It's believed to have come from the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, known as the Shakers.
musical chairs, limbo, hot potato
if they were playing musical chairs and there were 4 people left when the music stops some one would be out so there would be 3
The best place you can find the direction to play a game of Musical Chair would be to look at children musical games. You can also look it up in any children book.
If two people are playing musical chairs, they should use ONE chair. You put on music and run around the one chair, ideally the music is on a timer as you have no one to stop the music. When the music stops, whoever sits down first on the chair wins! This will be a very short game - so I would recommend playing "best of three." Or finding some more friends to play with more chairs.
Pin the Tail Musical Chairs Hide and Seek Hopscotch Ring around the Rosie Tag
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I just learned that Trip to Jerusalem is just an older name (still used in some places, such as the Phillipines and Austria) for the game Musical Chairs.
Marco Polo is a game of tag that is played in a swimming pool. There are also a few variations of the game. The origin of Marco polo can not be verified.
The Game originally started in Japan by Kazuki Takahashi. He is the creator of the mangas that hold the origin of the game.
hopscotch, hide n seek, tag, twister, jump rope, musical chairs, dress up
Some of the best music games revolve around basic kinetic motion. The best example is the game Musical Chairs, which children or adults rotate in a circular motion around chairs until a musical number stops playing. When the music stops, everyone sits down and there is one fewer chair than players. The person left standing is eliminated.
If you had 20 people playing, you would need 19 chairs........ So just 1 less than the people. Actually you can start the game with any number of players so long as there is 1 chair "missing". But, to continue the game, after someone has been sent "out" for not managing to grab a chair, you remove another chair quickly so that there is always 1 chair less than the number of competitors at that time.