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Packer Student Behind Silent Rave

Flickr photo by David Overholt

British exchange student Jonnie Wesson, an 18 year old spending a year here in Brooklyn Heights attending Packer Collegiate Institute, is the mastermind behind the massive “silent rave” held in Union Square Park Friday night:

New York Times: For 1,000 Solo Dancers: Silent raves are popular in Europe, especially London, where he grew up, Mr. Wesson said. “The basic premise is that a hundred or a thousand or a few thousand people all turn up in a public place, turn on their own headphones and dance.”

He added: “It’s always fantastic and weird to see thousands of people dancing silently. It’s always in a public space, but it’s not meant to cause disruption, but only because it’s the last place you’d expect that sort of thing.”

Flickr photo by David Overholt


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  • Comments

    Comment from thepeachtree
    Time: April 20, 2008, 8:48 pm

    How bizarrely awesome.

    Comment from Chris
    Time: April 20, 2008, 9:28 pm

    ummm….what’s with the music? Isn’t it supposed to be silent??

    Comment from elvisIII
    Time: April 20, 2008, 9:34 pm

    turn the sound off. Then it will be silent.

    Happy 420 everyone!!!!

    Comment from Beavis
    Time: April 20, 2008, 10:22 pm

    Lots of white people.

    Comment from bhbabe
    Time: April 21, 2008, 9:20 am

    Yes, Beavis, his friends are from Packer! duh…

    Comment from Beavis
    Time: April 21, 2008, 9:54 am

    Exactly my point.

    Comment from Billy Reno
    Time: April 21, 2008, 10:23 am

    Come on people! Not ONE Obama sign?!!

    These crazy kids and their wacky Pop Tart flavors!

    Comment from konputer
    Time: April 22, 2008, 11:51 am

    Thanks for using my vid :)
    I was dancing around and stuff, but I think it kinda added the excitement of the event more than just standing by and shooting - which I really didn’t want to do.

    Yes, I added the music that was playing in my headphones!

    But the crowdnoise was also mixed in!

    Comment from clarknt67
    Time: April 23, 2008, 3:28 pm

    some things never change, the exchange students were trouble when I was in High School too.

    Comment from Helena
    Time: May 26, 2008, 1:39 am

    Hey!! that’s me with the black T- shirt!!

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