Earthdance Groningen
14 October 2000
Courtesy of daemon
Good karma
Blessed be the Androidz, for throwing a party when everyone seemed to have
left for Voov, leaving me depressed at home and ready to boogie. Who could have
ventured that that tiny, intimate event would extend all the way to this magnificent
Boom! label/Earthdance party ? The whole experience was drenched in good karma,
starting from the potential dull traintrip to Groningen. In Utrecht, I left
a very happy newly-to-goa-introduced colleague after a nice chat, took the train
and started talking to and older guy who was reading a Terry Pratchett novel,
so he joined me. Socializing when commuting was nice for a change, and it got
better still when another partygoer appeared, so the older guy went back to
reading and we prepared for some serious action. No buses in Groningen, but
there’s cabs so we kind of almost found it, and stumbled across other partygoers,
offering us a ride in the right direction. Phew, saved us some searching at
least. Things began to look splendid already, a searchlight indicating the general
direction to the venue, and candles guiding us through a dark Blair Witch-like
landscape. Compliments to the organizers, a real plus to the atmosphere ! And
then… the boat where the bootieshaking would have a start in a few moments…
Aligning Energies Worldwide
Hearing the thumps from a distance, it was hard not to rush to the boat, well
one might not manage to cross the walkway too fast anyway, so we calmly climbed
on board. How nice to see the group of people met earlier in this wonderful
partyseason ! All of the Androidz were there, some of them we hadn’t seen
for a while, others we saw here ‘n’ there. But the tone was set: this
was going to be a nice night indeed, intimate, amongst friends and other likeminded
party animals, with some phat tunes that invited, no commanded us to get to
the floor and dance the night away. Which is what we did, interlaced with some
chilling out, but basically you had to dance. You cannot ignore a good DJ when
you hear one, so what else is there than sweat before the discjuggling, DATswitching
and vinylscratching master. Which is what all of the DJ’s were. At a certain
point my body simply ached from fatigue, but my mind didn’t allow it to.
Some of us got the wrong footgear, shame there aren’t pictures included
of after-party blister sessions ;-). And when it got too hot, you could always
stick your head out, or take a whiz outside, and enjoy the misty scenery. Perfect,
just completely and utterly right, this was. Add to that the knowledge that
at several places worldwide other people are doing the same thing, dancing for
a good cause, now THAT feels good, this unifying feeling !But all good things
inevitably come to an end, so with tears in our eyes we exchanged byebye’s
and off we went…
Still karma to burn …
in a spaced car, nice and tight, seven of us, still wandering over and wondering
about the experience, the people involved, the nice venue, the excellent music,
the overall nice afterglow one has after a night well spent. If there is a party
god, we have pleased him very much. If the other parties worldwide were only
half as good, the dance or goa-community as a whole has made a difference. And
if there’s another Boom! label party, we are so going to be there !
Thanks to all parties involved for a wonderful night, everything was perfect.
