@t7,03@^@t8@f09@cAn opinion of Party 92!


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On  the 4th April 1992,Anarchy,arguably
the  best  demo  group in the UK if not
the world held their first confrence of
the year, and they couldnt  have picked
a  nicer  day  for it,glorious sunshine
followed  us  all  the  way from Bolton
to    our    destination.  The  Royston
Civic  Hall, Royston ,Barnsley,England.
They had sold over 300 tickets and were
expecting  a  big turn out at the door.
I  arrived  at  about ten a.m and there
was  plenty  of  people  already in the
building when we got in.  At this point
Id   better  explain  that  i  am  with
Nightshift TV   who   cover  all  Amiga
confrences  on  video.   I suppose I am
fortunate  to  be  able  to  go  up  to
complete  strangers  and ask them their
views on the party and the UK scene(yuk
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i  hate  that word).  First impressions
on the actual room,well it seemed a bit
small  for  the actual amount of people
expected ,this was confirmed when i was
told  that another part of the building
had  been  opened.   Already groups had
set  up  their machines and were raring
to  go.   The bar opened at 12 and soon
people  started to get into party mood.
Some  of  the  Groups  who attended the
party  were, DIGITAL,NEMESIS,DUAL CREW,
CRYSTAL,ALCHEMY,TSL,GHOST,PHOENIX,ANTHRO
X,ALLIANCE,DIMENSION      X,LSD,PLAGUE,
DIANETIX,UNIQUE,POWERHOUSE,SLIPSTREAM,QU
ARTZ.   So a good turn out of groups as
you can see,but were they satisfied?  I
spoke  to  MFD/SILENTS who seemed to be
enjoying  the  party,the only bad thing
was  because  of  the  two buildings he
@#@t7,03@^couldnt  find people he was looking for
and  couldnt be arsed walking round for
an  hour  looking for them.  MATRIX/LSD
said  that  they  had tried to make the
party  like a foreign party,which didnt
really  work.   Apart  from  these  few
negative  comments  a  vast majority of
the  people  i interviewed thought that
the party was excellent.  And i have to
agree with them really,ok the two rooms
might  have  been  a  problem  to  some
people,but  i  thought  it  was  a good
opportunity  to escape the noise of the
main  room  and to go outside and enjoy
the  sun.  So we had an all day bar for
those  who like to drink all day(not me
as  i  am  of course teetotal) but what
about  the  food  ,well  on  sale  were
various sandwhiches at 1 pound each and
pizza  orders  were  taken  on the day,
other  than  that there was no hot food
available.I  spoke  to  No.5 of Digital
and  asked  for his comments,he replied
@^"That  it  wasnt  a  bad party,but next
time  they would get it right", He felt
that  the  venue  was too small for the
number  of people that had turned up,he
was  also  miffed  about there being no
hot  food available,But apart from that
he thought that most people enjoyed the
day.Well the day was going fine when we
heard   that   somebody  had  stolen  a
printer from the school building,if you
are  that  person  you  are  a  tosser!
Unfortunatly  this  meant  that all the
prize money for all competitions had to
be cancelled,but trophys would still be
awarded.   I  spoke  to  Judge drokk of
Anarchy  and  asked  him  about the the
attendance.   So  with an attendance of
approx  five  hundred  people  this was
infact  the biggest uk party ever held.
At about sixoclock the alternative comp
got   underway,for   the   first  round
contestants had to drink a full pint of
beans  as fast as possible,a few of the
@#@t7,03@^contestants  i  recognised  as  blit of
Phoenix,manx   of   Anthrox,merlin   of
SLIPSTREAM  or whatever you are calling
yourself  these  days.  Anyway the comp
consisted  of  three  heats the winners
then  going  into  the grand final,were
they had to suck or crunch extra strong
mints  and then without warning drink a
full  pint  of  water(not  easy as they
tell  me).   Sadly  we  did not get the
winners  name,but  i  will tell you one
thing  he  had no teeth,maybe thats how
he  won?.   After  the alternative comp
there  was the judging of the demos and
music etc,A tv was put on stage to show
the  various  demos and then after that
the winners were announced.
After  the  results were announced most
people  started  to make their way home
that  was about half past nine,although
some  people  had already left.  To sum
it  up  Anarchys  party  92  had been a
success,a  small survey which we did on
@^the  day  revealed  that  a majority of
people  had  give  7/10 some higher and
just a couple of lower marks,at the end
of  the day its upto the people to make
the   party,and   its   very   easy  to
criticise things like two buildings and
no   hot   food,most  of  these  people
couldnt organize a piss up if they were
given the keys to boddingtons brewery,i
for  one enjoyed the day and would give
it  a  wopping 7/10 too.I would like to
thank  Razorblade/Alliance  for driving
us  there,and  to  all the people i met
for  making  it  a great day.  And dont
forget  folks Party 92 THE VIDEO is now
available   which  contains  interviews
with  the  big  and not so big names in
the  scene,if  you were there then make
sure you order a copy,for details write
to  Mick Dagger, 85 Victory St, Bolton,
Lancashire.  England!

    @t3Dagger of Alliance/Nightshift TV
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