Past New Years Eve Experiences...

This series examines past New Years Eve experiences. This is the first part of a multi-series of posts of past New Years Eve experiences of certain promoters of Mix Armada. If you are interested in the Mix Armada new years event for 2008/2009, please contact our office at (714) 687-9802 or (877) OC-CLUBS to get tickets to our event at the new Sutra. You can also email us at Ian@mixarmada.com. Back to the stories...

New Years Eve 2001
My name is MIke and I am the co-President of Mix Armada. Back in 2001 I attended Together as One, a house/trance/electronic music rave that featured some great talent including Paul van Dyk, Sasha, Richard Vission, etc. Back then I was a mere senior in High School but had an affinity for great electronic music including those sounds of Mr. Van Dyk. I attended the event, held every year at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, with a former girlfriend and some other friends. The event was ridiculous and the best was the midnight countdown with Paul van Dyk on the turntables. The place was rockin and the sounds were great especially for a young kid still in high school. The party raged all night and with the great sounds pumping through the system on that New Years Eve, no drugs or alcohol were needed to keep me going that night.

New Years Eve 2007
On the New Years Eve of 2007/2008, after adding a few years to my age, I promoted and DJed for the New Years Eve party held at Fury Rok & Roll Lounge in Newport Beach, Orange County, California. Although the place went out of business in 2008, nothing held it back from hosting a raging party on New Years Eve. Tickets sold out for this event early on as did the bottle service reservations. I remember back then flyering cars from Anaheim and Fullerton to Newport Beach and Huntington Beach. We would receive nasty calls from people about our flyers being on their cars after flyering certain apartment complexes in Orange County. But this massive marketing campaign built a buzz about the event and had people calling us until 10:00pm on New Years Eve trying to get some last minute tickets. We had to turn them down after selling out that night but for those who did get tickets and get in, the Mix Armada DJ's (Adjust and myself, Santino) rocked the crowd with house and hip hop beats. The midnight countdown and champagne toast capped a huge night for Mix Armada and for the rest of the crowd in attendance.

2008/2009
This year Mix Armada again will be hosting a raging New Years Eve celebration, the best in Orange County, as we join forces with some of the best promoters in Orange County to bring you the New Sutra. Sutra has been completely remodeled for this event as it features a new house room in a space that formerly was an empty office in the building next door. Also, there will be a special tented off courtyard where people can lounge and mingle. Then on the main stage, Dj Adjust of Mix Armada joins Eric D-Lux from Power 106 FM to spin all your favorite club jams. Join us this year for another extravagant New Years Eve toast and celebration...