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Review from Montreal Gazette
What's Black and Blue and all over for this year?; After 15-hour rave, partygoers call it a day
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Streaming out of Olympic Stadium just before noon yesterday, revellers from the 17th annual Black and Blue rave were surprisingly sprightly after a 15-hour techno music-driven dance marathon.
Sunglasses were de rigueur for the bleary-eyed, and risqué or outlandish dress was the norm for the 10,000 in attendance.
A pharmacist was on hand at the beginning of the night, a first in the party's history, to distinguish illegal drugs from legally prescribed medications partygoers carried with them, said Caroline Rousse, spokesperson for the Bad Boy Club of Montreal Foundation, which organizes the event.
The rave is part of the Black and Blue Festival, which began Wednesday and ends today. It attracts about 85,000 people each year and is one of the world's leading gay-community events. It also raises funds for HIV/AIDS charities.
The rave now typically attracts a mixed crowd, Rousse said.
Virginie Lévesque and Stéphanie Provost, both 19 and from St. Jérôme, were at the Big O yesterday for their first Black and Blue. As heterosexual females, they found the environment inviting, non-judgmental and safe.
"It's the kind of ambience where everyone talks to one another," said Lévesque, clad in thigh-high fishnet stockings, a miniskirt, extravagant makeup and deep blue fake eyelashes.
The women, accompanied by their friend Vincent Desrosiers, had arrived at Olympic Stadium at about 3 a.m. But instead of heading home at noon, they were on their way to meet some new friends - drag queens from Chez Mado, a popular cabaret in the Gay Village - for a drink.
The theme this year was "Power Trip," and Lévesque said the party was electrifying and otherworldly.
As in previous editions of the party, security was tight. Montreal police arrested a man and a woman in their 20s. The two were to appear in court yesterday to face drug trafficking charges.
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| quote: | Originally posted by Ravemontreal
Once I took a piss in front of everybody at Stereo. Put the garbage under the mixer, and did it right there while people were dancing and screaming. people thought I was playing with the mixer but I was playing with my zizi. |
| quote: | Originally posted by Enjoy
a classic from the aria days:
me: are you on TA?
girl: uhhhh... im on speed
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