Hospitality: Bar-flairing


Hospitality: Bar-flairing

 

Flair-Tending


Flaring: The act of making drinks beyond the normal way. Flair -tending is the practice of bartenders entertaining guests, clientele or audiences with the manipulation of bar tools and liquor bottles in tricky, dazzling ways. Used occasionally in cocktail bars, the action requires skills commonly associated with jugglers. 

 

 

 

Ten Commandments of Flair

 

 

     Know the basic before flaring

Ø  Pray before you flair

Ø  Flair before you pour

Ø  Be humble, friendly & polite

Ø  Avoid flair moves piracy  

Ø  Promote originality

Ø  Constant and systematic practice makes perfect

Ø  Flair for your guests, not for your self  

Ø  Don’t keep your guests waiting because you are flaring  

Ø  Ask when you do not know or if you are not sure

 

 Flair Values

 

  •   Be humble
  •   Discipline
  •   A perfect show doesn’t mean you have no drops or mistakes, its how you entertain the audience, its how     confident you are on stage and how you manage your mistakes

 

 Flair starts

 

  •   Up stretching
  •   Arm – circular movement & punching
  •   Body – twisting & bending  Hands – wiggle & close open
  •   Legs – jumping, jogging & squatting
  •   Head – sideways turning, up & down looking

Categories of flair

 

  •   Student
  •   Professional
  •   Tandem

 

Types of flair

  • Working flair
  • Exhibition flair
  • Instructional flair

 

Applicationof flair

  • Work
  • Competition
  • Demos & presentation
  • Training
  • Shows & events 

Level of Flair

  •   mixing approach
  •   Basic
  •   Intermediate
  •   Extreme / Advance


Flair Moves & Terminologies

    Flip drop

  • Basic
  • Spin bump  
  •  Rotate waterfalls  
  •  Stall snake arm  
  •  Tap side way  
  •  Boomerang behind pass
  •   Roll
  • Shadow pass

IntErmediate  

  •   Shoot  
  •   Snatch
  •   Switch
  •   Hang / float  
  •   Split
  •   Shuffle  
  •   Flip & cut

Extreme / advance  

  •   Juggle  
  •   Staggered  
  •   Figure 8  
  •   Combo

Pouring Techniques & Consideration

  •   Pouring styles
  •   Classic  
  •   40 degrees
  •   Slide  
  •   Artistic  
  •   Multi – pour

Types of pouring cuts

  •   Normal
  •   Aggressive
  •   Choking
  •   Aerial lock  
  •   Pourer lock

 I would like to remind all flair aspirants that flairtending is a dangerous thing. Like skateboarding, you've got to face the dangers. And like jugglers, flairtenders grab everything they have in hand. You've got to be really serious and determined. These are just two of what it takes to be a professional flairtender.

Hope you have great fun learning, entertaining while working.

 

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