Apex was a complete success,
In my opinion it was a clear indication that people are still willing to support the many promoters in this city. I was absolutely impressed by the amount of support we received from everyone on form-kaos.com.
My thank-you and shout out list is going to be massive. Everybody pulled together and that’s why apex went as well as it did. Read on.
First off, I’d like to give a massive shout out to Avana & Salim for all their hard work and for believing that Apex could do as well as it did. Without them, Apex would have been a mess and I really think these two deserve a BIG thanks from everyone. Next on my list is Cecilia who worked very hard the weeks prior to Apex and also the night of Apex. She was my right hand woman and without her I would have ended up with a large growth on the side of my head from all the stress we encountered the entire night through. Thank-you Cece, my baby boo, for all your hard work.
My next shout goes out to all of our DJ’s who played awesome sets the entire night through. Everyone I spoke with was utterly happy with your sets and we definitely want to thank you for donating your talent to our stage. That list contains Paavo Sijamaki of Above & Beyond (UK), Montana & Res, Kraig & Adam, Jimboski, Eris, Double Down, Mateo, James Steele, Tazix, Greg C, Lil Stuey, Kyle and his crew, Skrilla, Oliver & Nigel, Sizesmall, Akeel and Mr Sinister.
Big thanks to Masterplan who helped out with the set-up and design of our stage, Lush Plush for the visuals, Jim & Scott the security guys who eventually allowed us to bring in our healthy drinks, Bev & Crew for their awesome ticket-selling abilities, Hirshee, Adam, Monzo, Olivia our sub-in lot attendants, Advanced Nutrients for their support, Jacob our sound guy, Myles for the awesome crew passes, SOMA for keeping an eye on the stage and also setting up our stage, Neil at djconnections, Eris for bringing her turntables, Adam for bringing his turntables, Kaos for his gear and everyone else who helped manage the FNK stage. Also a book full of thank-you’s to Montana & Res (Marty & Adam) for their role in bringing in Above & Beyond and looking after all of his needs whilst he visited Vancouver for the first time. I also can’t forget Monzo for looking after Paavo transportation-wise and Danny T for hosting the club night at Viva for Paavo the night before.
It was also nice to meet all the people I did. Lots of people I had never met came up to me and thanked me for putting up the stages and thanked me for all the hard work I had done on the stage. Lidster and Sixpack, nice meeting ya and putting names to faces.
All in all I’m very happy with the turnout and the ways things went. I learned a lot about outdoor promoting and a lot about managing an outdoor stage. I know what steps I’ll take next time and what steps I’ll avoid. I hope everyone who came realizes the amount of hard work people invested into the show. For a $10 show, Apex turned out to be a complete success.
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