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*From Niko Leger's (Stereo General Manager)Interview on mtlnights.com*
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...I partnered up with "Sandra" Oka, and we founded 911 Productions, our own little production and dance crew. We started producing 911 Thursdays at Backtrack, and hosting dance competitions until Greg from Parking eventually recruited us to move our night to Wednesdays at Parking for the original Sex Appeal Wednesdays. We had an excellent year hosting anywhere from 150-550 people, bartending for them, and producing a dance act every week. It was definitely a lot of fun. On the night of the anniversary, Greg announced that he had decided to move in another direction, and we parted ways with Parking.
We had many offers to produced Sex Appeal Wednesdays elsewhere, but were both faced with personal hardship. Being the workaholic that I can be, I needed to take better care of my health, and Sandra’s mother was fighting an exceptionally tough battle with lung cancer. It was only natural for both of us to take a break from the scene.
We kept bartending one night a week at Stereo, who had recruited us in the meantime given the solid following we had created over the 2-3 years of 911 Productions. On top of the nights we were producing or hosting, we also provided dancers to a lot of major events such as Black & Blue, Red or Bal en Blanc. That was also a lot of fun. We really have to thank those organizations for what they brought to Montreal in terms of exposure and recognition. Stereo wanted to make the best of our networking so they hired both of us to fill in the position of bartender / entertainer. So we would come in full gear, and while one was bartending the other one would freestyle...
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