What a successful event!

With each D2dabeat that passes I am blow away with how much support, respect and love people have for this event. I was selling cd's and I came upon a couple whom had this magnetic energy. They were loving life and loving the party, I was drawn to them. As I explained I was selling cd's that were donated from various DJ's, and all proceeds went to charity they had a story to share with me.....

A very good friend of theirs died at the age of twenty seven from colon cancer. At that moment I was at a loss of words, in fact it made me choke up a bit. They were there for a reason, they were there for a bigger cause. You would be surprised just how many people's lives in that room were/have or are being affected by cancer. And all those who haven't and were there..... Amazing. Thank you.

Our scene is small but with every D2dabeat event that passes, I'm reminded of just how much of a difference we can make.

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Absolutely fabulous, what can I say? I love our scene and I am so proud to be a part of it - seeing everyone there for their own reasons was just amazing. Heartwarming to say the least.

So happy to see the pink lei lasted the night on loads of people!

Dave, congratulations, you pulled off a stellar night, AGAIN!

As for overheads, I think the people there last night would have been there regardless of Paco. Barato should be our guest headliner, I know I would happily pay $25 for him

Dance to da beat is now a staple, long may it continue

Next? lol

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I had such a great time on Sat....

I got there around 9:30 and not only was there already a great crowd forming, but there was already a wicked energy in the place. People were just happy and excited for the evening and you could just tell...

If I had to sum the night up in one way, that would be it, the awesome energy that this event brought out in people.

Everyone was there, everyone was smiling, everyone was happy. I think people really appreciate the fact that they are apart of something bigger at these events and that really shows.

All the DJ's played wicked sets! I had to leave around 2am since my other half was home ill, so unfortunately I missed YM vs Roaches which was disappointing but heard they rocked it.

Big THANK YOU to Dave for letting me be apart of this event. I saw some of the hard work this guy puts into these events leading up to the date and I was impressed. The guy has passion and it shows...

Thanks Dave, we're lucky to have you in our scene.

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Originally posted by cammaxwell so unfortunately I missed YM vs Roaches which was disappointing but heard they rocked it.

I am bias.... but no joke. They ALWAYS rock it.

Guaranteed burnt holes.

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I wish I had been able to make this event this time... but alas.... the cold had taken over me.

I am proud of the work that was done and congratulations on another successful event Dave!



Bring on 2009!!

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what gang sign is nathan doing here? lol

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Originally posted by YouReadyB Dance 2 Da Beat has become as much to Milena as it does me, she does so much work for it... and really never gets the credit, it's become a TEAM MILENACE event...

Mils has had a flyer attached to her for weeks promoting it. I actually joked with her and told her she mine as well get a tatoo, it would last longer! haha

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Originally posted by jon jon what gang sign is nathan doing here? lol

LMAO I didn't even really notice that... LOL

It's pretty gangster though. bahahaha love it.

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-=- Dance 2 Da Beat Weekend -=-

In the past, I have heavily believed in promoting D2DB the night before. Going out to a few clubs, passing the flyers out, getting some last minute people to show up. I asked YM ladies and Lyle to spread the word as I wanted a nice relaxing night home with Mils.

So, as the g33ks that we are, (proud ones at that) me and Millers chilled on the couch and caught up on some weekly shows. Once a week, we watch usually in the same pattern of Movie Network (On Demand)

*Californiacation

*Entourage

*Life and Times of Tim (Although Mils usually "showers" or "cleans" dishes when it's on, I'm pretty sure she doesn't like it)

*Dexter

It was suppose to be just a total chill out before a VERY hectic day. However, it wasn't. If anyone watches Dexter, the last episode was something that hit so close to home, WAY to close.. and no, I never poisoned anyone's key lime pie. On the eve of the fifth installment of an event I devoted to my mother, I relived my most painful memory about her.

In this episode, one of Dexter's friends, a lady who had seen him grow up as a child, was dying of cancer. She was in a palliative care unit, basically, the floor known (as I was told when my mom was dying) as the "death floor". That's really ummm... uplifting. The similarities were mind blowing... it started with a lost of appetite, followed by emotional outbursts, be it crying or anger... followed by a gasping of air when speaking which, is quite possibly the most hurtful sound I ever heard.

I re-lived each moment of the episode, remembering the situations coming up with my mom. I then remember my mom asking to die, asking the pain to stop...

I can remember her begging "please stop, god.... please please please" in this faint, heavy french accented painful wimper that will never leave me to this day.

The thought of it, and typing it out right now just made my eyes watery.

During the episode, the lady asked Dexter to help her stop the pain, to send her to a better place. I was literally sitting at the television, tears streaming from my face... half in having relived the most painful experience of my life, the other, the coincidence of it all.

I turned to look at Milena... who, never had seen me cry in the first 9 months of this relationship, and said "Wow, that was fucked up."

Emotions got turning... really got me super hyped up for this event, it's that JOLT of energy, that JOLT of adrenaline going into the event that I needed.

After getting some reassurance from Nathan and Jon Jon through about 8-10 texts/msn convos, I went to bed early (I think like 11pm, who DOES that?) on a Friday.


To Be Continued....

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