PLAN: Then & Now & What's To Come - March PLAN.E Event Recap

The bellow is a video version of my story. But I encourage you to read on readers.

Last week PLAN put on its third sold out show of the year, Rave the Rainbow. Held on a weekday to appease those who earn their livelihood on the weekends and for those of us who start our weekends early, the March installment went off--but not without a hitch.

Part of PLAN’s mission is to “develop an all encompassing community of artists by bringing them together to create an electric atmosphere.” Community is created through trust, which comes from transparency. And that’s what we’re going to get into right here right now. Excited? You bet your bass you are.

The last event showed how much we’ve grown. DanceSafe hung out and hooped with us. We had two vendors, Fractal Factory gave us cool gadgets and garb to look at (and well buy) and Art by Ayla whose talent I couldn’t fully comprehend no matter how many times I asked her did she really make all of this? The event also brought to light that with that growth comes a need for the pilots and flight attendants to ask some tough questions about who we really are and where we want to go (article to come).

We had new faces and are still enjoying our new spaces with a full line-up of DJs who get better by the beat. The art wall was bigger and as colorful as a rainbow, and the photobooth was a hit as always. Security was bumped up a notch and most of you had the pleasure of coming across the “leprechaun” when you first entered.

The “leprechaun” is actually Luke Stine who’s a big part of security. That glittery wristband you got?--he cut up 190 something of those. Devon Wrue Flores, our resident photographer, raced to PLAN after work to frantically set up while in the midst of a nasty cold. Our videographer after months of saving and research finally got his first camera and was super stoked to capture the event. What I’m getting at is we are all more than meets the eye.

In our culture, which is so controversial and may never truly be defined, we are judged. I have had to hide my Facebook page from professional connections because of this negative connotation of the EDM world. I get asked if I’m going to be half-naked at the next show (damn right I am), if I fist pump non-stop (probably), and if I like it when the bass drops (nope, not at all, that’s the worst part).

And that’s just what I get daily if it comes into conversation but as you know the list goes on. Assumptions of drug use, irresponsibility, promiscuity and partying flood our media about electronic music, kandi, gloving and more. It’s not all bad vibes but I’ll bet my EDC ticket you’ve experienced it too. This is so incredibly ironic because I believe we pride ourselves on cultivating an accepting and loving attitude towards ourselves and others.

With PLAN we have the opportunity to defy these stereotypes through simply being ourselves. PLAN began and thrived on a simple idea: “Our mission is to develop an all encompassing community of artists by bringing them together to create an electric atmosphere.” And as we grow the need to stay true to our core and our hearts is more important than ever.

PLAN gives us a place to truly be ourselves or at least help us accept and in turn find ourselves. When the respect and responsibility part of PLURR is lost, so is a part of PLAN. We are not here to create or foster an environment that meshes with what the media and outsiders already think of us, we are here to create an uplifting, authentic, organic environment based on peace, love, unity, responsibility and respect.

So please join us at our next event, Spring Into the Light April 24th at 8 PM. Which will be a celebration of who we are at our core, and who we can become together.

See you all there sunshines,