Summadayze

Originally uploaded by Scootie.

Another year, another season of dance parties, starting with the traditional pilgrimage to The Sidney Myer Music Bowl for Summadayze.
Most of the parties through the year are events where you go to listen to somebody special, trying to hear the latest and coolest tracks, learning what's new and trying to ride the cutting edge without getting razor burn.
Summadayze is not like that, it's not about the latest music, it's about the biggest party, big tracks and anthems, stuff that everyone knows the words to, and just having a great big pile of fun. This year saw 20,000+ people jammed into the bowl, many of them forced to scramble for cover in the middle of the afternoon to escape the rain, while the rest of us were packed like sardines into the undercover section, dancing to our hearts content. One of the highlight acts was Fat Boy Slim, who played a fairly decent party set, and that meant that Dan, Cathy, Mick and Steph came along to the event as well as our usual crew of dance-bunnies :)
The event was pretty good in itself, but one of the highlights was meeting up with Becy, Ben, Emma and crew down at Becy's hotel room after the gig (the went to Sunshine People, a cutting edge NYD party) and spending a few hours talking crap and trying to guess what films Joe hadn't seen. Trust me, it was funny at the time :)