Since the March of the Misfit Toys event listing was deleted from PR, I'm going to post review photos here as well. This is a copypaste from my journal entry, excluding the last bit. This focuses on the main parties+ a small one that sprouted from both of them.
"For every subway car you have partied on, for every flag you have captured, for every bubble you have blown and for every pillow you have fought with, Newmindspace invites you to celebrate the year 2006 with a massive party in Union Station."
Jingle Bell Rock was great. Not only was it a bizzare thing to watch (an entire group of people rocking out silently) but it was a great thing to be a part of. Different people from all walks of life showed up, geared up, and danced, waltzed, headbanged, pop/locked et cetera to their own person music players. Though it was in a very public area (as usual), the group was nondisruptive, and security was more-or less fine with the lot of us being there. There were people dressed up in formal wear, rave wear, even in gift wrap! Though there were less people than the anticipated turnout (still a lot, considering) a fab time was had by all.
After much fancy footwork, and dubious glances from security, the party dissipitated and Uberave+Rothko took over.
People were quietly instructed to follow the group out of the main area and over to the skywalk, where on signal, the jams were pumped up.. Security was on our asses at once, but could do nothing besides escort us out of the skywalk. Of course, this was going to take some time, so the party continued uninterrupted, and with much enthusiasm.
The party continued, and security returned indoors. Several different songs were played (Including Blur's famous "Song #2", which sparked a singalong--ur, a "Whoo-Hoo!-along) until the preferred tunes was finally decided upon: Shane Saiyan's "In Da Club" set. Yay HHC! 
The crowd would push forward past the CN Tower, past the Rogers Center (where a rousing rendition of "O Canada" was spontaneously sung) and continued onwards until the time neared 11:00pm, where we all gathered in the lot behind a condominium and partied for about 5 minutes, before the music came to a stop. The party may have seemed to end abruptly, but noise pollution + complaint laws come into heavy effect after 11pm, so stopping before then was a very strategic move.
After the two parties, the remaining small group of people, including myself, had a mini-streetcar party, blasting psytrance and drum n' bass until we ended up going our seperate ways or congregating together in a house party. Kudos to all who helped make this happen, and to those who joined in the festivities.
See my whole photoset here on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/jammcat...8432/
Video footage will be up soon.
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