Hey to everybody from Vancouver, Richmond, Surrey, Burnaby, Mission, Langley, and everybody else within a couple hours' drive! (Squamish, Chilliwack, Harrison, Whistler, Hope, whatever!)


I'm interested in getting to know all of you. Glowstickers in our area are scarce, but I do know that there are a few of us. So, if you are interested in getting to know other people around here, post! Tell us how you got into the scene, what state you live in, whether you glowstick or glowstring, etc.

BC STICKERS, UNITE!

I was always into trance music since i was young like in elementry school. I got into glowsticking from a friend of mine who showed me his stringing one day then i was like wow thats nuts so i picked it up and found GS.C =]. Im from Vancouver (south east side) and i am a stringer. i cant remember when i picked it up but around Dec 06?

Hey peeps.

I live South Slope Burnaby, close to Boundry Rd.

Ever since i can remember i have always loved glowsticks. The only time i ever got to use them was for halloween. about 3-4 years ago i bought my first set of poi. Tennis balls with keychain hooks, chain, finger straps ($20). I never really tried any moves other then Butter fly, 3-beat weave, chase the sun. Around april my parents went away for about 4 weeks. i saw a couple vids on youtube of what people were doing and i was hooked. I moved the coffee table out of the way, turned to channel 408 on our tv (rave music, no picture) id practice a few wraps for a while, run abck into computer room, watch a video, run back out, practice more.

Still very new to everything, so my knuckels, arms, legs, neck are all tender from wraps.

i am that friend..?
and now this friend of mine got me into GS.C
=]

p.s. - and kessibus, friggen reply to vt_vesace so we can plan that meetup... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif) "

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Wow, school totally put this thread out of my head. Meh, it's grade 10, but still. I don't like it.

Anyway. Vt wanted to have a meetup on sept 29th or something, but it wasn't that good of a day for me, and I think for the people i had in mind for bringing, and it was short anyway.

Lets get your input, would you rather have a meetup outside, or inside? If inside, where? If outside, when? The weather is lousy here in van (as it always is) and I don't fancy glowsticking in the rain. Tried it once, and I never want to do it again =P

Oh, and if any of you guys have friends that glowstick, if they don't want to be on gsc at least have them tag along when we have a meetup. But, ideally, get them on so they can post here too and we can all brainstorm some ideas.


Personally, I got into glowsticking at a friend's New Year's Eve party this year. We were all... in altered states, and one of my friend started to freehand, and well I was all like, ooh cool. I tried to do some freehand stuff, but then I came to glowsticking.com (shit it was lucky that I searched for 'glowsticking' on google!) and I found out about stringing. I was excited about that cause it felt way technical and I wanted the technical challenge as opposed to the creative aspect about freehand. I got into most of my EDM after that.
So I owe it to my buddy, who I think I'll be bringing along to the meetup as well.

I think we should create a new thread on the GVD meetup instead of privately PMing eachother so we can all put our thoughts in. Also, would also allow other random members from around Vancouver to know about the meetup.

exactliliekzomgwtflolz.

Well, I don't know if we need a new thread until we actually have something to go on. We can still discuss it in here. That way people who stumble across this can get it all at once (because we know how bad people are at checking the regional forum often).

i think idealy we would want a meet up inside but i have no clue as to where we coud make it happen. As you said previously the weather in Van isnt the greatest and its getting pretty cold outside.

Right. Just getting active again, but I'm really rusty when it comes to freehand since I've taken a break of about a year.

I'm up for any kind of meetup, as long as it isn't in early December or late April because of exams.

[Edit]
I won't be practicing/start to practice for a week to 2 weeks, mainly because I picked up a the worst finger sprain I ever had from sports when playing goalie in footy/soccer...

Ouch.

Well I think we're pretty open right now. I'm not very hot for sticking in freezing temperatures. There's an event coming up but I don't know if you'd be able to attend due to exams... but yeah, just remember to check back here every once and then. I'll PM you if we come up with anything.

So how did you get into the whole glowsticking/rave/electronic dance music scene?

i dont often go on gsc, 'vt' will keep me posted.. =]

Just posting to request a meetup in spring. Its too damn cold right now and i have an infected toe to be fixed on jan 31, so i dont wana miss any meet up.

Theres a park behind Ilendaily pool just off hastings/willingdon in Burnaby. Its dark and quiet...

I think its a little bit of perfect

spring eh?
indoors eh?

well 'destiny 2008' is the friday during spring break..
'vt' and i plan on attending...
the date for 'destiny' was march 14th... (friday evening)
theres a forum for that event on gsc sumwhere....

destiny is 19+ now so now they're either gonna leave it 19+ or cancel it. if ur 19 then ur good to go but not for the rest of us -.-

So what about Insomnia 08?

I mean, I don't know if I'm going. But. *shrug*

Kes has been bugging me to post in awhile. I got into sticking about... 1 and 1/2 years ago at Apex, I got into it into an amateur level until I looked up the site, looked up Youtube, and then started to fine tune my craft.

However I am strictly freehand, I also enjoy sticking to lots of different music, Rock, Rap, Jazz, anything that flows I'll stick to. I prefer smoother melodies to harder tones.

Also, if we have any meets I'll gladly film it, I'm a Film Student at Art Institute of Burnaby, so i have access to some kick ass gear.

For those going to Dreamnation, I"ll be there with an entire crew and we'll be shotting the entire thing.

wow geez - its nice to see a lot of active members from BC = P

hope you guys can get your meetup going fine! make sure you're including everyone in on the action... and IF ANYTHING - plan WAY ahead - thats the best way to get a successful meetup... it gives people time to get their schedule together and put time aside for it!

good luck guys! = P

so subornsoul, duz that mean ur from bc..?

'make sure you're including everyone in on the action'... arent we...? isnt that why we have this forum..?

nah im not from bc; im saying you're doing a good job so far, no worries = P

im just saying meetups (particularly canadian ones for some reason) are hard to get going with only a few people... just keep up what you're doing and you'll get a great one going! = P

try and get a camera out to post up pics too!!!

It looks like Kuro is gonna take care of that for us =]

Thanks for finally posting! And practice your freehand more. Even though I don't have time for stringing at all lately. *preach preach*