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my trip to Dance Valley
Hey guys, Suzy and I just got back from Dance Valley in Amsterdam. This is an excerpt from Suzy's road diary http://suzysolar.com/new/diary.html) from the trip. Ill have the pics posted soon.
August 2nd
After three hours of sleep, we woke up to get ready for Dance Valley. Roland K(Gesture Music) picked us up at precisely 10AM. The Dutch are very punctual people.
40,000 people were allowed to attend Dance Valley this year. Last year, 90,000 people went and there were problems with a sudden cold front and rain coming through, people getting sick, and ambulances weren’t able to get to them in the traffic. This was still a lot of people, and the traffic getting to the event was long. Fortunately, we were with Roland K, and he had a sticker for his car to go around them and enter through the artist’s entrance. We got a VIP band that covered free admission, entrance through the side (no lines to stand in), and free bathroom priviledges (no lines, and we didn’t have to pay to use it). The general public had to stand in line to buy a bathroom ticket, and then stand in another line to use the bathroom. (What if someone had diarrhea?) Also, we had to buy tickets to obtain food, stand in another line to buy tickets for drinks, then go to the food area and stand in line to get the food and another line to get the drinks. Fortunately, this was the best party we’ve ever been to, so this food situation didn’t bother us too much.
The line up for Dance Valley was to die for. There were about 150 of the best DJs and live acts in the world. See www.dancevalley.nl for line up and more info. It was so big, that it would take a half an hour to walk from one side of the event to the other. We mostly stayed in the Impulz tent and saw Misja Helsloot, DJ Astrid, DJ Jurgen, 303f, and Ferry Corsten. I got to talk to Ferry again, but had to talk to him through a fence because my VIP band didn’t get me in backstage. Ferry had given me his phone number before I got to Holland but regretfully, I didn’t get a chance to call him. The other thing that I regretted not doing is checking out the main stage. We passed by it, and the vibe and the sound coming from that area was outstanding. The sound was crystal clear and I felt drawn to it, but just didn’t go see it due to exhaustion. There was mostly trance on the main stage too! The cool part was when we got back to the hotel, we got to watch Tiesto live from Dance Valley on Dutch MTV.
All in all, I was very impressed with Dance Valley. Everyone was friendly (with the exception of a certain Japanese hard trance DJ, who was stuck up towards me. I should have told him to get that cock out of his ass.) We had so much fun!
Also, we couldn’t help but noticing that they were able to sell alcohol. It was nice to get a Barcardi Breezer at the event, since most of the same type of events in the US can’t sell alcohol. They also had smart shop booths set up where people could buy marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms, and other specialties like cocaine and ecstacy substitutes. People around us could light one up right there in front of everyone and no one would think anything of it. The smart shops also had drugs info sheets to educate the party people. Another thing that impressed us was the fact that every DJ went on exactly at the time they supposed to, as printed out in the schedule sheet. This was a very well organized party. I hope to go back again next year.
Last edited by LiL-B on Aug-12-2003 at 23:42
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