The location, warehouse and yard simply could not have been better. At one point while standing outside the yard late at night I was able to take it all in. I heard the music inside the warehouse and saw the lights reflecting and shining through the upper level windows and then saw the crowd on the far end of the lot gathered around what was surely the most impressive and efficient wood-combustion capsule I've ever seen. Happy and fun-loving people in our community were abundant, the evening was warm, the music and sound awesome, the lights, fog and lasers were just crazy, the fire warm, the drinks strong, the beer cold and I realized how it was totally worth it to be able to create an environment and celebration like that. It was a huge amount of work with many hours spent preparing and getting ready, but a few stepped forward and were key in pulling it off and we just about broke even on our expenses. Look forward to the next one!
Big thanks and much appreciation go out to Jim Mason and Crew at The Shipyard for agreeing to let us host the event there, Chip Wasson for stepping up and spending much time that he didn't have to help out and prepare, Mike Farrelll for supplying the keystone of the party - an awesome sound system, mad DJ skills and bringing in friends with crazy DJ skills, Bunny for being you, LMG for help building the platforms, Curt and Dave for being platform operators and of course, everyone who came to have a great time, show off killer costumes and support the event. Thank you!
Let's plan another one, so if any of you have something to offer to the community that would help with another event - a space, idea, or whatever, let us know.
Here's a few pics, if you have more, please post them.
Ollie
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