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Friday June 22, 2007
Join the Bitchslap family on the Friday of Pride for 2 very important Pride shows all rolled into one big night
PRIDE CENTRAL STAGE FRIDAY NIGHT
Location: Church St & Maitland (beside Ogrady's)
Join the Bitchslap/Footwork team as we host Pride Central Stage Friday night starting at 9pm-12am.
Line-up for the stage
HONEY DIJON 10-12am
Deko-ze 9pm-10pm
Hosted By: Sydney Blu, Chris Schroer, The Footwork Family, Steve Ireson, Jennstar, Shanna Kelly, & Miss Raquel
THEN THE MAIN EVENT...
FOR REDUCED LIST PLEASE EMAIL guestlist@sydneyblu.com
LIST ENDS AT 12AM
BITCHSLAP! DOMESTICATED
Never Mind the Mainstream at Footwork, Friday, June 22nd.
TORONTO -- Friday, June 22nd, Bitchslap! returns to Footwork with: Domesticated: The Pride Edition.
After two years of incredible ass-slapping shows this 7th installment in the special event series will be the very
first Pride Edition. Join the entire Bitchslap! crew in celebrating the first night of Pride weekend ‘07 with
Bitchslap! resident DJs Sydney Blu and TK, and featuring the return of NYC diva, Honey Dijon!
Honey Dijon burst onto the New York underground scene in 1997 and has since been tearing up dancefloors
around the world. A native of the "Windy City", Chicago, Honey was first inspired by the legendary house
sounds of Ron Hardy, Derrick Carter (her sister's best friend's ex-boyfriend), Mark Farina and Frankie
Knuckles. Upon relocating to NYC in the mid-90s, Honey became friends with the legendary Danny Tenaglia,
who urged her to get behind the decks. She got a gig at a small club on the Lower East Side playing Chicago style
chunky beats--and the rest is history. Miss Honey spins house music with a distinct Chicago sound with
inflections of the deep New York underground and draws from a wide repertoire of musical styles: from old
school to disco, tribal, funk, soul and R&B. [ www.dijonmusic.com ]
Sydney Blu is Canada's foremost female DJ and a co-creator of Bitchslap!. She performs regularly all over
North America and Mexico. With production partner Fabio Palermo, she has remixed for numerous labels
including Hibias Records, PBR Recordings, Robeter Productions, COF Music, and Rawthentic Music to name
a few. She has also collaborated on signature bootleg remixes and a number of original tracks (also co-written
by Toronto vocalist Mandy J and lined up for international release). In 2007 she will release her highly
anticipated full length artist album on Hibias Records, with a North American tour to follow.
[ www.sydneyblu.com ]
DJTK, a long-time favourite of Toronto's gay community (both Fab Magazine and Xtra! Magazine’s readership
voted her one of their favourite local DJs in 2005), has become a fixture in the city’s afterhours scene, with residencies
at both Footwork and The Comfort Zone (the city's longest running afterhours club). An accomplished film music
producer, 2006 saw TK producing original music for documentary films: "The Metroscope" (a project of the National
Film Board), and the animated feature, “MySelf, My Message." As well, she began turning her attention towards
EDM (electronic dance music) production. With countless shady remixes and original beats being turned out to
clubbers' delight, TK looks forward to something official coming along soon. She is also a regular contributor to
Scenester Magazine. [ www.djtk.net ]
Bitchslap! is a special underground dance event series in Toronto for forward thinking music lovers. Now in its
third year, Bitchslap! has blossomed into a fabulous city-wide event series.
Bitchslap! hosts Christian Shore, Steve Ireson, Shanna Kelly, Jennstar & Miss Raquel will be joining the
Domestic Fridays' hosts: Club Stan & Lyle.
Bitchslap! Never Mind the Mainstream.
Friday June 22nd, 2007
Footwork Bar & Afterhours [http://www.footworkbar.com]
425 Adelaide St. West Toronto
Doors: 10 PM – 5:00 AM
Cover: $30 all night
Guest list/reduced: contact your Bitchslap! host
Web: www.myspace.com/nevermindthemainstream |
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