August 09, 2004
Circle Line Party 3
After a false start back in April when the Madrid Bombings occurred CLP3 was postponed 'til the summer. And so... Friday 6th August 2004. The Circle Line Party, or rather the Circle Line Parties happened!
An incredible night: multiple Circle Line Party trains, an impromptu street carnival in Sloane Square, dozens singing Hokey Cokey in Spitalfields, an outdoor live serenade in Whitechapel, and a whole pile of happy people!
19:30 the CLP crew leave the pub in Farringdon and wonder whether the delays on the Circle Line tonight might've been "accidently on purpose" to make arriving at Liverpool St at 19:54 a little tricky...
CLP crew
Apparently not though as a Circle Line train rolls up at Farringdon. We all board and start setting up equipment. Most of us had been pretty wired on excitement and adrenaline and this was it - CLP was on!
As we approached Liverpool St we'd had SMS reports of "quite a lot" of people. The doors opened and the train was instantly flooded with Circle Line Partyers. The second-from-back carriage where I was setting up the sound system was rammed with smiling and cheering faces. Almost immediately a tequila bar materialised and the shots were passed out. You guys are heroes!
Cameras everywhere...
Made-to-measure replacement "ads", marshmallows, bubble machines, chocolates, streamers, light gels, tinsel, whisky, ... all freely shared in the hugely inclusive and frenetic atmosphere.
New friends made, commuters joined in, and the occasional beer spilt...
The lights go out...
It's Friday!
Packed train
More revellers
It was pretty clear the train was ridiculously overloaded and we'd have to stop. Sure enough at Sloane Sq (thirteen stops of party action) the train came to an extended halt. Over a period of about ten minutes de-trained and then people of their own accord left the station (not much else to do except cheer at the confused District Liners who passed right through the station).
"What are all those people doing?"
Party passengers crowding Sloane Sq platform
British Transport Police were out in force, many of them amused by what was happening. I spoke to one officer and apparently the entire BTP was deployed to Sloane Sq. Wow.
BTP in Sloane Square
What happened next was truly a victory for London and the free public party scene: hundreds of passengers gathered in the Sloane Square (Ken would surely approve) and, led by the unstoppable Samba Band, partied for hours later. (The police apparently left after about forty minutes satisfied nothing untoward would happen. The half dozen or so BTP I spoke to were very pleasant indeed. I think secretly some of them wished they were off duty...)
Sloane Square parties
A secret mission to back to Liverpool St and then Spitz Bar in Spitalfields Market was on, via the Circle Line of course. A breakaway crew was gathering at Victoria, west-bound. After a couple of stops we gathered our fledging CLP3 v2 into the back carriage. Big thanks to Manic whose Unofficial Circle Line Party Songsheet provided an entertaining experience (more so than the system I was carrying...).
Preparing CLP v2
Party train!
CLP3 v2 in progress
No interruptions and in seemingly no time we were at Liverpool St. On to Spitz bar the party restarted once again. More singing, sharing stories, photos, a fantastic pink wig doing the rounds, climbing around the market and some epic sing-a-longs including dozens doing the Hokey Cokey.
CLP v3 folks arrive at Spitz
Afterparty at Spitalfields
After an hour or so more revellers showed up. Another CLP had just finished! Toward closing time we headed down Brick Lane to the park and camped up there. Some live singing and plenty of DJing into the night. It was still going at 01:00 when most of the core CLP crew left.
Pole Dance Platform in the park
Huge thanks to everyone who came, enjoyed themselves, invited commuters into the party, brought entertainment, shared goodies, had fun, created the love, showed respect, and had an amazing time!
Posted by CLP at August 9, 2004 06:12 PM | TrackBackwild & wicked :o)
Posted by: satin at August 9, 2004 09:43 PMaww man, we're late to get to liverpool st at the opening so we got to notting hill gate, but when the train arrived there was just broken ballons light coverings posters and silly string left :(
after meeting a few other CLP searches one girl of whom was very drunk and was demanding the CLP from me which was hilarious.
then we moved up to Baker Street ready to go home and party at mine when we spotted another party going in the other direction, i believe that was CLP3 v2. however we were on the wrong platform and had to use the Bakerloo line south to head it off at embankment.
once we got there and waited for a load of district line trains to pass. the circle train that came in was "Not inservice".
Disgruntled by not being able to attend CLP. we drunk on the train home, crashed at a friends then the next day did the same with more ppl and more booze.
Posted by: JoeyKun at August 9, 2004 10:14 PMYeah, I was with Joeykun. We had such terrible luck this weekend generally. Ahh well; Glad you guys had a good time :D
Posted by: MEGAginge at August 9, 2004 10:26 PMHere's a quick video I shot in Sloane Square (3.6MB)
All hail the drummers!
Posted by: Paul Makepeace at August 10, 2004 12:19 AMWell myself, vicky, dan and another Sam started off in the first time next to swing master russ. After beeing ordered off at Sloane Sq we decided to start a party by the fountains ... we were eventually drowned out by the live band (damn them) so we went and joined in.
We then decided it was time to try and start another CLP from Victoria so we did. We were joined by a group of others and kick started what we believe was CLP3 v8 which pulled into Liverpool Street at 10:40. Armed with our trusty tequila and sweets and with the tunes pumping out our blue led sound system we managed to get some OAP's dancing!
Was a brilliant night! Eventually got home at 2pm from the after party after party at the park in whitechapel.
Posted by: Sam at August 10, 2004 02:31 AMa couple of images:
http://chinabone.lth.bclub.org.uk/gallery/Circle-Line-Party-3
and a little vid:
http://chinabone.lth.bclub.org.uk/~saul/docs/media/sloane_sq_mess.avi
this one rocked!
Posted by: boblonskevich at August 10, 2004 02:37 AM
After being stuck in the second train at Victoria, a big crowd of us decided to break the rules and go anticlockwise... glad we got all the way round, and met some great 'commuters'
Thanks to everyone for one of the most fun and friendly nights i've ever had in london - and keep up the poledancing!
xxx
Posted by: Naomi at August 11, 2004 02:39 PMAwsome party dudes! worked out very well indeed, i especially liked the incidental sloane square party, i've often thought that place needs some life injected into it!
hope your all coming to damp assassins on saturday: http://www.dampassassins.net
Posted by: Ray at August 11, 2004 02:43 PMThere are a few videos I caught on my phone at sloane square at www.declan.is-a-geek.com/phone/sloane/ they capture the atmosphere pretty well.
Thanks again guys, top night.
Dec.
Posted by: Declan at August 12, 2004 11:55 AMWow! This was my first Circle Line Party and to be frank I want more! I had been told of the magic of CLP but I didn't believe them until I was drinking bacardi and diet coke out of a commuters lap and eating penny sweets. Big Up to the cider provider who furnished me with some (by then) tepid scrumpy (ooooooo arrrrrrrrr!). Even now I thought that CLP was more vibe than magic until when we were prematurely evacuated at Sloane square ('the next person to let off a party popper is getting arrested' - anonymous member of the BTP)I was looking for the nearest taxi when who should I meet but one of my personal heroes Former Arsenal and England Captain Tony Adams!!! I'm not sure he was part of CLP but he was watching you all from afar with tears in his eyes.
Vive la CLP!!!
The A Train
Posted by: The A Train at August 13, 2004 09:25 AMThe CLP absolutely rocked!!!! My friends and I crossed to the opposite platform at sloane square to really take in the full picture of the platform party. And needless to say, we were pleased with what we saw!
NOW WHEN IS THE NEXT ONE?
Posted by: Tori at August 13, 2004 10:27 AMWhat a party! The best ever! I have a few good pics here!
http://www.emirattig.com/gallery/CircleLineParty
Excellent!!! the vibe was great!
Posted by: Duncan at August 17, 2004 10:20 PMWicked party! Let's have the next one in the winter so it's not so hot underground!
Posted by: Kate at August 18, 2004 12:13 AMThat was the best party i have ever been to. My friend karin and I were in the thick of CLP2 spazzing out to the hokey cokey. So many memories: 'kitten' in his sailors jacket, podium man who we proclaimed to be the leader, purple wig man who was so into singing.......and thanks to the boy who suggested running into a fence would be fun for us. it was, and i still bear the bruises. please do another one soon.....lots of our friends want to come, it was so great to go to something in london where everybody spoke to each other, and everyone was so friendly. more, more, more what about a christmas one. we could all dress up as trees, and parcels, and baubles. hi karin you internet addict
Posted by: Jacqueline at August 18, 2004 04:12 PMWow I had heard of the CLP before but never knew anything about it. I have just been reading this site and looking at the pictures and downloadin the video's and I so wanna go!
We are definitely gonna go to the next one!!
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