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Disclaimer: this is how I spent my Saturday/Sunday, which I'm sure was different to what you experienced during the night. Didn’t know until probably midnight if I was going or not to Stereo. Thanks to friends from NYC, I was “forced” to go out dancing, and those who know me can tell you how hard is to get me moving to any dance floor. Usually I like to arrive right at the beginning, to see the evolution of the night, but I was in no mood to arrive early, so next thing I know it was almost 4:00am when I made it to the line, and what a line. Too funny that some people kept asking me what I was doing lining up like everyone else. Sure they might know me at Stereo, but it doesn’t mean I have more rights than others, and this is where I stayed until a little bit passed 4:00am, which unfortunately only gave me the chance to catch around 10 minutes of Danny Torrence. The place looked impeccable regarding the decor, and a little bit iffy regarding the crowd. Lot of newcomers, and...

My ticket read “Doors open at 1:00am”, but when I got to Stereo at 1:00am the party was already on for a couple of hours. Anyway, even if I had known the party would start earlier, there was no way I would had make it from the beginning. Spent some time at the “La Grande Dance” and had to relax before going out and partying again. Missed Jester, and Deko-ze was already bouncing, and the bouncing became tribal, and tribal became trance, and then hard core trance. This guy cannot stay still, he is always bouncing in the decks, and I have to say it is kind of contagious. Stereo was officially gay for the night, and as someone described the night even before it started, it was a zoo. There were guys everywhere, and those rainbow flags were dripping in sweat all night long. The place was packed, and when I say packed it is really packed. I got really worry when I saw 4 fire marshals walking around the place at around 4:00am - it was dejavu all over again for me, but it looks like e...

Disclaimer: this is how I think I spent my Saturday to Sunday - there was a major brain malfunction happening, so I will try to write as much as I can remember. If I’m not mistaken, Shawn Riker was a resident DJ at the short lived Sonic in Toronto, and if my memory doesn’t fail me, I believe I always read the Torontonian raving about him. I cannot recall if I have seen him before or not, but to tell you the truth I was there because of Danny Torrence. There were so many people asking me if I was going to go to the Twist party, and the thought of going anywhere else but to celebrate the first anniversary of the Climaxxx night at Stereo wasn’t an option. I missed the launch of this night last year because I decided to go to the Out Games final party, but there was no way I was going to miss the first celebration of this night. First I have to say that Stereo looked just fabulous, decorated with rainbow flags and multicolour balloons. I know it was not a gay night, but my respect...

Gay Pride in Montreal is one of my favourite events of the year, and by looking at the number of tourists that keep returning, I'm not alone on that one. La Grande Dance is the last major outdoors event organized by the Divers/Cité, and I don't know how many people were at the party, but I would say no less than 5,000. I arrived exactly at the time Alain Vinet was finishing his set, and to the surprise of a lot of people, DJ Ana Paula from Rio de Janeiro took charge of the party. Many were expecting to see Offer Nissim in the decks, and others didn't even noticed what had just happened. Earlier in the afternoon I had been told diva Offer Nissim had not made it to Montreal. First time hearing Ana Paula spinning, and what a good job she did, she delivered perfect music for a t-dance. The beats made you move even if you didn't want to do it. DJ Stephan Grondin followed Ana Paula, and as usual, the people enjoyed the music. Good crowd, with eye candy everywhere - and...