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Another of the other main reasons why in-ter-dance is still respected and so revered was the wide range of promotional material it supplied. Right from it's infancy, the team at in-ter-dance were on top of the issue as they produced everything from audio tapes to stickers to Jackets to t-shirts and most famously it's flyers.

 

 

 

Mostly designed by Tony Ladd at Vivid Visual Communications and printed [ in monthly batches to save costs and handed out in monthly plastic pouches to save time ] by Power Leaflets, in-ter-dance's flyers are fastly becoming the staple diet on ravers bedroom walls as the organisers eventually produce a flyer for every party they host. In-ter-dance's flyers would take on everyday household items and satarised them in such a way that it would make them more appealing to ravers nationwide. Absolutely nothing is sacred as the designers picks holes in Swan Vestas, Happy Shopper, Jacob's Crackers, Guinness Stout and most noteably Holsten Pils. The depictions on the flyers proved to be so popular that in their heyday, sought after rarities were regularly changing hands in car park for ten pounds [ roughly thirty pounds now ] a-piece back in '92!.

 

 

During it's boom period, Mensa and in-ter-dance hosted parties at Sterns every week consistently for nearly three years which is a major feat now, especially as Sussex Police had it's eye on the venue and tried everything [ including raiding the venue a few times ] in it's power to shut the club down for good. Not without it's own controversy, Sterns had a couple of unsavoury incidents at the venue which lead to some rather unflattering local press coverage. By the end of April '93, Sussex Police were winning the battle with Mensa and in-ter-dance as the club lost it's licence to hold all-night parties. Sources state that the turning point was the impromptu visit by the local licensing committee who had discovered that the venue was overcrowded and the drinking water had been switched off.

 

 

As you would expect of an underdog, the promotions team staged a signifcant press campaign in a brave attempt to regain their license and save their nightclub. All their worthwhile efforts were in vain as in-ter-dance had to officially close the venue on the 14th August 1993. In typical oldskool fashion, the team shrugged off this devastating "minor" setback as they had an ace up their sleeve. By time of Sterns eventual and sad demise in the summer of '93, Mensa and the remaining team members were already planning their next move, from Worthing to Earnley in West Sussex, a fresh start for the team needs a new name.

 

 

One well recieved party later and just a few days before their second party in February '94, a freak car crash seriously injures the occupants of the vehicle and takes away the guiding light of all those legendary in-ter-dance parties. As you know, in-ter-dance and sterns have gone into the abyss that is rave history, but Mensa, "in-ter-dance" and "the little house on the hill" will live on forever in jpegs, bitmap's, mp3's and in the minds of the people who went to Sterns and still cite the nightclub as the best time of their lives.

 

 

 

 

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