Alright peeps.
Ill let someone do a more detailed review in the replies to this, cos I'm a bit tired at the mo. But for now heres a summary of the NYE event.
Got to Courtney's at about 9.45pm.
Bit af a q for the bar, got a few drinks, went and said hello to the crew.
Quite a few more OSA peeps than I expected, which was cool.
Said hello to the usual crew, FANTASTIC to see (sorry if I forget n e one here) in no particular order, butty, pixie
, recca, rick, claire, joker (nice to speak to ya this time) , rich, tonksi, various peeps other halves and so on...
(usuall chat with Rich about where am I gonna get a copy of LAN from, and we set the world to rights about how top Italian tunes were, as always, heheh)
The tunes were pumping all night, only heard a couple of tunes I wasnt too keen on, generally all tunes were good solid classics, with driving piano. Would be nice to hear a few more of the underground tunes that dont get played much, but the stuff that got played was great anyway.
Cheers for ROL - Touch Me, Trix Mix - Party People, bla, blah, blah.
All the sets were great, I'm not picking a fave dj out of Recca, Rick or Butty (sorry if there were other dj's I aint mentioned) cos I cant, they were all good. All sets were suitably varied, Nu Skool and Old Skool, some larger 1995 piano choons, in a Pianoman stylie, with classic 89-92 choons. Cannee argue
Courtneys is a big pub, with a central bar, and room to dancearound the DJ box and aroung half of the bar.
Theres an upstairs, good for chillin, (an a little bit of 'illin)
Big place, but packed out. (Hope you cleared up guys, moneywise that is)
No fights I saw, everyone seemed friendly, even the bouncers, though that was probably due to their compulsory tipping sceme, with thier buckets on the way in, lol.
RANT---------------
Only 1 complaint. Not enough Bar Staff. Missed maybe an hours dancin or chattin tine, stuck at the bar. (20 minutes a time). 3rd time, I ended up losing my temper, and shouting at the bar staff, (and I dont think they were to impressed) I wouldnt mind, except they were serving other people instead of us, it was like we were invisible. It spoiled things in a way cos you were in a naff mood when you got back to your seat / dancing area. (mind you it was to be expected on NYE ,s'pose) The solution, I have determined, is to grow Breasts!
I guess the real losers are the management, they would have sold thousands of pounds worth more of booze, if they would have hired 3 more bar staff.
RANT OVER-------
Overall had a great night, but it just seemed a bit short cos of all the queing.
So in conclusion, top peeps, top choons, and packed.
N E way well done Butty, success
Dave
