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Who won our Mushy Contest and two tickets to Paul Oakenfold!

Courtesy of Bobby DaSilva

We’ve read and cherished the many stories submitted about your favourite concert experiences. But Justin’s tale of hippies, glow sticks, and complete debauchery on Toronto Island topped the list. Here it is as promised, our winner’s story:

“I met my friends Katherine and Jean Luc at the arrivals platform at Union station on an overcast September afternoon. We were all super pumped having recently scored tickets for the 2008 Virgin Fest on Toronto Island. Kate and Jean Luc, both lifetime Montréal urbanites, had never been to the islands, and my experience had been limited to socially awkward childhood trips to the Centre Island amusement park with my parents and Ritalin addicted younger brother.
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