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Opting to go for the for the full Lunacy experience of three days, we arrived early on the Friday night
ready to make this one hell of a weekend. This up for it crowd was taking the user friendly approach of
an all singing all dancing bus.
The rampant debauchery of the intimate bus trip was carried over tenfold in the weekend that was...
After a hard day on the Saturday, involving way too much Skiing, too little sleep, Jaigermeister and even
the police, any ordinary ski bunny might be prepared to put their tails between their legs and go to bed,
but the Lunacy crew were ready to get the party started.
Lunacy Re-visited, I’d heard fab reviews from my girlfriend about last year’s event at The LJ, but nothing
could prepare me for the latest incarnation with new venue, great DJs, cheap drinks, cute barmaids and free
fruit. After an early arrival at Banjo’s we took refuge in the front bar awaiting the arrival of the general
throng. We may have missed most of the first set, but settled down to the always entertaining Mike McGrath
in the large main room.
The lighting setup was top notch, (brought to us by Morph and Spook) dowsing the dance floor in a sea of
colour and video imagery, while leaving plenty of dark areas to congregate and check out the girls behind the
bar. ;)
The cheap drinks had left the crowd well lubricated and ready to put on their boogie shoes. Just in time to
savour the crowd’s growing enthusiasm, the Jackal stepped up to the plate and hit one for six. His dark and
dirty Mash’n set was one of the best that I have heard in a long time and the crowd lapped it up!
Sweaty, stunned, and looking for a change of pace, we moseyed on down to the Cocktail bar, looking for a
taste of what AJ had to offer. Having seen his work at events like Tangerine we were looking forward to a
seriously groovy house set. Laid back and funky beats were de-rigueur, but a look at our little posse
suggested we had a few live wires amongst us eager to return upstairs to the main arena.
We were surprised and delighted to find a Massive funky house set with Mark Dynamix, accompanied by the
tribal beats of percussionist Rob Morrish. A frenzied dance floor seemed to suggest this party would go on
forever and the after party ensured it did. Stretching well into Sunday afternoon the after party at the
Snowy Valley Resort, well and truly went off!
With a perfect venue that encompassed a) a bar that didn’t shut till 1pm, b) an outdoor spa – chilly but
interesting c) an indoor pool d) awesome DJs e) confused breakfast goers and finally the hardest partying
crowd I have ever met, this was the stuff that keeps you coming back for more.
With about four hours sleep collected over the whole weekend, legs and calves that ached like I had run two
marathons, the journey home was a far more sedate affair… I cannot wait till next year. C’MON!!!
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