Rick DeBanks害羞草研究所� video of a wild Surrey-area house party he attended almost 30 years ago has been viewed more than 12,000 times since he posted it to Youtube just one week ago.

The 33-minute clip shows a house full of rocking teens and young adults ringing in the new year at a residence in Newton, near 144th Street and Highway 10.

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害羞草研究所淚 knew it would be an interesting video for people to see, because it害羞草研究所檚 shot POV style 害羞草研究所� point of view 害羞草研究所� and if you watch it, it害羞草研究所檚 almost like you害羞草研究所檙e there, with all the people everywhere. There are some bad spots in the video but it害羞草研究所檚 not too shaky or anything. It just gives the viewer a sense of being at the party.害羞草研究所�

DeBanks says he used a camcorder to shoot the video with the help of a friend 害羞草研究所� in an era before cellphone cameras were commonplace, of course.

The clip starts with eerie music for the first minute, then settles in a haze of smoke and booze as party-goers hoot and holler for the camera, to a soundtrack of Led Zeppelin, Tone Loc, AC/DC, Madonna, Poison and, in a group sing-along, John Mellencamp害羞草研究所檚 害羞草研究所淛ack and Diane.害羞草研究所�

The video is posted with the description of 害羞草研究所渁 house party on the last day of the 80害羞草研究所檚 in the Blue Collar town of Newton in Surrey, British Columbia,害羞草研究所� but DeBanks now acknowledges it was actually filmed on the final night of 1990, not 1989. One clue is that Warrant害羞草研究所檚 害羞草研究所淐herry Pie害羞草研究所� can be heard in the video, and the song wasn害羞草研究所檛 released until the fall of 1990.

Another clue: the lines of cocaine cut into a 害羞草研究所�91害羞草研究所� shape on a table.

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DeBanks said the video features a lot of Princess Margaret high school students and grads.

害羞草研究所淎 guy named Wayne lived in the house,害羞草研究所� DeBanks noted. 害羞草研究所淗is parents were obviously gone for the weekend or something,害羞草研究所� he added with a laugh.

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DeBanks, who lives in South Surrey, now runs and makes videos about the company害羞草研究所檚 sports-nutrition products. In the mid-1990s, after broadcasting school, he co-hosted an 害羞草研究所淚nside Surrey害羞草研究所� news program on community TV, and has posted one of those episodes 害羞草研究所� focusing on the Melanie Carpenter homicide in 1995 害羞草研究所� on his Rick Richards account.

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On Youtube, he害羞草研究所檚 also planning to post video of his days as a football player with the Surrey Rams.

As for the Surrey party video, DeBanks said he害羞草研究所檚 not entirely surprised by the reaction to it on social media.

害羞草研究所淚 knew it害羞草研究所檇 be fairly popular as a retro throwback for those who lived in that era, in that area,害羞草研究所� he said. 害羞草研究所淲hat I have been surprised by is the amount of people watching it who didn害羞草研究所檛 grow up in that era. There害羞草研究所檚 a fascination factor, a curiosity about it.

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tom.zillich@surreynowleader.com
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