{"id":10473,"date":"2021-05-23T15:28:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T19:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/?p=10473"},"modified":"2021-05-24T16:59:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T20:59:57","slug":"concert-report-the-gemini-party-ace-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/?p=10473","title":{"rendered":"Concert Report: The Gemini Party (Ace Cafe)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Wow, what an event! Ace Cafe<\/em> was last night’s home to the annual “Gemini Party”, this year dedicated to the late DJ Chronic (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The event began at 2PM so we missed the first few DJ’s with our 4:30PM arrival. In the main room…..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Efocus (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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At this early hour, just a handful on the dance floor including Elaina and Brooke.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The beginning of a show jammed with Breaks and Bass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Outside, DJ Amygurl (USA) was delivering the same.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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More people out here compared to inside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Up next, OMG, DJ Nakita (USA) formerly of duo Phat Kidz (USA)<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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She drew a crowd!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Breakers gonna break!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking at scrapbooks of DJ Chronic photos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nakita retired from DJ life a few years ago but there was no way she wasn’t going to participate in this Chronic remembrance. She didn’t miss a beat!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Posing with the next DJ outside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another DJ we haven’t seen downtown in awhile, DJ JoeG$ (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Followed quickly by DJ Fonik (USA) playing some Hard Breaks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted at the outside bar: Christine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance floor: Adriana & Anthony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the mezzanine: Cazzy Love the Alien in civilian clothing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance floor: Tracy and friend<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance floor: Aimee and Bob<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Group Photo: Adriana, Elaina, Aimee, Bob, Amanda, Anthony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back inside for DJ Jason Brown (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The weather outside was so awesome that it was difficult to get people to come inside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another great set!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This floor began filling up for the next guy…..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ Jimmy Joslin (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Those looks you get when you hear great music!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lots of Old Skool classics in his mix!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Outside, Timothy Barnard is 21 Paths (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The patio stayed busy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted by the bar: Eric & Delmar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance floor: Elaina, Brooke, Brandy & Kelly <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance floor: Katey, Heather, Melanie and friend.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“My Dog Has Fleas!”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted in the corner: Wade, Candida & Neil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Passing by Ace Cafe<\/em>: Amtrak <\/em>92 Silver Star headed northbound to New York Penn Station, expecting to arrive there about 2 hours late later today. (If you missed the story about my Amtrak <\/em>Auto Train journey from Lorton to Sanford earlier this month which arrived over 19 hours late<\/strong>, click here.<\/a>) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Ace <\/em>patio overlooks the downtown Orlando skyline. That lawn becomes a large dance floor for some upcoming events here at Ace<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on that patio: Matt & Melissa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance floor: Danyel & Elton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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OK, back inside for DJ Andy Hughes (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dance floor activity was picking up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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His set had the crowd bouncing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Andy Hughes is now based in Dallas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back on the patio. If you’re not in Illinois but you see a DJ wearing a Chicago Cubs<\/em> hat, it’s probably…..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ J-Dub (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted: Christina supervising the work.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Next up, in the 9PM time slot…..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DJ JRok (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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JRok is based in New Orleans.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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His set had the booties bouncing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted inside: World Famous Shawn Fenn with his entourage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Everyone inside now to see DJ KJ of K5 (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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His set included a number of songs we used to hear at Mannequins <\/em>on Pleasure Island<\/em>!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Big crowd now inside to hear his set.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On a night where so many remained outside, we likely saw the inside reach its largest crowd for KJ.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Darude (FIN) dance hit “Sandstorm” brought a roar from the crowd.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance floor: DJ Gamma (USA) and DJ Phin (USA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the foyer: Elmo, Brian & Dorsey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance floor: Mandy and DJ Andrez (USA) who had played earlier.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance floor: Guy & Lynn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Day began turning into night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted in VIP: DJ Chang (USA) & Corey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance floor: Natasha & Dawn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted in VIP: DJ Berto (USA) with DJ J-Dub.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted in VIP:<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted outside: MC Collaborator (USA) showing off his cycling skills!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted also showing off: Ashly and Leona<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted in the corner: Rob & Darani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted up in the rafters: DJ Nelly Fre$h (USA) & Joy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted at the inside bar: DJ Rosk (USA) & Leona<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the dance floor: Jim & Janet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted on the mezzanine: Manderz with DJ Evan Gamble Lewis (USA). Photo bomb by DJ Supagroover (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Joined by Bob for this photo! Photo bomb by Bob S.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted inside: Tanyia and Jamie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted outside: Mike with Carl and Dorsey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spotted at the inside bar: DJ Celestial (USA) with Jessica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back outside for a rousing set from DJ Si-Dog (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On this evening with a cool breeze and Orlando’s summer humidity yet to kick-in, the patio stayed packed!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Si-Dog had the dance floor bouncing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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More Mannequins <\/em>hits such as “Smack Your Bitch Up” and “Sweet Harmony”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In case you missed our OEN <\/em>article about the huge upcoming events at Ace<\/em>, check out this link here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Inside, the lasers began flying! Wow!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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For a tag team set from DJ’s Mike Nice (USA) and Sweet Charlie (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mixing old and new stuff to a Break beat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Crowd thinned out a little but was still active.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back outside for DJ Ofay (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Everyone wanting to film his set.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Really crowded outside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Giving the peeps what they came for!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Inside, DJ Security (USA) had taken over.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Part of the famed DJ duo Rob E & Security<\/a> (USA).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And he would go back-to-back with DJ Dave Gluskin (USA) on behalf of Dave’s newer DJ duo with Rob E, Audiotrap (USA). They would close-out the evening inside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A really close friend of DJ Chronic, it was only appropriate that DJ Berto (USA) would close-out the show on the outside stage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We’re grateful to have seen DJ Chronic perform this past February at “Breaks at the Beach”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dance floor stayed busy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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His set brought the crowd into a frenzy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Inside and outside, the entire night was amazing and a good time was had by all.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2013],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-concerts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/DSCN4964-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7OlZE-2IV","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10473"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10594,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10473\/revisions\/10594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orlandoentertainmentnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}