Years - Vanessa Carlton
Sexy & I Know It - LMFAO
Sometimes we get asked what is popular at the parties and this is tricky to answer as kids are into such a variety of music as seen here.
Whatever you want to sing, so long as it’s a recognised pop song, there is always a backing track available - just try to make sure everyone attending the party will know it.
For any party enquiries please call or email.
Happy Christmas
Red and yellow - very mellow.
SO Xmas is coming faster than we can all cope with so here at Pop Star Party I thought it best to get a quick festive greeting in to all our fans and followers.
It’s been a great year with all the party pals who partied with us this year and the marathon challenge was a superb success and is now taking me to Cairo in February!! Whoop!
Next year in 2019 we will be doing some new stuff with the parties as always and hope to see you and your friends again soon - please pass this post on to other parents, thanks.
13 year olds from Stratford work it with Little Mix Gold Party
Teenagers from Stratford had a brilliant Pop Star Party at Born in a Barn Studio over the weekend choosing to sing ‘Move’ by Little Mix for their Gold party.
Izzy has just turned 13 and what better way to celebrate than having a party at BB Studio with her friends. Gold parties focus on getting a great song recorded and filmed so after the party I can create a very cool video for them all. With more time to focus on the song it is nice to help the girls sing all the parts and get what we need for a great sound - Move is not the easiest song to sing but this group did a great effort at replicating the song in the time we had so well done all of you. There were some great characters in this group and plenty of interaction making the filming easy to capture cool moments for the video.
Well done everyone.
Parties at the barn are all unique and powered by the kids - if you know any kids who have a birthday popping up in the next year then why not let them know about Pop Star Party!!
Marathon completed!
Wow it’s been 2 weeks since I completed my 1st marathon in Dublin. How time flies.
So after the marathon I had a week in Ireland and on return had a full week of studio bookings and plenty to catch up on which I guess is why its taken so long to complete the journey of my marathon training and blogging about it on here.
The run itself went went perfectly - I had a plan, I had trained hard, I had been careful with diet and hydration in the couple of weeks prior to the run and I got the mix of everything right on the day. The only thing I hadn’t banked on was the sudden cold front hitting Ireland Saturday meaning the start of the day was a chilly 2 degrees Celsius - so to combat this I had to start my day walking the streets of Dublin in pyjama bottoms and an old orange hoody - i looked very silly but didn’t care. I was 1 of 20,000 others who was starting the race dressed in old clothes.
The race went well. I started the race smiling and enjoyed the first few miles running through the Phoenix park and just taking in the atmosphere of thousands of feet pounding the ground. I saw my supporters at the 10 mile marker, offloading my hoody to them at that point and blowing a kiss to my wife. Really great moment and by then I was warm and just enjoying the vibe. I decided that by running close to the crowd and smiling madly at everyone I got more names shout outs and this gives a little rush of adrenaline helping boost morale for the next hill or whatever - crowd supporters really help. So big big thanks to all the people who turned out to line the street of Dublin in such cold weather.
After 13.1 miles and going past the half way banners I just felt I had got this and nothing was going to stop me finishing. As I went past the 20 mile marker I was feeling tired but not exhausted and definitely motivated even more by the crowds still. I had used 4 of my ‘Torq’ power gels by this point and decided to not take the others as I was getting stomach cramps - probably due to not taking enough water with them even tho i was carrying and drinking water pretty often - maybe just not often enough but the old brain couldn’t work this out after running for 3 hours. But because I had driven the route on Friday before the race I knew there was a nasty hill just after 22 miles so I decided to take a 5th gel just before this point and it definitely worked - i ran up the hill smiling at the crowd knowing there was nothing left to stop me completing now. At 26 mile crowd cheering area I saw the support crew again which was a nice lift to get me down the last stretch - legs were definitely hurting a lot now but I could see the end line. I finished the race with a chip time of 4 hrs 08 mins 05 secs to collect the medal.
So it was done. The rest of the day was a whirlwind of meeting up with the support crew in Sheenan’s Bar for Guinness and pics, then back to basecamp for showers and straight back into Dublin to take my parents around the Guinness factory then out for a meal before finally going into Temple Bar for celebration drinks with my brother who had run the marathon as well despite having an injured right calf muscle. Ian had been a great mentor/coach for a most of the year behind the scenes and had finished it in just under 4 hours - not bad for a 50 year old!
So that’s it for marathon blogs and I want to thank all the sponsors who helped me raise some money for the charity I chose to run for. ChildLine Ireland or the ISPCC (Irish Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Children) do an amazing job of supporting children who call them asking for help when they feel they are in danger. All charities do amazing work but charities supporting kids are amongst the most vital in my mind. With 40 sponsors in the end I went way past my original target of €750 and finished with a grand total of €1,239.44 - so chuffed with this; so a huge thanks to all those that supported the charity and me through these donations.
A few big thanks to the support crew - Mum & Dad flew over from Cornwall to stand in the cold at almost 80 years old - amazing. Richard & Janice for providing base camp in their house. Jean & Rhys who met us in the pub with Moya, Rachel & Grace afterwards for our winners pint of Guinness.
Also I want to mention Susan Ogden for the Kangen Water in the week leading up to the race, Wendi Sartain for lending me a Kangen Water machine for the week, NewGen Superfoods Plus for their amazing food supplement powder which has kept my body healthy all year really and the bloke in the shop in Leamington (Essential Sports) who did my gait analysis, sold me my Asics trainers and gave advise about all things running - great guy. Also Irish Joe for giving me the inspiration and catchphrase which I would like to pass on to anyone else considering running - just get out the door - the rest will follow! Oh and Sue Roberts of Advanced Healing Therapies who worked a minor miracle by healing my poorly left leg after running the Kenilworth half marathon.
So what next?
Well I did say I was aiming for running 1 marathon before i hit 50 and my catchphrase for all these blogs has been: ‘I run parties for kids all year and am running 1 marathon in October’ but since the leg pains have died down and I have started walking normally again theres been a new challenge open up to me. Ian has invited me to run the Cairo marathon on Friday Feb 15th - the route takes in amazing views of the pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx - initially I was not bothered as I had completed the mission of running a marathon before I got to 50, but I have always wanted to see the Pyramids, Ian lives just outside Cairo and it’s a great way to return the gesture of his support for me in Dublin so, I have agreed. To Cairo I shall go go. Don’t worry I won’t be writing blogs about this one!!
Finally a massive thanks to my wife Rachel for putting up with all the pain, suffering & moaning and for her support and my daughter Grace for riding her bike on countless training runs this last year.
A few pics or the day.
9 year old from Leicestershire have brilliant party
Szonja who is of Hungarian descent, had a wonderful party with her mates from Leicestershire recently.
She chose the Gold Party which meant we were filming for 1 of the songs and possibly singing 2 depending on time. Fortunately things went very smoothly and we did get 2 songs in the time. Szonja had chosen to sing One Kiss by Calvin Harris/Dua Lipa for her video and Attention by Charlie Puth to start the party - both great choices.
Nothing was gonna stop these kids from having fun and they sang their hearts out and gave it everything for the video filming too. Well done everyone including Mum & Dad who clearly enjoyed themselves too. See you next year!
