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'''Quiet parties''' (also known as Silent parties and as Silent dating parties) are nightclub events where participants socialize by writing notes to each other instead of speaking. The single rule at these events is "no talking."

==History==
The concept is believed to have been created in 2002 by artist ] and musician ], two friends who visited several bars in ] in an attempt to have a conversation, only to find they could not hear each other speak at any bar because of ] and loud talking. This experience prompted them to invent the concept of 'silent nightclubbing'.

The first Quiet Party probably occurred in October, 2002 in New York City, and spread to other cities including ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ].

Quiet Parties arrived as one of the first of a new wave of unorthodox social activities of the early 2000s that merged elements of traditional party promotion with aspects of ]. Others in this genre include ], ], and ].

==External links==
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070612074357/http://nypress.com:80/19/21/summerguide/sex1.cfm NYpress article
* http://www.wordspy.com/words/quietparty.asp Wordspy references
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*Study: Silent Disco Headphones for Multi-Elemental Creative Expression

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