Soundwave Festival 2009 Hoya Hoya Boat Party

Below is a small extract from my experience of the Soundwave festival last July...


Petercane (Pet-er-chan) Sunday 8pm the 19th July 2009

“We arrived at the dock way early as we had foolishly forgotten to buy tickets and were hoping that we could squeeze on if we smiled really nicely. It was the last boat party of the festival and everyone was going on about how amazing they were, including the two girls we just met who were having a wee in the sea and gleefully telling us about how incredible the Trojan boat was that just came back into harbour.

After some anxious moments seeing everyone get on before us to see if there was any room left, we jammily got on the boat and set sail at about 8 o'clock. This was perfect timing as the Croatian sun was soon to bun into the sunset over the Adriatic Sea.  As soon as we stepped aboard the boat, the good mood swam through everyone. The late sun goldening the outreaching smiles on everyone's faces and immortalising the moment forever in a sweet vision. That night, me and my bezzie party buddy Gemma knew we wanted to get drrrrrunk! not because we needed to at all (the experiences of Soundwave festival are out of this world you can experience whole new levels without even touching a drop of alcohol or pointless pills n shit) But we were feeling the sunshine holiday vibes and were happy to allow the endorphins and senses to flow freely. However, as some fellow boat party go'ers may remember, the drinks operation could've worked more smoothly. We spent a good hour que dancing round the boat to Jonny Dub's set, but we soon got over it and two doubles of milky tasting vodka later we were back! Under the awning, on the main deck, I was getting my whole, sincerely yours, dub and skank on to Ryan's (Illum Spheres) super sick set! My heart was high and happiness couldn't be shook. After some intense holiday vibe dancing, I soon attracted the attention of some new era cap guy behind me, I had no interest in him but enjoyed the dancing all the same- after all he was the drinks pushing in guy, and I'm not down with that. Above all though, music and dancing completely united the 60+ revellers on that special evening. Everybody's faces were so warm and delighted, I felt as though I could've exploded with happiness that night! Chunky was on top form and got the crowd wired and all on one level with “INCOMING!!!” at this point everybody ducked, and covered their heads with their hands makin a “woaaaahhhhh” sound- despite the jam packed deck/dancefloor. “Hoya Ahoy!” (nice one Danny Drive Thru) and “Boat party, boat party boat!” also worked up the party collective. When the boat party came to an end, a blissful four hours later, Manchester pride filled the boat...”

“OH MANCHESTER, OH MANCHESTER, OH MANCHESTER IS WONDERFULLLLL...”

see you there ;)