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Before I get into reviewing the party etc, I’d like to thank Spunky, Gavin, and Brandon for being so awesome in hosting us for the weekend. When we (Syd, Matthew Harris, and myself) showed up at the Airport, Brandon was there and waiting already. He treated us to some amazing food and let us crash for a few at his place while the rest of the out of towners were rounded up. After everybody had been gathered we headed to Gavin’s place and got the weekend rolling early. Yes, details of the raid are included!

Cik, Poss, Matthew Harris, Syd, Jimni Cricket, Mitch, his girl Sofie, Gavin, Spunky, High IQ and myself ended up partying away at Gavin’s pad. Some of the photos in the gallery for the trip are from the night at his house. Lots of Rock Band was played and even more alcohol was consumed. The stunt of the night seems to be taking shots and bonging beer from the rave horns. Video clips of that will be posted shortly as well as animated .gifs. I managed to pass out for a while, but thankfully my shoes were off. No, I wasnt drunk! Even though my shoes were off, Cik saw it fit to rest his sack on my foot and have a picture taken. When things were finally winding down, we hit the hotel and slept like rocks ready for the day to come.

We woke up the following day and the madness ensued. It was fun watching Spunky go through the sensation I know so well. Day of a party syndrome I like to call it. She got her shit together pronto tho, and after lots of running around, we all managed to find our way to the venue.

When we pulled up, the line was INSANE. I barely managed to eek my way through with my glow goodies and got to where the table was to be setup. I was just getting everything finished with laying out the table when the rush started and it just didn’t stop all night long. Spunky was right, the kids in Dallas hadn’t seen almost ANY of the stuff I had for sale and they all ate it right up. Before leaving Dallas, I left her with all of the stuff that was left over, so if you Dallas kids need ne thing, hit her up! The battery operated tampons were a HIT, as were the water tampons and the pacifiers. In fact, I didnt have anything that DIDN’T go well.

I only got to do a little roaming around. The always wonderful and totally beautiful Smash was able to watch my table for a few minutes while I roamed around and grabbed some photos. She is always such a sweetheart and I’m really glad she was there because there was nobody else I know down there, and certainly nobody I’d trust to be taking care of my cash box. I got to roam around for a while and take in a few minutes of a few of the sets, but had to rush back as she had responsibilities of her own to the party. Hopefully she’ll be able to make it up and party with us at my next event.

I managed to catch the tail of Matthew Harris’ set and the beginning of Gavin’s both of which had people in the room they were playing in going NUTS. The kids had no idea what hit them! Then I hopped into the area Poss was playing in and saw MORE kids going crazy. The Dallas crowd eats up the jumpstyle/hardstyle and Poss was givin it to them in doses. I even took time from doing photos and selling stuff to bop around to the tunes he was dropping. I got to hear some of the flows High IQ was dropping and needless to say his presence is NOT one that Dallas will soon forget.

I finally made it back to my table and kept the sales going strong until the bust. Out of nowhere Dallas Swat, PD, Constables, and Sheriffs were swarming the area with assault rifles and other scary weapons demanding that everybody sit on the ground. Choppers were swarming overhead and the cops were NOT out to be anybody’s friends. The problem was apparently not with the party as much as with the venue owner. The police apparently had a major boner for busting the venue owner on something (He already has a case against the city pending for being unfairly treated in the past) so they did so in the flashiest way possible. Most of them who weren’t brandishing weapons were chuckling and taking pictures on their camera phones. Not exactly the image of professionalism.

The party, aside from being busted, was a tremendous success, and the bust was no fault of the promoter’s. From all accounts there were around 2,200 people AT the event with another hundred or two in line when the cops came in. I was told by most of the people present it was the biggest rave Dallas has seen in almost 7 years. I’m so proud of Spunky for throwing such an amazing party and I’m eternally thankful for being allowed to be a part of it. Here’s hoping I’ll be invited to fly down and be a part of the next one!

Just in case you missed the link above, the gallery (including misc texas pictures) is at http://www.clixbagoftricks.com/v/raves/candymountain

Also… there were totally a couple of furries at the party. I am all about showin love for the furverts, even if there was no yiffing going on at the party BOO

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