I love dh to bits but he is way off the introvert scale so I have avoided planning parties for him (well since I did one for him ages ago which was a bit of a disaster). However he is going to hit 40 soon so even he thinks that we should mark the occasion with a party.
He's given me his ideal invite list and I have to say that I'm trying to bite my tongue - all the people on it would be great to have over on a one to one, but a party they do not make. I am gently getting him to reconsider some of his choices (by adding more people with greater mixing skills), but at best I'm going to have about 60 people, of whom I'd say half will only know a couple of other people there. And the majority of these are not natural get up on the dancefloor types (though if I get them drunk enough....!)
So, I'm looking at probably doing this at home (we have a fairly large downstairs living space and will probably use the garden too). I'm thinking that as well has having music I might have some additional entertainment, on the lines of college balls. So we might have a Wii setup in one area, say table football in another, with a table magician and a characturist wondering around too. Was thinking about a casino, but all that is probably a bit too much. We'll be doing food (either curry or hogroast, haven't decided yet).
If you are a introvert type, what sort of activities might draw you in?
Also how far should I go in forcing some of my more extrovert friends on to him for the purposes of a party?