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READER COMMENTARY: Remember Pachanga's rich heritage
Letters to the Editor | 3/31/09
Posted online at 6:48 PM EST on 3/30/09
/ Last updated at 4:40 AM EST on 3/30/09
In response to your article "The legend of Pachanga" (March 24 issue): It's very nice to see that the International Club and Pachanga are still going strong, but there appears to be a disconnect with the heritage of the event.
It didn't start in 2001; I attended my first Pachanga as a first-year in 1999, and the party had already been going on for a couple of years. I was president of the I-Club from 2002 to 2003, and we already played music from around the world, such as Latin, Arabic, Greek, Euro techno, hip hop and other styles.
We had very good DJs (DJ Endri T and DJ IA, original Pachanga DJs who made the party-as you said-a "legend"). They also happened to be Brandeis students who were incredible DJs, so there was no need to look for outside talent.
Finally, we were already preselling Pachanga tickets ahead of time back in 2002. Presale tickets were sold at a discount and provided a separate VIP entrance that took partygoers straight to the metal detectors, so they wouldn't have to wait in line with the people who decided to buy tickets last minute at the door.
I appreciate the challenges the current club leaders face in maintaining the party a success but feel this article did not do justice (no pun intended) to the old leaders of the I-Club who created the event and took it from a house/suite party all the way to Levin Ballroom in just a couple of years.
-Gustavo Giske '03
It didn't start in 2001; I attended my first Pachanga as a first-year in 1999, and the party had already been going on for a couple of years. I was president of the I-Club from 2002 to 2003, and we already played music from around the world, such as Latin, Arabic, Greek, Euro techno, hip hop and other styles.
We had very good DJs (DJ Endri T and DJ IA, original Pachanga DJs who made the party-as you said-a "legend"). They also happened to be Brandeis students who were incredible DJs, so there was no need to look for outside talent.
Finally, we were already preselling Pachanga tickets ahead of time back in 2002. Presale tickets were sold at a discount and provided a separate VIP entrance that took partygoers straight to the metal detectors, so they wouldn't have to wait in line with the people who decided to buy tickets last minute at the door.
I appreciate the challenges the current club leaders face in maintaining the party a success but feel this article did not do justice (no pun intended) to the old leaders of the I-Club who created the event and took it from a house/suite party all the way to Levin Ballroom in just a couple of years.
-Gustavo Giske '03
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