i'm only just getting over the weekend, i need this coming weekend to catch up on sleep and life! i got back home on monday and went to bed at 5.30pm and slept for over 12 straight hours before having to go back to work, and i've still not caught up

i want to say a huge thanks to ray for everything over the years, he's an incredibly nice guy and has done the most amazing job putting on these events which take considerable amount of time to plan and organise, this one taking nearly 2 years, for it all to last just 3 days. i don't think many people realise the huge amount of time and effort that goes into the dawn experience events, i know myself that i put in months of work preparing things from videos to rebuilding computers to make everything work, and my end part is to show videos and play music. ray had to find and organise venues, bands, PA's, decorations, all sorts of things which take a lot of time and cost. i can completely understand ray's reasons to call it a day, which is a shame for everyone involved, but he wanted to end things on a high, and i can say for certain after all these years, and being at prince parties and events all over the world, that this was the best prince party there ever was, so the goal was acheieved with full honours, and i've been doing prince parties for 20 years and this includes parties in MPLS, so that's high praise indeed

next is a big thanks to everyone who has been involved in putting the parties together over the last few years. i'm really terrible with names, so add online names as well as real names to further complicate things and it really messes with my brain. i can tell you all sorts of completely useless facts about prince that may fascinate some but have no real use, but names i'm lost with. so for that reason i don't really want to begin to remember names as i'll end up missing some important ones out, however alone with ray there have been a few notable people such as mike and chopin and katrina and jeff who played big roles in preparing and organising parts of this and previous parties, and of course the other dj's - le freak, nick, and certainly not least is drezone who adds his own special thing as well as djing and mcing, a real larger than life character

also, there have been a lot of people in the past who helped organise, and attended parties regularly, a few of which were absent at this weekend, you weren't forgotten about, and there were many conversations as to wondering where you were and how you were missed. again i don't like to mention names and then upset someone as i forgot to mention them, but it was a shame nicci star who helped organise the london meetups with chopin wasn't there, and it would have been nice to see some of the other organisers and helpers other the years, and some of the other dawn experience mods

it was good however to see some faces again that i don't see often, and not outside of prince events, such as gav and sam and daf and helen, and savage and katt. it's a shame we all live so far apart as the conversation is first class, or perhaps due to subject matter it should be the opposite... - and of course my mate lodger who has been to many a prince party and gig with me over the years, another incredibly nice guy

another big thank you goes out to all the fans who came from all over the world over the years to the parties, it's incredibly exciting to know people flew from places like MPLS, dallas, washington DC and all over europe such as belgium, spain, switzerland, amsterdamn, germany, sweden, etc etc etc, and to hear feedback that they enjoyed it so much and it was completely worth the trip is so great to hear. i met so many people over the years and each party including this one i meet more people, some of whom i'd been chatting to online in chatrooms and forums over the years, sometimes as far back as the 90s and i meet them over a decade later

i've probably forgotten lots more, but this is a start which i can add to later, but once again, thanks to everyone for coming over the years, thanks to every for helping out over the years, and the biggest thanks in the world to ray for absolutely everything