Clayraoke & Trivia Night
A karaoke night that breaks out in the middle of a pottery class.
Every month or two we hand out microphones, put a trivia leaderboard on the big screen, and let the room embarrass itself for the whole session. Your wheel is still your wheel. Your project is still on the table. Nobody has to sing.
These run as normal class nights, so a Clayraoke night uses one of the classes your Level already includes. The calendar is the only place that says which night is next.
The short version
It is a regular class night with a microphone in it.
There is nothing to sign up for
Two QR codes go up on the big screen when the night starts. One gets you into the song queue, one gets you into trivia. That is the entire sign-up process, and it happens after you are already here.
Two things run at once. One is karaoke, which we call Clayraoke because we could not help ourselves. The other is trivia, played on everybody’s phone against everybody else in the room, with a live leaderboard so you can watch yourself lose in real time.
Both are optional. Plenty of people spend the entire night at their table with a pot on the wheel and no intention of touching a microphone, and that is a completely normal way to spend a Clayraoke night.
What is not optional is the applause. If somebody stands up in front of a room full of people and sings Bonnie Tyler at a pottery studio in Draper, they have earned it.
- Uses one of the classes your Level includes, exactly like any other night
- Bring your own drinks and your own snacks
- Sing, play trivia, do both, or do neither
- Anyone who takes part is in the gift card drawing at the end
The singing half
Pick a song, get in the queue, regret nothing.
Singing is not required
It is encouraged, loudly, by everyone else in the room. That is a different thing.
- Scan the Clayraoke code on the big screen.
- Search the library and pick your song. We run KaraFun, so if you can name it, it is almost certainly in there.
- Add yourself to the queue and go back to your table. We will call you when you are up.
- Sing it. Badly is fine. Badly is arguably better.
Duets are welcome. So are trios, and so is an entire table getting up together, which happens more often than you would expect and is usually the best thing that happens all night.
Every person who sings gets one entry card for the drawing at the end. One card, no matter how many songs you get through, so there is nothing to gain by hogging the microphone. Sing five songs because you want to sing five songs.
The trivia half
You against everybody else in the building.
Trivia is not required either
We are aware that we keep saying this. It keeps being true.
- Scan the trivia code on the same screen.
- Answer on your phone. We run Kahoot, so if you have ever sat through a work training you already know exactly how this goes.
- Watch the leaderboard between rounds and quietly decide who your rivals are.
Rounds run through the night alongside the singing. Nobody is quizzing you on glaze chemistry. It is regular trivia, the kind where the quiet person at your table turns out to know an alarming amount about 90s cartoons.
Win a round and you get an entry card for the drawing. There is no cap on those. Win every round and take every card.
The prize
At the end of the night, one person reaches into the bag.
The bag is full of Amazon gift cards, anywhere from $10 to $500. One name gets drawn at the end of the night, that person reaches in with everybody watching, and whatever they pull out is what they take home.
Sing a song, get a card
One entry card per person, and only one, however many songs you get through. Nobody can sing their way to better odds.
Win a trivia round, get a card
One entry card for every round you win, with no cap at all. This is the half of the night where stacking the deck is allowed.
Worth saying plainly
Five cards in six are $10 cards, so a $10 pull is the normal result and nothing to be bummed about. The big ones are real and they are in the bag, which is the whole reason we do it this way.
The part that surprises people
You can work on your pottery the entire time.
Nothing else about the night changes
The clean-up bell still rings near the end of the session, and the room still gets put back the way we found it, exactly like every other night.
This is still your class. The wheels are running, the slab rollers are out, the glaze shelves are open, and your shelf is where you left it.
Some genuinely good pots have been thrown while somebody butchered a Journey song a few feet away. Trimming does not require silence. Centering arguably benefits from a bit of chaos.
So if you came to get work done, come and get work done. Nobody is going to walk over and put a microphone in your hand.
Afterwards
These are the nights people keep pictures of.
The signature wall behind the microphones has hundreds of names on it now, and a fair number of them went up on a Clayraoke night, usually shortly after their owner did something they will hear about for months.
People take pictures. People post them. People who walked in not knowing a single person in the room leave in somebody’s group chat.
That is the actual point of the whole thing. The gift cards are just a good excuse.
Drinks and snacks
Bring your own, and manage yourself.
It is BYOB. Bring whatever you feel like drinking, bring snacks, and bring your own liquid courage if that is what it is going to take to get you in front of that microphone. Four things we do ask.
Keep it classy
This is a room full of adults having a nice evening, not a bar at closing time. Do not get stupid drunk. That is the entire policy, said plainly.
Keep your drink closed
Eat and drink at your station, that is completely normal here. The one thing we ask is that your drink has a lid on it, so a knocked elbow cannot end somebody’s piece.
Be sober when you leave
Be safe, and be sober by the time the session ends. If you are tipsy at all, get an Uber. We would much rather your car sat here overnight.
No underage drinking
Not negotiable. We are not going to stand over anybody counting drinks, so this one runs on members managing themselves, which is how most things here work.
Who is in the room
Members, their guests, and nobody else.
Members
A Clayraoke night is a class night, so you just turn up the way you would any other session. It uses one of the classes your Level includes, and there is nothing to reserve.
Guests
Bring a Friend works exactly as it does on any other night. The pass is 25% of your monthly fee, capped at $42.50, your guest signs the studio waiver before they come, and they are your responsibility for the session.
Age
18 and over, or 14 alongside a parent or guardian who is also a member. Worth knowing before you bring a teenager: people drink at evening classes and the language is not especially filtered.
There is no watching option
We do not have a spectator seat, on Clayraoke nights or any other night. If somebody wants to come along and see what this is, bring them on a guest pass and put them to work. They will have a better time anyway.
Before you ask
The questions we get every time.
When is the next one?
We plan to run these every month or two, and the date moves around. The studio calendar is the only place that will tell you which night is next, so check there rather than trusting a page like this one.
Do I have to sing?
No. Plenty of people never touch a microphone and have a great night anyway. The only thing you give up by not singing is one entry card for the drawing.
Do I have to play trivia?
Also no. You can do both, either, or neither, and nobody will comment on it.
Does it use one of my classes?
Yes. It is a normal session with a microphone in it, so it comes out of the classes your Level includes, the same as any other night you come in.
Do I need to sign up beforehand?
No. There is nothing to book and nothing to reserve, on this night or any other. Both QR codes go up on the big screen once the night starts, and that is where you join the song queue and the trivia game.
What songs can I choose from?
We run the KaraFun library, which covers very nearly everything you could think to ask for. If you can name the song, assume it is in there.
Can I sing with somebody else?
Please do. Duets, trios and whole tables getting up together are all encouraged, and every person who sings gets their own entry card for the drawing.
How many entry cards can I get?
One for singing, and that is a hard maximum however many songs you do. Then one more for every round of trivia you win, with no cap on those at all.
What are the gift cards worth?
Every card in the bag is an Amazon gift card somewhere between $10 and $500. Five in six of them are $10 cards, so a $10 pull is the normal outcome and not a bad night. The bigger ones are in there too.
Can I bring a friend?
Yes, on a normal Bring a Friend pass. It costs 25% of your monthly fee, capped at $42.50, and your guest needs to sign the studio waiver before they come in.
Can I just work on pottery and ignore all of it?
Yes, and a good number of people do exactly that. The studio runs normally the whole night. You get your session, your wheel and your shelf, plus a live soundtrack of variable quality.
Is there anything else I should know?
Everything else about the studio lives on the FAQs page, which answers a great deal more than this one does.
Come and make a spectacle of yourself
Or come and quietly throw a bowl. Both are fine here.
Clayraoke and Trivia nights land every month or two, and the calendar is the place to find the next one. If you are not a member yet, that is the only thing standing between you and a room full of people singing badly at a signature wall.
Membership is month to month with no contract. Guest passes are 25% of your monthly fee, capped at $42.50, and every guest signs the studio waiver before their first session.