So the final DECADE event, our 2-Year Anniversary, took place on Friday, March 9, 2007. We had a good turnout as friends and family helped us end our little nightclub in style with a great party. There was free Champagne at midnight and Candy and Skip blew out two candles on a beautiful DECADE cake that was shared with everyone. A good time was had by all as people danced and sang along to "Guilty Pleasure" favorites and a mix of our favorite themes. The final song was "Last Dance" by Donna Summer, and we all said our tearful good-byes. Who knows, maybe someday we’ll start DECADE up again!

Pictures from the final party are posted. If anyone else has photos, please post them too.

And now a few words from Candy:

"DECADE was a fantastic experience for me. I had never produced a nightclub event and the thought of it seemed unreal. Coming up with an idea for a new club was probably one of the most entertaining parts of the process. Skip and I had some pretty outrageous concepts, but after much consideration, decided on the details for DECADE. Skip brought great experience to the process and made the learning curve for me pretty painless. An unexpected and added bonus was learning to DJ from Skip.

I think the thing I enjoyed most about DECADE was getting to know so many wonderful people. I feel like my circle of friends has increased ten fold. DECADE was always a labor of love and we wanted to expose amazing DJs and provide a social oasis for our friends. Most of all, we wanted to have fun.

I thank everyone who was involved with DECADE. From the DJs to the regulars, the bartenders, club owners, friends and family; you made it fun and you made it DECADE. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of your amazing support."

And from Skip:

"Candy and I had talked about doing a club together for quite a while. Candy had been an invaluable help to me behind the scenes at New Wave City for four years, so she knew what it took to run a club. Finally we approached the owner of the Cherry Bar with this odd little concept we had come up with for a club called, DECADE.

It was always fun trying to come up with a new and interesting theme for each event. One night Candy and I sat at the bar at Strangelove and wrote down every theme idea we could come up with on a cocktail napkin. I pinned that napkin to my bulletin board and we used almost every idea on it. We only repeated a theme once when we did three "Guilty Pleasure" nights in-a-row because they were so much fun!

We loved being at Catalyst Cocktails and hope all of you will continue to support and attend events at the bar. We were so comfortable there that eventually DECADE felt like we were having a party with all of our friends in our home.

Most of all, I enjoyed the opportunity to work with Candy. She was a pleasure from beginning to end. Candy never got the credit she deserved because people would assume because of my success at NWC, that I was calling all the shots. We were, in fact, an equal partnership and at least half of the credit for keeping DECADE going for two year should go to her. And it was also extremely rewarding for me to watch as Candy progressed so rapidly into the excellent DJ that she is today."


Candy & Skip would like to thank everyone who helped make DECADE possible:
Mariah at Cherry Bar, Matt, Joanna, Jenner and Will at Catalyst, John Oyler, Tomas & Sandra, Kate, Danny, Mary, Cam & Jess, Tony, Paul & Patricia, Ryann & Gehan, Tim & Dan, David & Lynn, John, Dan, Dina, Frank, & everyone else who ever attended.

Special thanks to all the DJ’s (in order of appearance): Moonshine, Donimo, Adrian & Mysterious D, The Melting Girl, Brian Raffi, Low-Life, Andy T, John, Omar, Glimmercat, Tomas Diablo, Matt Hite, Jenny, Femme Mystique, Some Stranger, Miz Margo, Verablue, Potential, Fact 50, and Tesla Boy.