Tidy Weekender 20 - where do I start? It's been fantastic journey since we started the Weekenders back in April 2002, they have become one of the most successful and longest running dance events in the UK, a project we never dreamt that would be loved by so many. The Hardhouse scene and particularly the cult of Tidy have created a clubbing generation like no other, it really is one big happy family that not only love the music but love the party and the social gathering. I now always compare our scene very closely to the Northern Soul scene of the late 60s / early 70s, an underground cult of like minded people who all share a common interest of living for the weekend with their chosen family, with a real passion for music, dressing up, and of course getting high on either the atmosphere or a substance of their choice. (or both). The Tidy Weekenders have brought 1000s of people together and created some wonderful memories, people from all over the world have descended on these very retro 1960s holiday camps and had the time of their lives. Many of us have met many new friends at these events, some have met their future wives or husbands here and even conceived their children here. The Tidy Weekenders not only bring Clubbers together they also bring all of us to one loveable level, DJs mingle and interact with everyone, there is no superior "them and us" mode you find at other large events, it's one big happy family. When I return home from the first weekender I cried with a mixture of emotion and excitement, I knew from the start it was to be a magical journey, I knew we had something special. The Weekenders were more than just a club event, they had a magic that could never be beaten. Some people may think we put these events on to make ourselves rich or to line our pockets, if they only knew, yes back in its peak the events did make a healthy profit, but as club life and going out to events is nil as popular as it was in 2005 things have changed. As many professional promoters know it's still tough out there and to put a big event on like a weekender is high risk and you don't get much change out of 240K to put an event if this scale on, a few years a go we lost £62K on a weekender and we could have stopped then, However we battled through and continued to make back the money and pay off our debts. There are easier ways to make money than putting on a weekender, it's stressful, you need a great team behind you and it's high risk with a fine line between profit and loss So I would like to thank that team that made tidy 20 weekender happen, they are a special bunch who didn't get paid much, they worked their tits off and without their passion and dedication we could not have achieved such an amazing event. Now it's all over I wonder what will happen next, with no more Tidy weekenders the door is open for someone else to maybe take over, if they are willing to risk everything then the rewards can be fantastic, I don't mean financially but I do mean with the knowing fact you can make 1000s of people happy. Thank you to ever person who came to all our weekenders, you made it happen, you made them special.
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