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DId a free gig for a holoween party for mentaly disabled kids. It was a blast and they loved ever minute of it. They live in supervised homes and have to take special classes at school, so they really let loose at the chance to party like "normal people".So I say unto you......skip your raer disco boggie night and get out there and donate your talent and time to a better cause!!!!!!!!!!!One of the girls had her little brother (12 and no disability) there and he was hanging by me the whole time playing 100 questions about being a DJ. He kept asking for Soljah boy and 'money in the bank'. He specifically asked if I would play 'money in the bank' and let him grab the mic and say "yo,yo,yo here's your favorite song!". He also wanted to know what party I had just come from and what parties I was goinn to DJ the rest of the night. Yes, son it's just one big party for me. AHHHH kids!
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We should be doing more of this type of stuff for the community.
I recommend everyone do something like this at least once in their lives..
for real? that's def!
There are so many groups out there helping people it shouldn't be too hard to find one that can use you. Makes up for the bad wedding gig blues!!!!
[sarcasm]So, uh, I guess teaching them how to graf was out of the picture? [/sarcasm]
"it sounds like farting" (with a screwed up face to a squelchy bassline)
"mmmm it's good, but she should be wearing gumboots" (to a painting of a ballerina)
In high school I used to supervise a couple of Downes Syndrome guys (one of whom was a childhood friends older brother - how I got into it) making pizza boxes. They loved getting to work and getting paid, and (apart from occasional anger outbursts) were really cool guys.
Absolutely.
I would love to do something like this. Not only is it good for the kids, but it sounds like a lot of fun.
I tried to set up something for The Boys Club where I would show the basics of DJing and beatmaking, but it fell through. I went there for years when I was a yoot (latchkey kids holler) and I would have been geeking seeing someone do even the most basic shit. I should give the recreations dude a call.
If anyone has any ideas about volunteering and how to go about it, plaese to post here
awesome
Sa-Ra, right?
All jokes aside, this is awesome. You get props over here.