Hot Spot (Riff-Off) Singing Game Rules + RED PEPPERS
(As taken from The Contemporary A Cappella Society website)
"1) The group stands in a circle and one person "jumps" into the middle of the circle.
2) Whoever is in the middle starts singing a song. Any song, from any genre, from any source, ever. This could be a popular radio hit, musical theatre song, television theme song, commercial jingle, rap, jazz standard, Italian aria...ANYTHING!
3) The moment someone else in the group recognizes the song, he or she starts singing along. Unison, harmony, back-up...it doesn't matter. All members of the group join in as soon as they recognize what the person in the middle is singing. Hopefully, everyone in the circle will be singing along by now.
4) At any moment in this sing-along, any group member can "jump" into the middle of the circle and tag out whoever is already there. As soon as someone new jumps in, he or she starts a new song, any song, and this sing-along process continues.
5) If it so happens that someone in the middle of the circle starts a song that nobody else knows, the person in the middle MUST continue singing until someone tags him/her out.
6*) The game ends whenever the music director decides to end it. There is no way to "win" and there is no scoring system. The goal of this game is to determine what types of songs the majority of the group is familiar with, inspire song choices, and expand the group's repertoire of music."
*I just challenged fellow Vancouver Band ContraSound to this, so there's got to be a way to end the game between us, so I suggested HOT PEPPERS to be added to the challenge. Each team takes a bite of a red pepper BEFORE the game starts. Last team to have at least 1 player remain unscathed by the heat wins. So NO DRINKING WATER OR ANYTHING.
Winner gets... Well... Bragging rights (and a burning mouth)!
