Mission Accomplished

Hi guys! Here's a little quick review of The Greatest Spice Night. On the night, Wednesday 19 December, around 9.30pm, I've reached the venue (Orange Dance Club) and waited outside the club for 15 minutes. Then my friends came and we have a drink at a mamak stall next to the club. And I was surprised to meet 2 Dendeners, Dylan and CK (both were huge Spice Girls fans) and we chatted and being together the whole night. When the entrance opened, I pay the cover charge and get the Spice Girls t-shirt. Not really satisfied with the colour and design, but I still love it. Then I entered the club and the song '2 Become 1' club mixed was played. I really enjoyed Spice Girls songs played in club mixes. The venue was still empty, I didn't expect the reception of this party was that poor. Only VIPs were at the venue. VIP included EMI executives and press media. Then slowly the people came in but not making the venue full. I'm quite disappointed.

The party starts abit late. The MC came out on stage and gave a little speech about the Greatest Spice Night (album launch party) and then she introduced performances by the drag queens. The drag queens danced and mimed for 'Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)' and 'Stop'. Right after that, a dance/mime competition starts with 2 groups of contestants (drag queens too). This was weird but quite fun.

After all the show was done, it's time for the clubbers. DJ Princess Ann spins the Spice Girls songs and me and my friends was just crazy. We loved the mix for 'Stop' and we really did the Spice Girls routine for this song. Everyone was mesmerized and can't stop looking at us. I wasn't aware of this until my friend told me. If we enters the competition earlier, we could win.. haha... Days before the party, we had planned to do the Spice Girls routine for 'Stop' and rehearsed for it a bit and finally we made it. Mission accomplished! That's the climax of the night (for me). The other mixes played through the night was 'Spice Up Your Life', 'Say You'll Be There' and nevertheless 'Wannabe'. But I was aiming for 'Who Do You Think You Are' cos we did practise the routine a little bit.

Overall, I think the party was not successful. The reasons I can figure out was:
1. It was weekday (Wednesday) and people are not keen to go clubbing.
2. Not much exposure and publicity (It's only on EMI, FunTasty & Axcest website). How about those who don't surf internet?
3. The venue is not very well-known and they don't even put a banner outside the club. I'm lucky that I'd been there once so that I know the location.