Times when I find something special about someone, I recognize that, asking the restaurant we’re attending for a group meal to give a cupcake with candle and usually everyone sings (or claps for/to the person. The other is allowing students to make up something , a song, a poem about their experiences on tour, then presenting to the group, letting them “shine” on the microphone. I also had a game on this last tour I did (NYC) where I held a contest, students vs. adults (there were 10 students, 10 adults, mostly parents) and asked them questions about the history/fun facts about NYC which I’d told them. Then I hold up fingers and sometimes give more points to whichever group is losing (more pts. than they’re supposed to get) to see if the group is paying attention and to ensure that no one takes it too seriously and because they usually laugh at that. The final score is always a tie no matter how well one group does over another so that it’s not too much like school. It depends on how competitive the group is in general. It’s all for fun and learning.
Elizabeth Young-Collins