CLUB NIGHT PARTY AS A MODERN CULTURE AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAM: HISTORICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECT
Historical preconditions for appearance of the first themed nights that are considered in modern theory as a form of group leisure activities took shape even in the Ancient World. By the end of the 18th century, club nights became a popular form of guest communication. Events of the revolutionery October of 1917 entailed root political, economic, ideological and cultural changes that reflected among others in approaches to organization of mass and group leisure practices of the new Soviet state's citizens. The author discloses her view on a themed night which she suppose was one of the most popular mass form of artistic propaganda till the end of the 1980s. The article outlines the author's version of “themed night” concept definition, describes typical structure of a themed night; also, the article think of today's trends in managing population's leisure activity that a director of cultural and recreational programs should take into account in the context of implementation of technologies of preparation of modern club themed nights.