Deck the halls
Tim Durkin

My, oh my has dance music become popular here at Laurier. We have DJ Joel Lynne spinning the platters at the Turret, we've had Roots Jam nights down in Wilf's and now we've got a whole new ball of wax with, the Joy of Decks presented by the Laurier Cultural Rhythm Unit, or CRU.
Gone and forgotten will be the electronic drone of BKSand Whigfield. Here, to blow your headphones, is true house, techno and jungle at Wilf's.
Says Andrew White, president of CRU and promoter of Joy of Decks, "We (in the club) like this music, and we feel it's about time people who share our views to have something that caters to them. We also want to expose people who might be intimitated by Raves to the culture in a familiar setting."
While the event is happening at the tried and true Wilf's the atmosphere will be radically different. White believes that the time is right for a night like this. "The first time that this style of music has really been represented here at Laurier. Aside from the occasional house or jungle remix that makes it into the mainstream, Laurier students by and large just don't here underground dance on campus."
While the Rave scene has crept into the mainstream in pop forms there is a true culture behind the movement. Asked if he though this night would start any sort of Cultural Revolution, White thought that there might be at least an enlightening. "We want to show people that this stuff does have value as music as well something to dance to."
All the DJ's are well-known area names, including deeno, pingu, trinity's child, d-primitive, slim pikkenz and adm. The DJ's are all donating their time in the spirit of the night. Wilf's will be charging the usual one-dollar cover.
CRU is offering an alternative to the everyday. Certainly it won't appeal to everyone but the CRU us hoping that people will test the waters. Mike Ching, social coordinator for CRU, believes that this Joy Of Decks "will serve as a litmus test for potential events of the same nature."
Like the poster says, the affair begins January 15th @ Wilf's.