[Dynagroove] Review of Summertime on Feb. 02/My Review

[Ben Annand]

Well I had a nice time in Santa Barbara, though it was a bummer to not be
able to play there.  Everyone involved with Summertime was very professional
and nice, just got a bit of bad luck with the authorities.  Lisa and I got
up to SB about 5 or so Friday night, met up with Brett at his record store,
Choice Cuts, and had dinner with him and his girlfriend.  Then we relaxed
for a while (long week!) and headed to the party around 11 or so.  It got
warmer each day last week, and by Friday night it was it warm and beautiful
out.  The party was nestled into ruins and overlooked the ocean, so you
couldn't beat the conditions.  Well then the bad part with the cops - after
that we were still wired form coffee and red bull and ended up driving to
Solvang for Danish Pancake breakast -mmm!  The next day we spent looking at
the butterflies a park by the ocean where all the butterflies are this time
of year.  So we learned anyway.  All in all a nice weekend, hopefully I can
go to Santa Barbara again sometime soon, I really was looking forward to
playing there...

Ben



----- Original Message -----
From: "Brent De Vries" <tdevries at uci.edu>
To: "Blue_NINE.a" <Blue at ZeroArtRadio.com>
Cc: "Dynagroove" <dynagroove at reelhouse.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 9:25 PM
Subject: RE: [Dynagroove] Review of Summertime on Feb. 02/My Review


> Heya
>
> I was at Summertime too...nice kind review considering the problems they
> were having :-).  I had fun too despite the drama...gawd that location was
> tight!  Up in the mountains, great view, big enough for two areas, not too
> treacherous.  Guess its a popular spot though from what my friends up in
SB
> said, so I wasn't that suprised it got busted.  Didn't get there till like
> 12ish and I guess they had just gotten the sound going again in the first
> area, 2nd area started going then boom cops.  Doh.  I cherished the two
> records I got to hear though,  arg.
>
> Anyway if anyone else was up there I was the dude in the UCI fishermans
hat,
> white and blue sweater, with the weird rune/stone necklace, and a brooding
> friend...say hey if you ran into me...
>
> Best of luck to you SB ravers
>
> Later
>
> Brent
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dynagroove at reelhouse.net
> [mailto:owner-dynagroove at reelhouse.net]On Behalf Of Blue_NINE.a
> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 7:04 PM
> To: Dynagroove
> Subject: [Dynagroove] Review of Summertime on Feb. 02
>
>
> Well first off, let's get something out of the way. Summertime WAS broken
up
> by the Sheriff, without incident.
> And second....This was Natural's FIRST Major Party!
>
> Ok now that that is cleared up..let's get to what's really going on here.
>
> Dave Coe, Chris Lee, Brett Starr, and Shawn Levi put the MOST effort into
an
> outdoor party that I hadn't seen since in a long time.  The Locations was
at
> the beautiful Knapp's Castle, ruins of an old mansion, situated right up
> above overlooking Santa Barbara and the Gold Coast of California.  It took
> 10-15 min. to drive from the Map Point to the Location up in the
mountains.
> Nobody had a hard time finding the location. The 5$ cover charge was well
> worth it.
>
> What I would really like to point out about the night..was the people who
> helped move ALL the Speakers/Bins/Tables. There was a dirt road which lay
> between the parking area and the castle ruins.  With a lot of help we were
> able to get all the gear out to the location in no time. I liked the fact
> that arriving partiers wanted to help out..selflessly.  There were tikki
> torches and trash cans. mad amount of free water (maybe it was 1$).
Everyone
> was feeling good.
>
> the music got off to a start around 10 pm and I was out helping the front
> security to check for wrist bands....so I missed the opening sets. But I
was
> able to catch Shawn Levi's slammin' house set. There were 2 area's of
music
> House and what was going to turn into the Breaks/Drum N Bass room.
>
> Everything was going great for about 1 and 1/2 hours (would have been
longer
> if we didn't have to haul the gear ;) )
> Apparently the officers who busted us were on "typical" patrol of the area
> and noticed we were on private property.
> This "private" is actually close to becoming a state monument.
>
> Everything was shut down and slowly people decided to filter back to thier
> cars...Yeah there were some dissapointed faces, but all in all the VIBE
was
> HUGH even after the music had completly stopped. Most everyone who helped
> bring the gear IN, helped to bring the gear back.
>
> All in All i was impressed by the maturity level of everyone involved.  I
> would also like to thank Full Circle, Natural, and Ben Annand's Team for a
> great time.
>
> I know that this party would have gone off, if it had not been for that
ONE
> little problem.
>
> Blue
>