Caladan IX - "Bringin' It Home"
July 7, 2007

The Story:

Once upon a time about eight years ago, there was this party called Dune and ... no, wait! You've heard this story a thousand times. This year though, our story takes a different turn.

Caladan has happened for the past eight years. We're on our ninth one - in the history of the desert and renegade party crews, that's an eternity. We've outlasted alot of our brethren, we've seen new crews
come and grow. We've seen older crews keep going strong and others
slowly fade away. We've been busted by the man. We've lost
partners-in-crime. We've been around a long ass time.

The first Caladan happened at a special time in most of our lives. We
were new to the scene, new to partying. Many of us had never thrown a
party before. Some of us were old and jaded. It took all kinds of
people to make Caladan I happen. We met many new friends, bonded with old ones in different ways, it was a truly pivotal experience in many of our lives and has had a huge impact on the almost decade of time that has passed since it first began.

And it is exactly when a decade has passed that Caladan will be no more. You heard correctly - after Caladan X, we're done. SR will still throw other events and make the occasional trek to the desert, but as far as Caladan goes, ten will be the last. We've decided that if Caladan is ever going to end, it's going to end on our terms.

There's a certain burden that gets lifted from your shoulders when you
take fate into your own hands. Caladan isn't going to slowly fade away
like other events. Caladan isn't going to just abruptly end one year.
We *know* when the end is coming and we're planning for it. These next two Caladan's we are going to literally blow the roof off of the desert and launch the sun into the sky!

We need all of your help to make it happen - to help us write the last
two chapters in a bad-ass book and to end things the only way we know
how. This will mark not only the end of one phase of our lives, but the
beginning of an entirely new one. Seasons change.

Come join us in the desert and help us do this right. We're teaming up
with Ninjaskillz once again and visiting an old location that has fond
memories for many of you. We are going to do this proper.

Lineup:

Doc (SR) vs. Rhines (Ninjaskillz)
Chip (SR) vs. JP (Ninjaskillz)
Dustin (SR) vs. Mark Zabala (Ninjaskillz)
Giant Octamarc (SR) vs. Saynt (Ninjaskillz)
Nattie (SR) vs. phildog (Ninjaskillz)
Scribe (SR) vs. Guardian (Ninjaskillz)

Things to Know:

- There will be a donation box in front of the dj booth. SR has such a
bad habit of having such an awesome time at these events that we forget to collect donations - so we're asking for your help.

- We are using a previous location from long, long ago. Some of you
have very fond memories of this place. Time to make even fonder ones.

- There will be a booty juice bar manned by Chip. You bring the booze
and he will bring the booty. Our booty juice bar is funded by alcoholic
beverage donations - so help us by donating a bottle or case.

- We need shade structures. We'd like to enjoy our time in this
location and not leave at the first sight of sunlight, so if you have
'em, bring em. You can help us by replying to this message and letting
us know if you have a shade structure that you'd like to bring.

* Stay tuned for more information. Final directions will be sent out to
the SR Event List. If you're not subscribed or were forwarded this
email, contact sumbry aht sumbry (dot) com and ask to be subbed to the SR Events list.

- SR

When it rains, it it rains! So save these dates!!!

Caladan IX - Saturday, July 7, 2007 (in the desert) WaxDj.com
Invitational - Saturday, July 14, 2007 (at the Vanguard)

Both of these parties, while in completely different settings, will prove to be lots of fun. The final lineups will come down next week, when we'll get a proper BSP out for everything but it's summertime, it's time to have a good ass time, so I expect you all to be there!

The settings of each event couldn't be more different, but they just reflect the ever-changing nature of where we've been and what we still have left to do!

And a couple of reminders:
- Create an account at http://thestormriders.com if you haven't already
- If you have photos, let me know so we can give you access to put them up on the SR gallery
- If you're a Dj and don't have your mixes up at http://waxdj.com, I'm gonna smack you
- If you're bored at work and need some tunes to listen to, visit http://waxdj.com

Love Doc