Post Rave:
Hello my lovely Silent Ravers! I want to say thank you so bloody much for coming out in HUGE numbers last night to make it such an amazing event! It was better than I could ever have hoped for.

Raveapple was a real highlight and I might include him in coordinating the next event....yes Silent Rave New York WILL RETURN! Probably in early June.
I also made it so you can upload videos here now, so go ahead.

Finally: I fucking love you all, and I fucking love this city.
DANCE IN THE STREETS, NOT IN YOUR ROOM!

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Original Pre-Rave Info:
Ok so thanks to the absolutely overwhelming success of the Silent Rave New York group, the time has come already to set up an ACTUAL EVENT and I actually have to organise this whole thing! So here goes...

This is extremely exciting for me, especially as I'm an exchange student who only moved here from London a few months ago!

See the info on the original page here:
http://hs.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24032096712&ref=mf

The basic premise is thousands of people turn up in a public place, plug in their own ipods, listen to their own music and dance and rave for hours!

The prospect of raving like you really don't care about what other people think, with thousands of fellow dancers, is a bloody brilliant one I think you'll agree!

THE OFFICIAL START TIME TO THE SILENT RAVE IS 6:17PM, NO RAVING BEFORE THIS TIME! IGNORE WHAT THE FACEBOOK TIME SAYS (it doesn't let you put minutes like 17 in.)

I will be underneath the big statue of Washington, and people shoulod congregate on that front area. SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE PARK ONCE THAT GETS TOO FULL, people need room to rave!

There is never an official end time for Silent Raves, its just whenever you're done that it ends. Facebook requires an end time which is why I put one in.

Here's a simple set of instructions to include the questions people have been asking:

- NO THE MUSIC WILL NOT BE SYNCED FOR EVERYONE. The main point of Silent Raves is that people have freedom to listen to whatever they want, plus this way we get people from all backgrounds, and don't lose people who wouldn't like the music we'd play.

- HOWEVER, you are very welcome to coordinate something with your mates/make playlists/set up FM transmitters, but that'll all be via your own efforts. The official Silent Rave stance is people listen to anything they like.

- There will be a huge countdown started by your's truly, please no raving before this time! Then its time to go crazy.

- Please respect the other people dancing around you, and also the park! No-one wants a load of litter and bollocks to clean up afterwards, so just use common sense and don't be a muppet.

- Dress up in whatever you want to, your fellow ravers won't judge you!

- Show people they should be dancing in the streets, not in their rooms!

All in all we want everyone to RAVE and DISCO till your legs fall off or your iPod battery runs out! (Trust me I've gone for over four hours before, those buggers have long battery lives!) and just have a bloody good time because things like this don't come around too often.

As for now, please keep inviting so we can get this huge before the day itself. Oh and pray for good weather.

I hope you all have a wonderful time, and that you come and introduce yourselves because I love meeting fellow ravers! Love you all and see you there...

REMEMBER - 6:17pm is the start time! (It's supposed to be random before you ask)